"Figure 2A: Value and number of acquisitions of UK companies by other UK companies, 1987 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. At Quarter 1 2010 the deal identification threshold for the mergers and acquisitions surveys was raised from £0.1 million to £1.0 million. There is therefore a discontinuity in the number of transactions reported as illustrated above. 2. All values are at current prices (see Background Notes for definition)." "Unit","" "","" "Period","Value (£ million)","Total number of transactions" "1987","16539","1528" "1988","22839","1499" "1989","27250","1337" "1990","8329","779" "1991","10434","506" "1992","5941","432" "1993","7063","526" "1994","8269","674" "1995","32600","505" "1996","30742","584" "1997","26829","506" "1998","29525","635" "1999","26163","493" "2000","106916","587" "2001","28994","492" "2002","25236","430" "2003","18679","558" "2004","31408","741" "2005","25134","769" "2006","28511","779" "2007","26778","869" "2008","36469","558" "2009","12195","286" "2010","12605","325" "2011","8089","373" "2012","3413","266" "2013","7665","238" "2014","8032","189" "2015","6920","245" "2016","23909","400"