Week Ahead: Thomas Cook, TUI Travel, Mothercare

25th Mar 2011 11:07

The UK's top two listed travel companies. Thomas Cook and TUI Travel are set to bring out trading updates, and both face much the same problems: rising oil prices, political uncertainty in some popular travel destinations and consumer concern about whether the budget will stretch to a holiday this year.Thomas Cook noted in its first quarter statement that the political unrest in Tunisia and Egypt would have an impact on the following quarter's profits of around £20m. TUI Travel, the operator of brands such as Thomson and First Choice, said in early February that the problems in North Africa could hit results for the current quarter by £25m to £30m. Repatriation and cancellation costs in Tunisia are estimated to have cost £5m.The steady stream of retailers' results will continue with the likes of Mothercare, Topps Tiles and Domino's Pizza.Peel Hunt thinks Mothercare should report a notable improvement in its fourth quarter UK sales "with a weak snow comparative and the benefits of January stock clearance"."We are leaving our full-year profit before tax expectations unchanged at £32.5m; they sit c5-7% below consensus. We had taken a dim view of the sales environment over the first quarter of 2011 and forecast only a two percentage point improvement in quarter on quarter sales performance," Peel Hunt said. 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(DI), SVG Capital, Turkiye is Bankasi GDR (Reg S)TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSBooker Group, Dairy Crest Group, Future, TUI TravelUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSGFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)Nationwide House Prices (07:00)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEChrysalis VCT, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, Jersey Electricity 'A' Shares, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Capital Shares, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Income Shares, Rio Tinto, Temple Bar Inv TrustFriday April 01INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEDunelm Group, Electric & General Inv Trust, Kesa Electricals, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Pennon Group, PZ Cussons, Stewart & WightINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSLarge Manufacturers Index (JPN)Retail Sales (GER) (07:00)PMI Manufacturing (FRA) (08:15)PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55)PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00)Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)Auto Sales (US) (15:00)Construction Spending (US) (15:00)ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)GMSCapital & Regional, Chariot Oil & Gas Ltd.AGMSTHB Group, Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS GDR (Reg S)UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Manufacturing (09:30)FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBraime (T.F.& J.H.) 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