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 1 August
Economics: PMI Manufacturing
Trading updates: Photo-me International (PHTM), Cranswick (CWK)
Interims: Ascential (ASCL), Dialight (DIA), GlobalData (DATA), Hutchmed China (HCM), HSBC (HSBA), Pearson (PSON), Spectris (SXS)
AGMs: BWA (BWAP), Cranswick (CWK)
Companies paying dividends: Aquila Services (0.4p), BP (4.5p), iEnergizer (13.8p), F&C Investment Trust (3.2p), Next (127p), United Utilities (29p)
Tuesday 2 August
Trading updates: Sage (SGE), Virgin Money UK (VMUK)
Interims: BP (BP.), Braveheart Investment (BRH), Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC), Coats (COA), Devro (DVO), Direct Line Insurance (DLG), Domino's Pizza (DOM), Elementis (ELM), Fresnillo (FRES), Greggs (GRG), Keller (KLR), Rotork (ROR), Standard Chartered (STAN), Synthomer (SYNT), Travis Perkins (TPK)
Finals: Filtronic (FTC)
AGMs: Caffyns (CFYN), Syncona (SYNC), Tanfield (TAN)
Companies paying dividends: DiscoverIE (7.45p), Johnson Matthey (55p), Tatton Asset Management (8.5p), TR Property Investment Trust (9.2p)
Wednesday 3 August
Economics: PMI Composite, PMI Services
Interims: Endeavour Mining (EDV), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Hill & Smith (HILS), IP Group (IPO), LSL Property Services (LSL), Taylor Wimpey (TW)
Finals: Purplebricks (PURP), Van Elle (VANL)
AGMs: Block Energy (BLOE), D4t4 Solutions (D4T4), Edenville Energy (EDL), JZ Capital Partners (JZCP), Molten Ventures (GROW), Riverfort Global Opportunities (RGO), Scirocco Energy (SCIR),
Companies paying dividends: GB Group (3.81p), SLF Realisation Fund Limited (1p)
Thursday 4 August
Economics: BoE interest rate decision, PMI Construction
Trading updates: Next (NXT), Sanderson Design (SDG)
Interims: ConvaTec (CTEC), Evraz (EVR), Glencore (GLEN), Gym Group (GYM), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), Mears (MER), Meggitt (MGGT), Mondi (MNDI), Morgan Sindall (MGNS), Rolls-Royce (RR), Serco (SRP), Spirent Communications (SPT), TT Electronics (TTG)
Finals: Revolution Beauty (REVB)
AGMs: Clontarf Energy (CLON), Investec (INVP), STM Group (STM), Starcrest Education (OBOR)
Companies paying dividends: Caledonia Investments (47.3p), The Global Smaller Companies Trust (1.27p)
Friday 5 August
Economics: Halifax house price index
Trading update: Pets At Home (PETS)
Interims: FBD (FBH), London Stock Exchange (LSEG), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), WPP (WPP)
Finals: Hargreaves Lansdown (HL)
AGMs: Trian Investors 1 (TI1), Verditek (VDTK)
Companies paying dividends: Aveva (24.5p), B&M European Value Retail (11.5p), Burberry (35.4p), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (1.4p), Intermediate Capital (57.3p), JD Sports Fashion (0.35p), JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (1.1p) Kitwave (2.5p), Liontrust Asset Management (50p), Mitie (1.4p), Ninety One (7.7p), North American Income Trust (2.5p), Palace Capital (3.75p), Pittards (0.5p), Premier Miton (3.7p), Proven Growth & Income VCT (1.5p), ProVen VCT (2.25p), Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund (5p), Tate & Lyle (12.8p), Telecom Plus (30p), TwentyFour Income Fund (1.5p), Vp (25.5p), Wincanton (8p), Workspace (14.5p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 4 August | ||
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Abrdn New Dawn Investment Trust | 3.3 | 9-Sep-2022 |
| Avon Protection | 10.34 | 2-Sep-2022 |
| Brunner Inv Tst Ord 25p | 5.15 | 15-Sep-2022 |
| BT Ord 5p | 5.39 | 12-Sep-2022 |
| City of London Inv Tst Ord 25p | 5 | 31-Aug-2022 |
| CML Microsystems Ord 5p | 5 | 19-Aug-2022 |
| Currys | 2.15 | 16-Sep-2022 |
| Invesco Perp UK Smaller Co's Inv Ord £1 | 3.75 | 1-Sep-2022 |
| Latham (James) Ord 25p | 19 | 2-Sep-2022 |
| Latham (James) Ord 25p | 8 | 2-Sep-2022 |
| Mediclinic International | 3 | 26-Aug-2022 |
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.
