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]