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 11 October
Economics: Balance of trade, gross domestic product, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
Trading updates: Equals (EQLS), XP Power (XPP)
Companies paying dividends: Uniphar (0.482p)
Tuesday 12 October
Economics: Retail sales, claimant count rate
Trading updates: Entain (ENT)
Interims: French Connection (FCCN), OnTheMarket (OTMP)
Finals: DX (DX.), Maestrano (MNO), YouGov (YOU)
AGMs: City Of London (CIN), Clipper Logistics (CLG)
Companies paying dividends: Mercia Asset Management (0.3p), Old Mutual (1.39p), Serco (0.8p)
Wednesday 13 October
Trading updates: Barratt Developments (BDEV), Marstons (MARS)
Interims: Angling Direct (ANG), Sanderson Design Group (SDG), Vertu Motors (VTU)
Finals: Applied Graphene Materials (AGM)
AGMs: Barratt Developments (BDEV), MobilityOne (MBO)
Companies paying dividends: 888 Holdings (3.3p), Assura (0.74p), Totally (0.25p)
Thursday 14 October
Trading updates: Ashmore (ASHM), Domino’s (DOM), Dunelm (DNLM), Hays (HAS), Norcros (NXR), Rathbone Brother (RAT), Sabre Insurance (SBRE)
Interims: Hurricane Energy (HUR)
Finals: Asos (ASC)
AGMs: Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Marechale Capital (MAC), Rank Group (RNK), Rurelec (RUR), Sabien Technology Group (SNT), TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF)
Companies paying dividends: Crest Nicholson (4.1p), IG Design (5.75p), Macfarlane (0.87p), TT Electronics (1.8p), XP Power (19p)
Friday 15 October
Trading updates: Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Rio Tinto (RIO), Schroders (SDR)
AGMs: Ashmore Group (ASHM), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.), Loungers (LGRS), Tungsten Corporation (TUNG)
Companies paying dividends: Avast (3.69p), Clipper Logistics (7.1p), Derwent London (23p), Forterra (3.2p), Gamesys (15p), JPM Euro Inv Trust Growth (2.5p), JPM Euro Inv Trust Income (1.4p), Melrose (0.75p), Norish (1.71p), Oxford Instruments (12.9p), PHSC (0.5p), Regional Reit (1.6p), Restore (2.5p), Trifast (1.6p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 14 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Air Partner Ord 1p | 0.85 | 12-Nov-21 |
| Close Brothers Group Ord 25p | 42 | 23-Nov-21 |
| Howden Joinery Group | 4.3 | 19-Nov-21 |
| Inspired Energy | 0.12 | 08-Dec-21 |
| JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income | 5.5 | 19-Nov-21 |
| Kerry Group 'A'Ord Euro.125 | 24.15 | 12-Nov-21 |
| MP Evans Group 10p | 10 | 05-Nov-21 |
| Manchester & London Inv Tst Ord 25p | 7 | 09-Nov-21 |
| NCC Group Ord 1p | 3.15 | 12-Nov-21 |
| Octopus Second AIM VCT | 1.7 | 12-Nov-21 |
| Octopus Second AIM VCT | 2.1 | 12-Nov-21 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering Ord 25p | 38.5 | 12-Nov-21 |
| Wilmington | 3.9 | 12-Nov-21 |
| WPP | 12.5 | 01-Nov-21 |
| Xpediator | 0.5 | 29-Oct-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.
