Viridian has acquired Footman James & Company the Birmingham-basedvehicle insurance broker for undisclosed terms and the business will be combined with its Open & Direct financial services division... [more]

Television Corporation is to exercise an option to buy the remaining 50% of Mentorn the independent TV production company for up to £22m... [more]

Bostrom the manufacturer of vehicle seats has agreed to a £38m takeover offer from a new company called Commercial Vehicle Systems... [more]

Christows the stockbroker has been acquired by eVestment the investment group for £39m... [more]

National Grid is to acquire Niagara Mohawk the New York state electricity company for £2bn which will double the size of its US business... [more]

Abbey National is to acquire Scottish Provident the life assurer for £1.8bn but Scottish Provident's 38% stake in Aberdeen Asset Management will be sold off before the deal is completed... [more]

First Choice is acquiring Crown Holidays the operator of inland waterway holidays for £21m... [more]

StepStone is acquiring Job-Today the German recruitment company for £21m... [more]

Great Universal Stores has acquired Jungle.com the online retailer for £37m which will enable it to sell a wide range of office products through a number of channels... [more]

Wickes has accepted a £289m takeover offer from Focus Do It All creating a combined group with a 10.7% market share in DIY retailing. ... [more]

ED&F Man is to acquire Glenwood Group the US fund management company for £76m... [more]

Kerry has made a takeover approach for Bush Boake Allen the US food ingredients company and has also announced the acquisition of Harald-Industria e Comercio de Alimentos of Brazil and a US chocolate ... [more]

Rentokil Initial is acquiring Tru-Green Interior Plantcare the US tropical plants business for £30m... [more]

Telecom Potential the Bristol-based customer service group has been acquired by iSKY of the US to create a combined group with 1400 staff operating from six locations... [more]

Checkpoint the e-commerce software company is being acquired by Bottomline Technologies of the US for £53m... [more]

British Mohair the textile and engineering company has agreed a £21m takeover offer from Camellia Investments... [more]

Tandem Group is to acquire Pot Black the snooker table company and Two Wheel trading the distributor of bicycle accessories for a total £1.6m... [more]

IMI has acquired Flow Design the US manufacturer of flow control products for £14m... [more]

Goldshield is to acquire Achievers Unlimited the US marketer of slimming and nutritional products for up to £6.3m and is now seeking acquisitions in the UK pharmaceutical market... [more]

Linguaphone has acquired two interactive learning companies - CD Live and Interactive Language Teaching - and received a £2.8m investment from ProVen Private Equity and Quester... [more]