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 14 March
Economics: Claimant count rate, unemployment rate
Interims: Craneware (CRW), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Nightcap (NGHT)
Finals: Hostmore (MORE), Phoenix Group (PHNX), Stelrad (SRAD)
AGMs: Helium One Global (HE1)
Tuesday 15 March
Interims: Close Brothers (CBG), DFS Furniture (DFS), Ferguson (FERG), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Virgin Wines UK (VINO)
Finals: Aptitude Software (APTD), Genel Energy (GENL), Genuit (GEN), Old Mutual Limited (OMU), Petrofac (PFC), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), Tissue Regenix (TRX)
AGMs: BlackRock Energy And Resources Income Trust (BERI)
Wednesday 16 March
Finals: 4imprint (FOUR), Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS), Centaur Media (CAU), CLS Holdings (CLI), Computacenter (CCC), Ferrexpo (FXPO), IP Group (IPO), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Restaurant Group (RTN), Rps Group (RPS), Science In Sport (SIS)
AGMs: IDOX (IDOX), Safestore Holdings (SAFE)
Thursday 17 March
Economics: Bank of England interest rate decision
Trading updates: Ocado (OCDO)
Finals: Ceres Power (CWR), Cineworld (CINE), Deliveroo (ROO), Emis Group (EMIS), Empresaria (EMR), Harbour Energy (HBR), Helios Towers (HTWS), Marshalls (MSLH), PensionBee (PBEE), Portmeirion Group (PMP), Transglobe Energy (TGL), Tribal Group (TRB)
AGMs: Autins Group (AUTG)
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Income & Growth (4.6p), Ideagen (0.138p), Jarvis Securities (3p), Knights (1.46p), Murray Income Trust (8.25p), Safestore (17.6p), Treatt (5.5p)
Friday 18 March
Trading updates: Investec (INVP)
Interims: JD Wetherspoon (JDW)
Finals: ContourGlobal (GLO), Eurocell (ECEL)
AGMs: Caracal Gold (GCAT), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO)
Companies paying dividends: Zytronic (1.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 17 March
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| BB Healthcare Trust | 3.015 | 28-Apr-22 |
| Colefax Ord 10p | 2.5 | 14-Apr-22 |
| Crest Nicholson Ord 5p | 9.5 | 08-Apr-22 |
| Dunelm Group Ord 1p | 14 | 08-Apr-22 |
| Hikma Pharmaceutical | 27.07 | 28-Apr-22 |
| NatWest Group | 7.5 | 04-May-22 |
| NWF Group Ord 25p | 1 | 03-May-22 |
| SEGRO | 16.9 | 04-May-22 |
| The Ince Group | 0.5 | 20-Apr-22 |
| Trifast Ord 5p | 0.7 | 14-Apr-22 |
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.
