Companies reporting and economics diary for the week ahead

TODAY:

Interims: British Airways (Q1), Inchape, Saatchi & Saatchi, Smith & Nephew, VFG.

EGMs: Foresight Technology, Stirling. Economics: UK July producer prices index.

TOMORROW:

Interims: BOC (Q3), BP Amoco, Cordiant Communications Group, Millennium & Copthorne, Morgan Sindall, Nycomed Amersham, Sanderson Bramall Motor Group.

Finals: Stoves.

Economics: British Retail Consortium retail sales figures; CBI regional industrial trends quarterly survey, Q2 acquisitions and mergers.

WEDNESDAY:

Interims: CGU, Colt Telecom, Country Gardens, Toad.

Finals: BSkyB, Stewart & Wight.

Economics: Bank of England quarterly inflation report, UK June unemployment figures, UK May average earnings data.

THURSDAY:

Interims:

Independent Insurance, Perry Group, Sun Life & Provincial, Torex.

Finals: Slug & Lettuce.

EGMs: Lupus Capital.

AGMs: GB Railways, Highland Distillers.

Economics: US retail sales, BDO Business trends survey.

FRIDAY:

Interims:

United Assurance.

Economics: US producer price index.