Private Equity investments in the UK bounced back in the first three months of 2019, after a so called ‘Brexit effect’ on the market at the back end of 2018. Deal values increased to £8.9bn between January and March, which was up from £6.1bn in the final quarter of 2018, and up more than 78% on the same period in 2018. Given the impending Brexit, or not, these levels of deal activity do not actually suggest any slowdown in the market or impact from Brexit. Data supplied by Unquote Data. Private Equity continues to be an excellent source of growth capital for businesses. There is no shortage of Private Equity money available, but as they should be, they are selective in where those investments are made. Private Equity funds positive changes in potentially high growth businesses and can enable exits, partial-exits, management buy-outs as well as providing growth capital and resourcing a business for the next stage of their growth and adding value across the business. It is medium to long term finance consisting of a combination of debt and equity with deal sizes starting around £2-5m and anywhere up from there to hundreds of millions. Globally there are over 13,000 Private Equity Firms, including more than 3,800 in Europe and more than 1,200 firms in the UK. Whilst London remains the dominant player in the UK, the North West is very well served in terms of players, investment and deals.