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 8 April
Economics: BRC shop price index
Finals: Bango (BGO)
Companies paying dividends: Alumasc Group (3.45p), LondonMetric Property (2.4p), Redrow (5p)
Tuesday 9 April
Economics: BRC sales monitor
Trading updates: CMC Markets (CMCX), Unite Group (UTG)
Interims: Ultimate Products (ULTP)
Finals: 88 Energy (88E), Alliance Pharma (APH), Animalcare Group (ANCR), Distribution Finance Capital Holdings (DFCH), JTC (JTC)
Companies paying dividends: CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust (1.8p), Dunelm Group (51p), Hays (0.95p), Renishaw (16.8p), Safestore Holdings (20.2p)
Wednesday 10 April
Finals: Epwin Group (EPWN), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Tesco (TSCO)
Companies paying dividends: Assura (0.82p), Primorus Investments (1.5p), Wilmington (3p)
Thursday 11 April
Economics: RICS housing market survey
AGMs: Angus Energy (ANGS), AstraZeneca (AZN)
Companies paying dividends: Athelney Trust (7.6p), Colefax Group (2.7p), Driver Group (0.75p), GSK (16p), Hargreaves Services (18p), Law Debenture Corporation (9.125p), MTI Wireless Edge ($0.031), Ricardo (3.8p), Scottish American Investment Company (3.8p), Trifast (0.6p)
Friday 12 April
Economics: Balance of trade, GDP, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
AGMs: SigmaRoc (SRC)
Companies paying dividends: abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust (3.7p), Alpha Real Trust (1p), Chemring Group (4.6p), Duke Capital (0.7p), Galliford Try Holdings (4p), Goodwin (57.5p), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (2p), IDOX (0.6p), Lancashire Holdings ($0.5), Land Securities Group (9.3p), LPA Group (1p), Tristel (5.24p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 11 April
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aviva | 22.3 | 23-May-2024 |
| Barratt Developments | 4.4 | 17-May-2024 |
| Begbies Traynor Group | 1.3 | 7-May-2024 |
| Bioventix | 68 | 26-Apr-2024 |
| Blackfinch Spring VCT | 2.5 | 26-Apr-2024 |
| F&C Investment Trust | 4.5 | 9-May-2024 |
| Foxtons Group | 0.7 | 28-May-2024 |
| Grafton Group | 26 | 9-May-2024 |
| Harbour Energy | $0.13 | 22-May-2024 |
| Howden Joinery Group | 16.2 | 24-May-2024 |
| Hunting | $0.05 | 10-May-2024 |
| International Personal Finance | 7.2 | 10-May-2024 |
| ITV | 3.3 | 23-May-2024 |
| Johnson Service Group | 1.9 | 10-May-2024 |
| Just Group | 1.5 | 15-May-2024 |
| Kenmare Resources | $0.3854 | 17-May-2024 |
| Kerry Group | €0.81 | 10-May-2024 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 1.84 | 21-May-2024 |
| Man Group | $0.107 | 22-May-2024 |
| Manchester & London Inv Trust | 7 | 7-May-2024 |
| Mobius Investment Trust | 1.25 | 7-May-2024 |
| Octopus Apollo VCT | 1.3 | 2-May-2024 |
| Phoenix Group Holdings | 26.65 | 22-May-2024 |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | 115.9 | 24-May-2024 |
| Savills | 15.9 | 23-May-2024 |
| Schroder Asian Total Return Inv Co | 11.5 | 10-May-2024 |
| Schroder European Real Estate Inv Tst | €0.01 | 10-May-2024 |
| Smurfit Kappa Group | €1.18 | 10-May-2024 |
| Somero Enterprises | $0.2059 | 10-May-2024 |
| Synectics | 3 | 3-May-2024 |
| TP ICAP Group | 10 | 24-May-2024 |
| TT Electronics | 4.65 | 15-May-2024 |
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.
