The overall value of buyouts in the North West of the UK increased significantly for the first half of this year to £1.47bn, which is more than triple the £434m achieved throughout the whole of 2009.
However, the figures, released by the Centre for Management Buyout (CMBOR), were changed mainly by the £955m secondary buyout of Cheshire retailer Pets At Home in March.
There were not as many deals made in the first half of this year compared to the period of the last six months of 2009 – 22 in comparison to 29.
Of all of the buyouts during the first half of this year, 17 were under £10m and there were two deals valued between £10m and £100m, with two others between £100m and £500m.
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