Friday preview: Fuller's seeks to raise the bar

24th Nov 2011 18:29

Pubs owner and brewer Fuller, Smith and Turner is set to release interim figures on Friday and if the performance of rival Young's is anything to go by, the company's focus on London and the South-East should mean that the Chiswick-based firm's shareholders will be able to raise a glass of London Pride to a resilient performance.Young's, which released figures on Thursday, had a pretty good September, and there is little reason to suppose that Fuller's, whose pubs estate overlaps with that of Young's, did not also finish the half-year reporting period with a flourish.Investors will be keen to learn if the company has any plans to go back on the acquisition trail after its low-ball offer for London-based pub group Capital Group was topped by Greene King. Since that disappointment Fullers has bought five pubs from rival Marston's for a cool £16m.INTERIMSFuller Smith & Turner, Omega Diagnostics GroupINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBooker Group, Bovis Homes Group, Charles Taylor Consulting, Downing Planned Exit VCT 2 'C' Shares, Downing Planned Exit VCT 2 'D' Shares , Downing Planned Exit VCT 3 'C' Shares, Downing Planned Exit VCT 3 'D' Shares , Harvey Nash Group, John Menzies, JZ Capital Partners Ltd., Octopus AIM VCT, Prime People, RSA Insurance Group, Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust, Tandem Group, Ted BakerQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEF&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd., Picton Property Income LtdQ3Public Power GDR SA (Reg S)GMSComs, F&C Managed Portfolio Trust Growth Shares, F&C Managed Portfolio Trust Income SharesSPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEJZ Capital Partners Ltd.EGMSAir China Ltd.AGMSAquarius Platinum Ltd., Ferrum Crescent Ltd Ord NPV (DI), Fusion IP, Hargreaves Lansdown, Nyota Minerals Ltd., Petmin Ltd. (DI)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAbcam, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Genus, JPMorgan Overseas Inv Trust, London Finance & Investment Group, Pan African Resources, Ricardo, Smiths Group, Swallowfield, Thorntons