All eyes will turn to supermarket Morrisons on Thursday when it reports half-year results, not least because new chief executive Marc Bolland has taken over the day-to-day running of the company from Sir Ken Morrison.

The Bradford-based chain has faced difficulties since the acquisition of larger rival Safeway in 2005 but reported encouraging trading conditions over the summer.

Jeremy Batstone, analyst at Charles Stanley is upbeat about the supermarket's results.

"Morrisons is expected to finally reap the initial benefits from the Safeway purchase," he said.

Mr Batstone expects pre-tax profits for the six months to July 23 to come in at £122m against £34m for the same period last year.

Other companies reporting this week include: tomorrow - Finals: Finsbury Food; Wednesday - Interims: Arena Leisure; Thursday - Interims: Premier Oil, London Capital Group.