Welcome to the week ahead, our summary of the forthcoming key company announcements. Companies are no longer obliged to notify the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of results and trading updates, so this list does not claim to be comprehensive. You can read company announcements at http://announce.ft.com and our daily online news summaries record all key company announcements and business press headlines.
Monday 31 October
Trading statements: Centamin, CNH Industrial, Senior, WPP
AGM: Sacoven
Economics: GfK consumer confidence, Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: City of London Investment Group (16p), Essentra (6.3p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Funding Circle SME Income (1.625p), Invesco Income Growth Trust (2.2p), Kings Arm Yard VCT (0.5p), Lowland Investments (11p), Middlefield Canadian Income (1.25p), Nahl Group (6.35p), New City Energy (0.25p), North American Income (7p), Pembroke VCT (2p), Safestyle (3.75p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (4.6p), Threadneedle UK Select Trust (1.95p), Twentyfour Select Monthly Income (1.3519p), UK Mortgages (1.5p), Wynnstay (4p)
Tuesday 1 November
Interims: Falanx Group, First Derivatives
Final: Egdon Resources
Trading statements: BP, Concentric, Go-Ahead Group, Hastings Group, Moneysupermarket.com, Oxford Immunotec Global, Royal Dutch Shell, Shire, Standard Chartered, Virgin Money, Weir Group
AGM: Aggregated Micro Power
EGM: esure
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Alumasc (3.8p), Aquatic Food Group (0.2p), DS Smith (8.8p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.35p), Mattioli Woods (8.65p), Mears Group (3.3p), Mercantile Investment Trust (10.25p), Produce Investments (4.88p)
Wednesday 2 November
Interim: Smurfit Kappa
Trading statements: Biome Technologies, Delphi Automotive, Indivior, Just Eat, LivaNova, Millennium & Copthorne, Next, OM Asset Management, OneSavings Bank, Persimmon, JD Wetherspoon
AGM: Abcam
Economics: BRC shop price index, Markit/CIPS UK construction
Companies paying dividends: Andrews Sykes (11.9p), Carillion (5.8p), Statpro (0.85p)
Thursday 3 November
Interim: Tate & Lyle
Final: Gattaca (formerly Matchtech)
Trading statements: Belmond, Croda International, Dialog Semiconductor, Glencore, Howden Joinery, Inmarsat, JRP Group, Lancashire Holdings, Rangold Resources, RSA Insurance, Schroders, Shawbrook, Smith & Nephew, Travelport Worldwide, William Morrison Supermarkets
AGMs: Go-Ahead Group, Ricardo, Wilmington
Economics: New car registrations, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK PMI - composite, services, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase target, inflation report
Companies paying dividends: International Public Partnerships (3.325p), Murray Income Trust (11.25p), Redde (5.15p), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (5.2p), STM Group (0.5p)
Friday 4 November
Trading statements: easyJet, Informa, International Consolidated Airlines, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate
Companies paying dividends: Ascential (1.5p), BBA Aviation (2.77p), Begbies Traynor (1.6p), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (1.5p), Bodycote (5p), Cello Group (1p), Cobham (2.03p), CRH (15.98p), Eckoh (0.45p), Elecosoft (0.15p), F&C Private Equity Trust (6.12p), Fisher (James) & Sons (8.55p), Hastings Group (3.3p), Huntsworth (0.5p), Johnson Service Group (0.8p), Judges Scientific (9p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust (0.45p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust Composite (1.26p), M.P. Evans (2.25p), OneSavings Bank (2.9p), Rightmove (19p), SIG (1.83p), Synthomer (3.5p), Unite (6p), Weir Group (15p), XLMedia (3.8205p).
Shares going ex-dividend on 3 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aeorema Communications | 2 | 25 Nov |
| Ashmore Ord 0.01P | 12.1 | 2 Dec |
| Axiom European Financial Debt Npv | 1.5 | 25 Nov |
| Blackrock Greter Europe Inv Tst | 3.65 | 5 Dec |
| Blancco Technology Group | 1.34 | 7 Dec |
| Calculus VCT | 7 | 25 Nov |
| Clinigen Group | 2.7 | 25 Nov |
| Crown Place VCT Ord 10p | 1 | 30 Nov |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.575 | 25 Nov |
| Dunelm Group Ord 1p | 19.1 | 25 Nov |
| Elderstreet VCT Ord 5p | 2.5 | 16 Dec |
| Harworth Group | 0.23 | 1 Dec |
| Hilton Food Group Ord 10p | 4.6 | 2 Dec |
| James Halstead Group Ord 5p | 8.5 | 2 Dec |
| JP Morgan Claverhouse Inv Tst | 5 | 1 Dec |
| JP Morgan Global Growth & Income | 3.2 | 25 Nov |
| Laird Group Ord 25p | 4.53 | 2 Dec |
| Mission Marketing Group | 0.5 | 2 Dec |
| Morgan Advanced Materials Ord 25p | 4 | 25 Nov |
| New Star Investment Trust Ord 1p | 0.3 | 18 Nov |
| NWF Group Ord 25p | 4.7 | 5 Dec |
| Playtech (special) | 40 | 6 Dec |
| RTC Group | 1.1 | 20 Nov |
| SCS Group | 9.83 | 29 Nov |
| SQN Asset Finance Income Fund | 0.6042 | 21 Nov |
| Starwood European Real Estate | 1.625 | 11 Nov |
| STHREE Ord 1p | 4.7 | 9 Dec |
| The Mission Marketing Ord 10p | 0.5 | 2 Dec |
| TMT Investments | 10 | 18 Nov |
| TR European Growth Trust | 9 | 5Dec |
| TR European Growth Trust (special) | 2.5 | 5 Dec |
| Trinity Mirror Ord 10p | 2.1 | 25 Nov |
The ex-dividend date is the first day on which it is no longer possible to buy the shares and qualify for the dividend. Ex-days are almost always a Thursday. The record date is usually one day after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
