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 26 July
Trading updates: Cranswick (CWK)
Interims: Science (SAG)
AGMs: Cranswick (CWK), Deepverge (DVRG), Gresham House Strategic (GHS), National Grid (NG.), Oakley Capital Investments Ltd (OCI)
Companies paying dividends: Inspired Energy (0.12p), Helical (7.4p)
Tuesday 27 July
Trading updates: Greencore (GNC), Mitie (MTO), Virgin Money UK (VMUK)
Interims: Ascential (ASCL), BP (BP.), Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC), Croda International (CRDA), International Personal Finance (IPF), Kitwave (KITW), Reach (RCH), Restore (RST), Sabre Insurance (SBRE), Unite (UTG), Vivo Energy (VVO)
Finals: Cohort (CHRT), Foresight Group (FSG), Games Workshop (GAW), In The Style (ITS), Moonpig (MOON)
AGMs: Arkle Resources (ARK), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Hibernia REIT (HBRN), Mediclinic International (MDC), Mitie (MTO), Motorpoint (MOTR), MyCelx Technologies (MYX), NewRiver REIT (NRR), OnTheMarket (OTMP), Petrel Resources (PET), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Record (REC), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Vodafone (VOD), Wizz Air (WIZZ), Zoltav Resources (ZOL)
Companies paying dividends: Fidelity China Spec Situation (4.68p)
Wednesday 28 July
Economics: Shop price index
Trading updates: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Lancashire Holdings (LRE), Wizz Air (WIZZ)
Interims: Aptitude Software (APTD), Barclays (BARC), British American Tobacco (BATS), Conduit Holdings (CRE), Hutchmed (HCM), MusicMagpie (MMAG), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Quartix Technologies (QTX), Rathbone Brothers (RAT), Rio Tinto (RIO), Smurfit Kappa (SKG), St James's Place (STJ)
Finals: Hargreaves Services (HSP)
AGMs: Alien Metals (UFO), Aquila Services Group (AQSG), Card Factory (CARD), Chariot (CHAR), James Cropper (CRPR), JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income Trust (JSGI), Reabold Resources (RBD), Staffline (STAF), Ted Baker (TED), Triad Group (TRD), Trifast (TRI)
Companies paying dividends: Tatton Asset Management (7.5p)
Thursday 29 July
Economics: Nationwide house price index, consumer credit, M4 money supply, mortgage approvals
Trading updates: AirTel Africa (AAF), Compass Group (CPG), DiscoverIE Group (DSCV), Evraz (EVR), Headlam Group (HEAD), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Sage Group (SGE), Smith & Nephew (SN.)
Interims: Anglo American (AAL), AstraZeneca (AZN), BAE Systems (BA.), Devro (DVO), Elementis (ELM), Equiniti (EQN), Inchcape (INCH), Indivior (INDV), Informa (INF), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), National Express (NEX), RELX (REL), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Schroders (SDR), Segro (SGRO), Smith & Nephew (SN.), Spectris (SXS), Totally (TLY), Vesuvius (VSVS)
AGMs: Amiad Water Systems (AFS), Aminex (AEX), B&M European Value Retail SA (BME), CMC Markets (CMCX), DiscoverIE (DSCV), Dr Martens (DOCS), GB Group (GBG), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), MS International (MSI), Ovoca Bio (OVB), Palace Capital (PCA), Powerhouse Energy (PHE), Tate & Lyle (TATE), TMT Investments (TMT), Volex (VLX)
Companies paying dividends: Edinburgh Investment Trust (4.65p special, 6p), Paypoint (8.3p), Tribal Group (1.2p)
Friday 30 July
Economics: Consumer confidence
Trading updates: AVEVA Group (AVV), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Vodafone (VOD), Yamana Gold (AUY)
Interims: British American Tobacco (BATS), IMI (IMI), International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG), Intertek (ITRK), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Man Group (EMG), NatWest (NWG), Rightmove (RMV)
Finals: Victoria (VCP)
AGMs: Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), Bezant Resources (BZT), Danakali (DNK), DP Poland (DPP), Edenville Energy (EDL), Puma VCT 13 (PU13), Supply@ME Capital (SYME)
Companies paying dividends: Henderson High Income Trust (2.475p), UP Global Sourcing Holdings (1.69p), Xpediator (1.05p), BP Marsh & Partners (2.44p), Braemar Shipping (5p), Gooch & Housego (4.5p), JPM Euros Smaller Companies (5.5p), JPM Euro Investment Trust Income (1.4p), JPM Global Emerging (1p), Norcros (8.2p), Standard Life Investment Trust (3.4p), Calculus VCT (3.02p), Hibernia REIT (2.411p), Inspiration Healthcare (0.4p), Lowland Investment Co. (15p), Morses Club (2p), Premier Foods (1p), Big Yellow (17p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Shires Income (4.2p), Anpario (6.25p), Character Group (6p), Riverfort Global Opportunities (0.04p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 29 July
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Bloomsbury Publishing Ord 1.25p | 7.58 | 27-Aug-21 |
| Bloomsbury Publishing Ord 1.25p | 9.78 | 27-Aug-21 |
| CML Microsystems Ord 5p | 50 | 13-Aug-21 |
| Monks Inv Tst Ord 5p | 2 | 07-Sep-21 |
| NewRiver REIT | 2.7 | 03-Sep-21 |
| Northern Venture Trust Ord 25p | 2 | 20-Aug-21 |
| QINETIQ Group Ord 1p | 4.7 | 26-Aug-21 |
| Royal Mail Ord 1p | 10 | 06-Sep-21 |
| Schroder European REIT | 1.594 | 16-Aug-21 |
| SSE Ord 50p | 56.6 | 23-Sep-21 |
| The Panoply Holdings | 0.4 | 20-Aug-21 |
| Triad Group Ord 1p | 2 | 20-Aug-21 |
The ex-dividend day 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.
