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]

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]