Sidlaw the packaging company has agreed a £106m takeover bid from Copenhagen-based Danisco... [more]

National Westminster Bank is selling Gleacher NatWest its US corporate advisory division to management for undisclosed terms as part of an ongoing withdrawal from investment banking... [more]

Cookson has sold Cookson Fibers of the US to a US venture capital company for £93m and has also announced a £30m restructuring programme that will result in the loss of 700 jobs... [more]

Wolseley has acquired five businesses for a total £38m including heating and plumbing products in Ireland wall panels in the US and a sanitary ware distributor in Lancashire... [more]

Ibstock is selling its 76% stake in Caima Ceramica e Servicos the Portuguese building products company to two CGS directors for £22m... [more]

Coats Viyella is selling its Dynacast precision engineering business to Cinven the venture capitalist for £322m... [more]

Field Group is set to be acquired by Chesapeake of the US for £218m following the withdrawal of Shorewood Packaging from the bidding... [more]

Royal & Sun Alliance is planning to acquire Tyndall Australia the insurance and fund management group for £300m... [more]

Lex Service is acquiring Havelange of Belgium and Hydraulic Services of Ireland for £7m in order to expand its vehicle distribution business in the EU... [more]

Amey is acquiring Enviresponse the environmental disaster recovery specialist for £1.1m... [more]

Gresham Computing is acquiring two Australian software development companies - ISS and Ozease - for an initial £0.8m... [more]

Victory the fashion and cosmetics business in which Virgin has a 56% stake is acquiring the debt of Cadoro the menswear retailer and some of Cadoro's stores may be rebranded with the Virgin name... [more]

Jordec is diversifying out of engineering into cleaning services with the acquisition of Checkclean and Corporate Clean for £2.1m... [more]

Interior Services Group has acquired the H Waters property management company for an initial £3.5m... [more]

Prebon Yamane and MW Marshall the over-the-counter brokers are planning to merge to create a combined group with more than 2000 staff in 30 offices around the world... [more]

Calor Gas has acquired the bottled gas business of Leicester-based Alternative Gas Supplies... [more]

Safetynet the computer disaster recovery company has undergone a management buyout for £85m... [more]

ITG Group is acquiring Computers in Ireland which includes the Computerland and Work Station names for up to £7.7m... [more]

Blue Circle is to sell Brotje its German wholesale heating business with 27 outlets to GC Group for £41m... [more]

Northstar Securities is buying Equator Films for £9m in order to move its focus from property investment to the media sector... [more]