PwC comments on ONS M&A figures for Q3 2023
05 Dec 2023
Lucy Stapleton, Head of Deals at PwC UK, said:
“While there continues to be fragility in the UK deals market, evident in the Q3 data, we are now seeing promising signs that markets are beginning to stabilise creating more predictability, which builds confidence and is an early indicator for more deal activity. As conditions continue to improve, we would anticipate an increasing number of companies opting for transactions.
“Consistent with our previous observations, those areas of the market underpinned by societal megatrends are driving current deal activity in areas such as healthcare, energy transition and digital transformation.
“We would anticipate a growing number of businesses choosing transactions as a means to undergo transformative changes in their business, increasingly driven by the fast pace of developments in AI and net zero.”
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