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 5 December
Economics: PMI composite, PMI services
Interims: Fusion Antibodies (FAB), Induction Healthcare Group (INHC)
AGMs: Amur Minerals Corp (AMC), JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JMI), Schroder Japan Growth Fund (SJG), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (SOI), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Trust (SST), VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd (VOF)
Companies paying dividends: Balfour Beatty (3.5p), Dunelm Group (26p), Renishaw (56.6p), VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (6.708p)
Tuesday 6 December
Economics: PMI construction
Trading updates: Ferguson (FERG)
Interims: Ashtead Group (AHT), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), Vianet Group (VNET)
Finals: Gooch & Housego (GHH), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), SSP Group (SSPG), Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC)
AGMs: Brighton Pier Group (PIER), Croma Security Solutions Group (CSSG), Gattaca (GATC), Greatland Gold (GGP), International Biotechnology Trust (IBT), Nightcap (NGHT), Rosslyn Data Technologies (RDT)
Companies paying dividends: GCP Infrastructure Invs (1.75p), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (1.3p)
Wednesday 7 December
Economics: Halifax house price index
Interims: Berkeley Group Holdings (BKG), Moonpig Group (MOON), Quiz (QUIZ), Redde Northgate (REDD), Sdi Group (SDI)
Finals: Ixico (IXI), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB)
AGMs: Agriterra Limited (AGTA), Alternative Liquidity Fund (ALF), Europa Oil & Gas Holdings (EOG), Volta Finance (VTAS)
Companies paying dividends: Coca Cola CHF (96.55p), Fidelity Asian Values (14p)
Thursday 8 December
Economics: RICS housing market survey
Trading updates: Balfour Beatty (BBY), British American Tobacco (BATS), S&U (SUS)
Interims: DS Smith (SMDS), Redcentric (RCN), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT)
Finals: Focusrite (TUNE), Numis Group (NUM), On The Beach Group (OTB)
AGMs: Ashoka India Equity Inv Trust (AIE), BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust (BRGE), Falanx Group (FLX), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), Lok'n Store (LOK),
Netcall (NET), Upland Resources (UPL), Westmount Energy (WTE), YouGov (YOU)
Companies paying dividends: Ferguson (160p), Inspired Energy (0.13p), Jarvis Securities (2.5p)
Friday 9 December
Economics: Consumer inflation expectations
Interims: Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI)
Finals: Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS)
AGMs: Asia Dragon Trust (DGN), Associated British Foods (ABF), Boston International Holdings (BIH), Critical Metals plc (CRTM), Doric Nimrod Air One (DNA), Doric Nimrod Air Three (DNA3), Doric Nimrod Air Two (DNA2), Frontier IP Group (FIPP)l, Gelion (GELN), RC365 Holding (RCGH)
Companies paying dividends: Airtel Africa (2.18p), Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (1.25p), Ashmore (12.1p), Aveva (13p), Avingtrans (2.6p), BlackRock Smaller Co Tst (14.5p), Cake Box Holdings (2.65p), Civitas Social Housing (1.425p), DCC (60.04p), Galliford Try Holdings (5.8p), Genus (21.7p), Impellam Group (55.4p), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (0.54p), NWF Group (6.5p), Schroder Japan Growth (4.9p), Schroder Real Estate Inv Tst (0.803p), SCS Group (9p), Ten Entertainment Group (3p), Unilever (37.22p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 8 December
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Alpha Financial Markets Consulting | 3.7 | 21-Dec-22 |
| Big Yellow Ord 10p | 22.3 | 26-Jan-23 |
| British & American Inv Tst Ord Shs £1 | 1.75 | 22-Feb-23 |
| Cropper (James) Ord 25p | 2 | 03-Jan-23 |
| Energean | 25.42 | 30-Dec-22 |
| Fidelity Emerging Markets | 13.58 | 16-Dec-22 |
| Henderson High Income Trust | 2.575 | 27-Jan-23 |
| Intermediate Capital Group Ord 20p | 25.3 | 09-Jan-23 |
| Investec Ord 0.2p | 13.5 | 09-Jan-23 |
| JD Sports Fashion | 0.13 | 06-Jan-23 |
| Johnson Matthey Ord £1 | 22 | 01-Feb-23 |
| Liontrust Asset Management Ord 1p | 22 | 13-Jan-23 |
| London Finance & Investment Grp.5p | 0.6 | 21-Dec-22 |
| Northern 2 VCT | 2 | 13-Jan-23 |
| Northern 3 VCT | 2 | 13-Jan-22 |
| Northern Venture Trust Ord 25p | 2 | 13-Jan-22 |
| Octopus Titan VCT | 2 | 22-Dec-22 |
| Octopus Titan VCT | 6 | 22-Dec-22 |
| Palace Capital | 3.75 | 30-Dec-22 |
| Puma VCT 13 | 5.5 | 23-Dec-22 |
| Sirius Real Estate € | 2.35 | 19-Jan-23 |
| Speedy Hire Ord 5p | 0.8 | 20-Jan-23 |
| Temple Bar Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.5 | 30-Dec-22 |
| Town Centre Securities Ord 25p | 2.5 | 06-Jan-23 |
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.
