LONDON (ShareCast) - Building maintenance firm Interserve’s first half sales are expected to rise to £951.7m from £889.6m from the same period a year ago, helped by continued contract wins.

Engineer and construction group Balfour Beatty is expected to report interim profits in the region of about £91m.

British Energy said last month that power output over the first quarter was down from the same period a year ago. The effects on the company’s finances will be revealed in first quarter results.

This month’s decision on interest rates surprised no one, with nearly all analysts correctly predicting rates would be held, but the inflation report could be much more interesting.

INTERIMS
Balfour Beatty, Interserve, Proximagen Neuroscience

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
4imprint Group, BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust, Genetix Group, GKN, Hammerson, Ladbrokes, London Capital Group, Matrix Income & Growth 3 VCT, Matrix Income & Growth VCT, Meggitt, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Morgan Sindall, Nichols, Prudential, RSA Insurance Group, Spirent Communications, Standard Chartered, Standard Life

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BP, JPMorgan Fleming Claverhouse Investment Trust, Prodesse

QUARTERLY RESULTS
British Energy

TRADING STATEMENT
Thomas Cook

FINALS
NWF Group

EGMS
Inion

AGMS
Mountview Estate

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BoE Inflation Report (09:30)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Accident Exchange Group, Atkins (WS), Cassidy Brothers, DS Smith, DSG International, DTZ Holdings, Investment Co., MDM Engineering Group, Northgate, Northumbrian Water Group, Vantis

QUARTERLY RESULTS
Uruguay Mineral Exploration

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