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 25 January
Interim: 1pm
Finals: Porvair, SThree
Trading statements: Cranswick, Petra Diamonds
AGMs: Avacta, Elegant Hotels, Sinclair Pharma
Economics: CBI trends total orders, selling prices, business optimism
Company paying dividend: Proactis (1.2p)
Tuesday 26 January
Interim: PZ Cussons
Final: Crest Nicholson
Trading statements: Card Factory, Carpetright, Dixons Carphone, easyJet, Intermediate Capital, Stock Spirits
AGMs: Applied Graphene Materials, Arcontech, Avon Rubber, Greencore, Infrastrata, Marston's, Redefine International, Servoca
Company paying dividend: RPC (5.2p)
Wednesday 27 January
Final: Staffline
Trading statements: Aberdeen Asset Management, Antofagasta, Avocet Mining, Britvic, Paragon Group of Companies, Sage, Wizz Air
AGMs: Aberdeen Asset Management, Alternative Networks, Britvic, John Lewis of Hungerford, Pattisserie, Renew, WH Smith
Economics: BBA house purchase loans
Companies paying dividends: Diploma (12.4p), Majedie Investments (5p)
Thursday 28 January
Interims: CPL Resources, Diageo, Haynes Publishing, Renishaw
Final: Aukett Swanke
Trading statements: Anglo American, Daily Mail & General Trust, Euromoney Institutional Investor, FirstGroup, Flybe, Fuller Smith & Turner, KAZ Minerals, LSL Property Services, RPC, SSE, SSP
AGMs: Arria, Equatorial Palm Oil, Euromoney Institutional Investor, ITE, Lonmin, Mitchells & Butlers, Topps Tiles
EGMs: BG, JKX Oil & Gas
Economics: GDP (fourth quarter), CBI reported sales, Nationwide house prices
Company paying dividend: Dairy Crest (6.1p)
Friday 29 January
Interims: Rank, Sky
Final: entu
Trading statements: Vedanta Resources
AGMs: Boxhill Technologies, Focusrite, Ixico, Treatt, Weatherly International
Economics: GfK consumer confidence
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (0.875p), Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust (1p), Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income Trust (1.7p), Alternative Networks (10.9p), Artemis Alpha Trust (1.4p), Auto Trader (0.5p), Aveva (6p), BlackRock Income Strategies Trust (1.7p), Character (6p), Cranswick (11.6p), DotDigital (0.36p), Ensor (0.75p), European Investment Trust (14p), European Investment Trust (special) (2p), Experian (8p), F&C Global Smaller Companies (2.9p), General Industries (0.22p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.275p), Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income (1.25p), JPM Income & Capital Trust (1.7p), Latham (James) (4p), Lowland Investment (11p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Middlefield Canadian Income (1.25p), Monks Investment Trust (0.5p), Northern2 VCT (2p), Northern3 VCT (2p), Plus500 (0.13p), Poundland (1.65p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2p), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (1.5p), Schroder UK Growth Fund (2.6p), Shires Income (3p), Speedy Hire (0.3p), Standard Life European Private Equity Trust (3.5p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.6p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 28 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| BlackRock Frontiers Inv Trust | 2.85 | 19 Feb |
| Cardiff Property ord 20p | 10 | 18 Feb |
| Chrysalis VCT | 3.25 | 26 Feb |
| City of London Inv Trust ord 25p | 3.9 | 29 Feb |
| Fenner ord 25p | 8 | .9 Mar |
| Pennon ord 40.7p | 10.46 | 1 Apr |
| Red24 ord 1p | 0.25 | 25 Feb |
| Renew ord 10p | 4.75 | 1 Mar |
| RWS ord 5p | 3.85 | 26 Feb |
| Titon ord 10p | 1.75 | 19 Feb |
| Tracsis | 0.6 | 12 Feb |
| Unicorn Aim VCT | 6.25 | 19 Feb |
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.
