Bunzl has acquired Joseph Weil & Sons of the US and Beltex of Hungary, two distributors of cleaning and safety products... [more]

Kidde has acquired Harden, the French supplier of fire protection equipment and services with 143 staff, for £7m... [more]

TBI, the owner of Cardiff, Luton, Belfast and other airports, has accepted a £551m takeover bid from Abertis of Spain... [more]

Nicholl Food Packaging has acquired Watson & Watson, the Glasgow-based aluminium foil tray manufacturer, for undisclosed terms... [more]

KC Engineering has acquired Hoyt Engineering of Surrey, as part of a £1.4m expansion programme that will involve the transfer of Hoyt's business to Consett... [more]

Dairy Crest has acquired Coombe Farm Dairies of Sussex, and the milk bottling and processing plant will close with distribution moved to Dairy Crest sites in Eastbourne, Brighton and Worthing... [more]

UA Group, the Scottish livestock auctioneering company with 90 staff, has accepted a £52m takeover offer from Elphinstone of Glasgow... [more]

Upmarket shoe chain LK Bennett is seeking outside investment. BDO Stoy Hayward is undertaking a strategic review for the company, which has 50 outlets and is valued at £75m.... [more]

Aegis Group is to acquire Velocity Sports & Entertainment, the US sponsorship and event marketing agency, for an initial £5m... [more]

Carmichael International, the Worcester-based manufacturer of fire rescue vehicles with about 100 staff, has been acquired by the Amdac subsidiary of Pesaka Astana of Malaysia... [more]

Technology Services Group has acquired Forty One, the Warrington-based IT services company with 27 staff, for undisclosed terms... [more]

Zero Waste Holdings of Port Clarence and Atlantic Waste Holdings of Peterborough have been acquired by shell company Augean for £106m, and the deals are being funded by a £100m share placing... [more]

Diageo is to acquire Ursus Vodka, the Dutch owner of two vodka brands, for £102m... [more]

Interflora is expected to be acquired by 3i for £23m, with almost 1,900 flower shop owners receiving up to £12,000... [more]

Clinton Cards has launched a £46m takeover bid for Birthdays Group, the greetings card retailer... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Dereck Hicks & Thew, the Liverpool-based architect, for up to £3.4m... [more]

Capita Group has acquired Brownsword, the provider of claims investigation services, for £5m... [more]

Osborne Engineering has acquired Turbo Power Services of Loughborough for £0.4m, in order to expand its range of services for the offshore and power generation industries... [more]

M&M Plasline has acquired Metek Building Systems of Bristol for about £1m, and is relocating its own business to a larger site in Newton Aycliffe with the creation of 35 jobs next month... [more]

YorkBoat, the York-based pleasure boating company with 20 staff, has been acquired by investment company Zeus Capital for undisclosed terms... [more]