London Report: Osborne in spotlight as Britons await the 2014 Budget details
THE spotlight will be on Chancellor George Osborne this Wednesday as he delivers the 2014 Budget.
Other economic news includes the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) minutes plus unemployment figures, also on Wednesday, the CBI Industrial Trends survey on Thursday and government borrowing figures at the end of the week.
The corporate calendar starts today with news from Regenersis and Smart Metering Systems. Antofagasta, Asos, Berkeley Group, Bioquell, Cairn Energy, Clarke, IG Group Holdings, J Sainsbury, Mears Group, Mecom Group, SDL, Source BioScience, Spirit Pub Company, UTV Media and Xaar will all report tomorrow.
On Wednesday Cape, Consort Medical, Charles Taylor, Partnership Assurance and Smiths Group will update the market.
On Thursday Arbuthnot Banking, Crest Nicholson, EMIS, Investec, Ophir Energy, Next, Premier Farnell, Savills, Secure Trust Bank, Ted Baker, Thorpe, United Utilities and WANdisco will report.