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 21 March
Finals: Photo-me International (PHTM), Raven Property (RAV)
AGMS: Aferian (AFRN), Inland Homes (INL)
Tuesday 22 March
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Interims: Diurnal (DNL), ScS (SCS), Softcat (SCT), YouGov (YOU)
Finals: Alliance Pharma (APH), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), Circassia Pharmaceuticals (CIR), Diaceutics (DXRX), Fintel (FNTL), Gamma (GAMA), Haworth (HWG), IQGeo (IQG), Kape Technologies (KAPE), Kingfisher (KGF), Longboat Energy (LBE), Luceco (LUCE), MP Evans (MPE), Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), Pebble (PEBB), Real Estate Investors (RLE), Sabre Insurance (SBRE), Staffline (STAF), Trustpilot (TRST), Zotefoams (ZTF)
AGMs: CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Starvest (SVE), Wynnstay (WYN)
Wednesday 23 March
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
Interim: Craven House Capital (CRV)
Finals: Boot (Henry) (BOOT), Dignity (DTY), ECSC (ECSC), Judges Scientific (JDG), KRM22 (KRM), Pittards (PTD), Saga (SAGA), SigmaRoc (SRC), Surgical Innovations (SUN)
AGMs: Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT2 (GV2O), Quartix Technologies (QTX)
Thursday 24 March
Economics: PMI Services, PMI Manufacturing
Interims: CVS (CVSG), Kin + Carta (KCT)
Finals: Arbuthnot Banking (ARBB), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Big Technologies (BIG), Bonhill (BONH), Bridgepoint (BPT), Energean (ENOG), EnQuest (ENQ), Eve Sleep (EVE), Next (NXT), Robinson (RBN), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Sopheon (SPE), Venture Life (VLG), WAG Payment Solutions (WPS)
AGMs: BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Gunsynd (GUN), Independent Investment Trust (IIT), LPA Group (LPA), N4 Pharma (N4P), React (REAT), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (RIII)
Company paying dividend: Puma VCT (4.5p)
Friday 25 March
Economics: GFK consumer confidence, retail sales
Interim: Smiths (SMIN)
Finals: Ebiquity (EBQ), Faron Pharmaceuticals OY (FARN)
AGMs: Beazley (BEZ), Kitwave (KITW), PCF (PCF)
Companies paying dividends: City of London Investment Group (13.5p special, 11p interim), FRP Adivsory (0.8p), LXI Reit (1.5p), Samuel Heath & Sons (5.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 24 March
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment date |
| ADVFN ord 1p | 0.75 | 11 Apr 22 |
| British American Tobacco ord 25p | 54.45 | 4 May 22 |
| Conduit | 13 | 22 Apr 22 |
| Finsbury Food ord 1p | 0.83 | 21 Apr 22 |
| Glanbia | 13.082 | 6 May 22 |
| Greggs ord 20p | 40 | 29 Apr 22 |
| IDOX ord 1p | 0.4 | 8 Apr 22 |
| Maven Inc & Growth VCT | 1.5 | 26 Apr 22 |
| Maven Income & Growth VCT 3 | 1.5 | 26 Apr 22 |
| Nichols ord 10p | 13.3 | 5 May 22 |
| Oakley Capital Investments ord 1p | 2.25 | 14 Apr 22 |
| Pearson ord 25p | 14.2 | 6 May 22 |
| Schroder European Reit | 1.5543 | 12 Apr 22 |
| Schroders non voting £1 | 85 | 5 May 22 |
| Schroders voting £1 | 85 | 6 May 22 |
| Volution | 2.3 | 3 May 22 |
| XP Power ord 1p | 36 | 28 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.
