Madison Filter has acquired Southwestern Wire Cloth of the US for £25m to create a global industrial screening and separation business. ... [more]

Billiton has announced a £1.4bn agreed takeover offer for Rio Algom the Canadian mining group in order to increase its share of the world copper market... [more]

Qualceram of Ireland is to acquire Shires the sanitary ware company for £34m and the business will be renamed Qualceram Shires... [more]

Granada Media is to acquire the broadcast programme production and international distribution business of United News & Media in a £1.75bn deal that includes the Meridian Anglia and HTV franchises... [more]

Incepta is to acquire DVL Smith Group the strategic research company for up to £7.5m... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Forum Verlagsgruppe the German education and recruitment publisher for £18m... [more]

Incepta has acquired Cunningham Communications the US agency that focuses on technology for £49m... [more]

Glynwed has acquired Mono the Swansea-based bakery equipment manufacturer in a deal thought to be worth more than £11m... [more]

Tibbett & Britten has acquired Logis International which includes two logistics businesses operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia as part of a strategy to expand across central and eastern Europ... [more]

John Menzies is acquiring Ogden Ground Services of the US for £79m in order to expand its global aviation services business... [more]

Wolstenholme Rink the supplier of chemicals to the printing industry has accepted a £49m takeover offer from Rutland Trust and the business will be split into two separate entities - pigments and prin... [more]

Kier has bought the trading name of the James Longley construction group from the receivers for a nominal sum in order to strengthen its presence in Sussex... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Trade Exhibitions which includes ten of Australia's leading consumer and trade shows for undisclosed terms... [more]

ITG is acquiring Targeted Transaction Management Services the Sussex-based supplier of mobile telephone vouchers for £12m... [more]

Standard Engineering the Leicester-based shoe machinery specialist has acquired rival Whitfield Wylie for undisclosed terms... [more]

Eurocopy has acquired Apex Business Products the Warrington-based photocopier and fax supplier for £0.6m... [more]

Industrial Control Services the manufacturer of safety and control systems is to be acquired by venture capitalist Alchemy for a nominal fee in order to avoid insolvency... [more]

CLS Holdings is to acquire Citadel the property company that operates mainly in France for £36m... [more]

J&J Dyson has acquired Acme Marls the kiln equipment company for £1.9m and plans to consolidate its business onto the Acme Marls site in Tunstall by the end of next year with an unspecified number of ... [more]

RPC is to acquire WIKO the German manufacturer of packaging for the cosmetics industry for £25m... [more]