Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the British transport sector are on record to outperform the levels from last year by exceeding the £52 billion mark.

According to KPMG, global network of auditing, tax and advisory firms, its Transport Tracker has said that the value of completed M&A transactions in 2016 will pass those of the previous year.

This is the third consecutive year that M&A levels have risen in the UK, to a total of £48 billion; further transactions were announced worth £66 million, which is a record amount in the sector in 2015.

This year will continue to be busy with investments in three main ways: ASPAC will continue to attract investments as a source of new growth, which contributed to 55 per cent of the announced transaction values in 2015.

Freight and Logistics M&A transactions have grown by over four times from £7.2 billion in 2013 to £31.4 billion in 2015, which is expected to continue to increase this year.

Furthermore, new alliances and partnership models will evolve and grow where M&A may find itself restricted.