Small lenders Aldermore and Shawbrook have been taken out in the past 13 months, and the owners of Yorkshire Bank are buying Virgin Money for £1.7billion. TalkTalk is among the UK companies identified as potential takeover targets , as an increase in US deals , which saw £ 37bn ( $ 48bn ) spent in one week , spreads to Britain . Analysts say rising investor confidence and a weaker pound could help , as foreign firms look to Britain for easy takeover targets . This year has been the busiest for FTSE 100 mergers and acquisitions since 2007 , including Russ Mould from investment firm AJ ##M . Global deals have reached £ 2.5tn so far in 2018 . Reports have named TalkTalk , along with ITV , Burberry and Hammerson , among likely targets .
TalkTalk is among the UK companies identified as potential takeover targets , as an increase in US deals , which saw £ 37bn ( $ 48bn ) spent in one week , spreads to Britain . Analysts say rising investor confidence and a weaker pound could help , as foreign firms look to Britain for easy takeover targets . This year has been the busiest for FTSE 100 mergers and acquisitions since 2007 , including Russ Mould from investment firm AJ ##M . Global deals have reached £ 2.5tn so far in 2018 . Reports have named TalkTalk , along with ITV , Burberry and Hammerson , among likely targets .