International car manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

UK manufacturing mergers and acquisitions deals jump by a third surpassing pre-pandemic levels

Advisory firm BDO has found that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions involving UK manufacturers jumped by almost a third in 2021. This is more surprising that dealmaking surpasses pre-pandemic levels.