Business and City Summary

Today: 2.8.93

Cyclical indicators for the UK economy (July, first estimate).

Interims: Abbey National, BBA Group.

Finals: Ashtead Group.

AGMs: Cupid, Hambro Insurance.

EGMs: Evered Bardon, Helical Bar, Stratagem.

Tomorrow: 3.8.93

Banks'mortgage lending (Q2) and quarterly analysis of lending (Q2); UK official reserves (July); monetary statistics, including bank and building society balance sheets; bank and building society sterling; lending and M4 quarterly sectoral analysis (June); M0 figures (June/July).

Interims: CU Environmental Trust, Green Property Co, Law Debenture Corp, National Westminster Bank, Pacer Systems, Skipton Building Society, Yorkshire Chemicals.

Finals: Czechoslovakia Inv Corp.

AGMs: Charter Consolidated, Feedback, Seeboard, Vibroplant.

EGMs: Green Property, Yorkshire Food Group.

Wednesday: 4.8.93

Advance energy statistics (Q2); overseas travel and tourism (May); housing starts and completions (June).

Interims: Chieftain Group, GKN, Glynwed International, Malvern UK Index Trust, Midland Bank.

Finals: Beales Hunter, McKay Securities, Prior, Williamson Tea Holdings.

AGMs: AH Ball, Racal Electronics, TR Technology.

Thursday: 5.8.93

Details of employment, unemployment, earnings, prices and other indicators; balance of payments advance annual estimates (1992).

Interims: Anglo & Overseas Trust, Barclays Bank, British Alcan Aluminium, British Petroleum, T Cowie. Elsevier NV, John I Jacobs, Kleinwort Benson Group, Philips Electronics NV, Reed International, Rotork, Royal Dutch/Shell, TI Group, Transport Development.

Finals: Abbey, Trans-Natal Coal Corp (div), TR City of London Trust (div).

AGMs: Bradford Property Trust, James Cropper, Eastern Electricity, GEI International, Martin Shelton, South Western Electricity.

EGM: Explaura Holdings.

Friday: 6.8.93

Insolvency statistics (Q2).

Interims: Investment Trust of Guernsey, Newmarket Venture Capital, Porth Group.

Finals: Crown Eyeglass, Wholesale Fittings.

EGMs: Dwyer, Gieves, National Express.