Some of the big guns are being wheeed out this week, including consumer goods giant Unilever and telecoms titan BT.
Anglo-Dutch outfit Unilever reported underlying sales growth of 4.2% for the third quarter, back in October.
Of this, 2.8% was as a result of price increases and 1.3% from increased volumes.
Underlying sales growth in emerging markets of 7.2% underlines where the growth opportunities lie in the main for Unilever, but from a parochial point of view it would be interesting to get any insight into the battle over who is going to bear the brunt of sterling's collapse: Unilever or the supermarkets.
For BT, the issues are the continued wrangling with the telecoms watchdog Ofcom over its Openreach networks arm, and the battle for eyeballs and mobile customers it is having with Sky.
Citi thinks the regulatory clouds are starting to lift, and the lumbering leviathan is set to exploit synergies from the EE mobile phone network acquisition.
The wheels have fallen off at Frankie & Benny's eateries operator Restaurant Group of late, but Panmure Gordon thinks Wednesday's update will be too soon to tell whether the restaurateur's remedial action is working.
The broker is expecting the group to swallow a 3.4% year-on-year decline in like-for-like sales in 2016, which, if accurate, would represrnt an improvement on the 3.9% decline seen after 39 weeks of the year.
Its profit before tax forecast of £57mln sits at the low end of the company's guidance range.
Greetings cards and party kit seller Card Factory is not expected to blow the doors off with its trading update, but Peel Hunt thinks the business will demonstrate its defensive qualities.
“We see no reason to believe that the web will suddenly begin changing card-sending habits: Facebook posts and tweets are not socially acceptable to senior card senders, nor practical at a kiddies’ birthday party. Even if things change, it will just increase CARD’s position of relative strength in the industry,” Peel Hunt argues.
The broker expects operators to move out of the sector, as they increasingly find it hard to compete.
Significant announcements expected
Monday
Trading statements: Computacenter PLC (LON:CCC), Petra Diamonds Ltd (LON:PDL)
Tuesday
Finals: Blue Prism Group PLC (LON:PRSM), Lakehouse PLC (LON:LAKE)
Interims: IG Group Holdings PLC (LON:IGG), PZ Cussons PLC (LON:PZC)
Trading statements: BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT), Dixons Carphone (LON:DC.), easyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), Genel Energy PLC (LON:GENL), MaxCyte Inc (LON:MXCT)
Wednesday
Trading statements: Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), Restaurant Group PLC (LON:RTN), WH Smith PLC (LON:SMWH)
Thursday
Interims: Angle PLC (LON:AGL), CPL Resources PLC (LON:CPS), Diageo plc (LON:DGE), Haynes Publishing Group PLC (LON:HYNS), ITE Group PLC (LON:ITE), Renishaw PLC (LON:RSW), Sky PLC (LON:SKY), Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR)
Trading statements: Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), Card Factory PLC (LON:CARD), Daily Mail and General Trust PLC (LON:DMGT), Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (LON:ERM), Hansard Global PLC (LON:HSD), Kaz Minerals PLC (LON:KAZ), Lonmin PLC (LON:LMI), Paragon Group of Companies PLC (LON:PAG), PayPoint PLC (LON:PAY), Rank Group PLC (LON:RNK), RPC Group PLC (LON:RPC), SSP Group PLC (LON:SSPG), Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE), St James's Place PLC (LON:STJ), Whitbread plc (LON:WTB),
Friday
Trading statements: Paragon Group of Companies PLC (LON:PAG)
Finals: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC (LON:ASL)