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 7 November
Interim: e2v technologies
Final: Oncimmune
Trading statements: Hiscox, HSBC
EGM: Hurricane Energy
Economics: Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: Cenkos Securities (1p), Manx Telecom (3.7p), Wm Morrison Supermarkets (1.58p), Quantum Pharma (1p), Schroder Japan Growth (2.8p), WPP (19.55p)
Tuesday 8 November
Interims: Aveva, Grafenia, Marks and Spencer, Trifast
Finals: Associated British Foods, Bowleven, Ceres Power, Imperial Brands, Punch Taverns
Trading statements: BBA Aviation, Direct Line Insurance, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Luxfer, Tyman
AGMs: Avingtrans, Craneware
Economics: BRC like-for-like sales, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, NIESR GDP estimate (October)
Company paying dividends: Travis Perkins (15.25p)
Wednesday 9 November
Interims: Burberry, Experian, Flybe, Prime People, J Sainsbury, Sophos, SSE, Wizz Air, Workspace
Trading statements: Arrow Global, esure, Novae, Synthomer, Tullow Oil
AGMs: Hansard Global, Haynes Publishing, Hays, Redrow
EGM: Communisis
Economics: Trade figures
Company paying dividends: Exova (1.05p)
Thursday 10 November
Interims: 3i, Auto Trader, Dairy Crest, Halfords, Mediclinic International, National Grid, Vedanta Resources, Wincanton, Young & Co's Brewery
Trading statements: Aldermore, AstraZeneca, Beazley, Derwent London, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, IMI, ITV, Michael Kors, Sportech, SuperGroup, UBM
AGMs: Swallowfield, Target Healthcare Reit, Urals Energy, JD Wetherspoon
EGM: Quantum Pharmaceutical
Economics: RICS house prices
Companies paying dividends: British & American Investment Trust (2.7p), Empiric Student Property (1.5p), Ladbrokes (1p), Merchants Trust (6p), Photo-Me International (3.285p), Photo-Me International (special) (2.815p), SciSys (0.53p), Summit Germany (0.9p)
Friday 11 November
Interims: Castings, Volex
Trading statement: Zeal Network
AGMs: Clinigen, Galliford Try
Economics: Construction output
Companies paying dividends: Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund (1.42p), British Land (7.3p), Charles Taylor (3.15p), Daejan (58p), Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (7p), Hays (1.99p), Kingfisher (3.25p), M&C Saatchi (1.85p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (2.85p), Murgitroyd (11.25p), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (0.35p), Randall & Quilter (3.4p), Redrow (6p), Restore (1.33p), Ricardo (13.03p), River & Mercantile (2nd interim) (3.3p), River & Mercantile (final) (2.5p), River & Mercantile (special) (0.1p), S&U (24p), Spectris (18p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (22.5p), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (1.625p), Triple Point VCT (24p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 10 November
| Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
| Abcam ord 1p | 6.556 | 2 Dec |
| Brunner Inv Trust ord 25p | 3.3 | 14 Dec |
| C&C ord 0.01 euro | 4.96 | 16 Dec |
| Craneware ord 1p | 9 | 8 Dec |
| DX | 1.5 | 13 Dec |
| Go-Ahead ord 10p | 67.52 | 25 Nov |
| Greencoat UK Wind | 1.585 | 25 Nov |
| JPM Smaller Cos IT ord 25p | 18.3 | 9 Dec |
| Jupiter European Opps Trust | 5.5 | 9 Dec |
| Octopus Apollo VCT | 2.5 | 2 Dec |
| Panther Securities ord 25p | 3 | 29 Nov |
| Revolution Bars | 3.3 | 9 Dec |
| Swallowfield ord 5p | 2.3 | 2 Dec |
| UK Commercial Property ord 25p | 0.92 | 30 Nov |
| Whitbread ord 76 122/153p | 29.9 | 16 Dec |
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.
