Record number of deals in Midlands

​The West Midlands experienced the highest number of management buyouts (MBOs) since 2011 last year, although Management Buy-ins (MBIs) outnumbered MBOs by over 2 to 1. The region also saw average deal value triple from £37m in 2016 to £120m 2017.

This may reflect a global trend as Thomson Reuters has revealed that the number of worldwide mergers and acquisitions hit a record in 2017, a total of 49,448 deals.