M&A activity falls off cliff

Doug Woodburn
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Value of deals inked by UK software and services firms falls by more than three quarters in Q3, according to analyst Megabuyte

M&A activity in the UK software and IT services space ground to a halt in the third quarter of 2012. According to analyst Megabuyte, which tracks M&A, private equity and stock market activity am...

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