"Figure 1d: Area analysis of acquisitions in the UK by foreign companies, 2005 to 2018","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. A new method for compiling M&A statistics was introduced from Quarter 1 2018 which may lead to a structural break in all M&A statistical time series. More information regarding these changes can be found in Annex 1." "Unit","Number" "","" "","Europe","Americas","Asia" "2005","113","87","22" "2006","119","98","24" "2007","127","107","19" "2008","125","90","26" "2009","51","45","12" "2010","76","115","16" "2011","92","109","18" "2012","74","71","12" "2013","53","70","13" "2014","45","50","12" "2015","48","73","17" "2016","107","110","35" "2017","101","118","26" "2018","243","240","53"