Friday preview: SIG growth expected to slow

7th Jul 2011 15:49

Insulation, roofing and commercial interior products supplier SIG issues its interim results on Friday, with the Interiors Manufacturing and Energy Management businesses in UK and Ireland expected to let the side down in terms of growth.Trading in the first four months of the year was ahead of last year, when trading was hit in the early part of 2010 by poor weather. Comparisons got tougher from March onwards.Overseas, SIG's principal markets in mainland Europe got off to a good start, with the exception of Benelux, which was facing challenging conditions.The group has been selling off peripheral parts of the business, such as its work wear unit and scaffolding division, to focus on its core activities. INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Associated British Foods, Britvic, Daily Mail and General Trust, Debenhams, Topps Tiles QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE British Assets Trust INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS M2 Money Supply (PJN) Current Account Total (JPN) Bankruptcies (JPN) Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00) Current Account (GER) (07:00) Bank of France Business Sentiment (FRA) (07:30) Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30) Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30) Wholesale Inventories (US) (15:00) Consumer Credit (US) (20:00) GMS JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust , Nasstar SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE Spirax-Sarco Engineering AGMS Aurum Mining, JJB Sports, JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust , Value and Income Trust TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS SIG UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Producer Price Index (09:30) FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 3i Infrastructure, Booker Group, Cello Group, Corin Group, First Derivatives, Hill & Smith Holdings, M&C Saatchi, Marshalls, Morgan Crucible Co, Octopus Apollo VCT 1, Octopus Apollo VCT 2, Octopus Eclipse VCT 2, Prezzo, Tesco, Yule Catto & Co --jh