DEAL volumes and values in the North West slumped in the first half of this year as the continuing euro zone crisis hit business confidence.Despite a number of private equity deals - with LDC particularly active in this region - there the value of transactions more than halved in the six months to the end of June, to £3.02bn from £6.8bn in the first half of 2011.The number of deals fell too year-on-year, from 339 in 2011 to 2......for the full story register now for free or login below...