Week Ahead: Recruiters, house builders, AB Foods

6th Jul 2012 11:51

Next week sees two big recruitment agencies, Michael Page and Hays, update the market, and if the Thursday's report from smaller rival Robert Walters is anything to go by, the news may not be good.Better news is expected from house builders Bovis and Galliford Try if recent trading statements from sector peers Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey are any sort of guide.Associated British Foods, which on Friday announced the acquisition of the Elephant Atta ethnic flour brand from Premier Foods, updates the market on Thursday. Attention will probably be on the group's Primark clothing chain, as usual, but the Elephant Atta purchase is a useful reminder that there is more to the company than Primark.Panmure Gordon expects the tone of the trading update to be similar to the previous report with "strong earnings growth expected to be delivered for the year to September, driven by particularly impress growth in the Sugar division."Monday July 09INTERIMSRMINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATERenew HoldingsINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBalance of Trade (GER) (07:00)Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)Current Account (GER) (07:00)Factory Orders (GER) (11:00)Retail Price Index (GER) (07:00)Q2Michael Page InternationalANNUAL REPORTCropper (James), OptareEGMSEquatorial Palm OilAGMSAsia Ceramics Holding, GB Group, Zhaikmunai LP GDR (Reg S)TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSBovis Homes Group, XP Power Ltd. (DI)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAmiad Water Systems Ltd, Anglo-Eastern Plantations, EvrazFINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATETongaat-Hulett Ltd.Tuesday July 10QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEXP Power Ltd. (DI)FINALSAccsys TechnologiesAGMS3i Infrastructure, Big Yellow Group, Intermediate Capital Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Young & Co's Brewery 'A' SharesTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSASOS, Interserve, SIGUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSRICS Housing Market Survey (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEGreat Portland EstatesWednesday July 11INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATEAer Lingus Group, Chemring Group, CQS Rig Finance Fund Ltd., Dewhurst, Domino Printing Sciences, Dunedin Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Safestore Holdings, Sinclair (William) Holdings, ZytronicQUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATEMerchants Trust, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Schroder Income Growth FundINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBalance of Trade (US) (13:30)Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00)MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)GMSCreon ResourcesFINALSPicton Property Income LtdIMSSICAPAGMSBT Group, ICAP, London & Stamford Property , Mitie Group, Ortus VCT, Rugby Estates, Sainsbury (J), UK Mail Group TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSGalliford Try, Hays, Wetherspoon (J.D.)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAshley (Laura) HoldingFINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATEBritish Smaller Companies VCT, Cropper (James), E2V Technologies, Establishment Inv Trust, FirstGroup, GB Group, Hyder Consulting, Lindsell Train Inv Trust, Monks Inv Trust, Moss Bros Group, NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund Ltd GBP, NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund Ltd USD, Octopus Apollo VCT 4 , Sepura, Ventus 2 VCT, Ventus 2 VCT 'C' Shares, Ventus VCT, Ventus VCT 'C' Shares, VP, Walker Greenbank, Workspace GroupThursday July 12INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45)Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)Import and Export Price Indexes (US) (13:30)Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)Treasury Budget Statement (US) (19:00)FINALSHeath (Samuel) & Sons, Weare 2020IMSSAssociated British FoodsEGMSDiamond Circle CapitalAGMSAblon Group Ltd., Angel Biotechnology Holdings, ASOS, Aveva Group, Biotech Growth Trust (The), Burberry Group, Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd. GDR, Green Dragon Gas Ltd. (DI), Greka Drilling Ltd (DI), Maven Income & Growth VCT, Nature Group, NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund Ltd., NewRiver Retail Ltd. (Reg S), Octopus AIM VCT, Palace Capital , Perpetual Income & Growth Inv Trust, Public Power GDR SA (Reg S), Renold, SKIL Ports & Logistics Ltd., Taliesin Property Fund Ltd., Telford HomesTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSComputacenter, Premier OilFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAlliance Pharma, Tarsus Group, Young & Co's Brewery 'A' Shares, Young & Co's Brewery (Non-Voting), Zhejiang Expressway Co 'H' SharesFriday July 13INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBritvic, Scottish Inv Trust, Topps Tiles, United DrugQUARTERLY PAYMENT DATEAfrica Opportunity Fund Ltd., Schlumberger Ltd., Yamana Gold Inc.INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSProducer Price Index (US) (13:30)U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)IMSSExperianAGMSBritish Land Co, Capital Gearing Trust, Electrocomponents, Insetco, Invensys, Invesco Income Growth Trust, Lombard Risk Management, Saltus European Debt Strategies Ltd., Value and Income TrustFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE3i Infrastructure, C&C Group, Chamberlin, Harvey Nash Group, IFG Group, Intermediate Capital Group, Investment Company, London & Stamford Property , Marks & Spencer Group, NewRiver Retail Ltd. (Reg S), Northern 3 VCT, Northern Investors Co, Sainsbury (J), Tribal Group, WhitbreadJH