Investors coming back from their Bank Holiday breaks will be able to feast on another week full of corporate results, including updates from BP Amoco, Matalan and Royal & Sun Alliance.

BP Amoco will be the second major oil company in a fortnight to brave the wrath of UK motorists when it publishes first quarter results on Tuesday.

Shell reported first quarter profits of £2.7bn this week, a rise of 25 per cent, and BP Amoco is expected to follow suit with a significant leap in profits of its own.

City stockbroker Gerrard is forecasting profits of £2.8bn for the first three months of the year, up from £1.9bn, again aided by high gas and oil prices

A general decline in tobacco sales in the UK is likely to have hit cigarette giant Imperial Tobacco, which reports its half-year results on Wednesday.

The City expects the group's volume growth in the UK to fall, despite a slight pick-up in roll-your-own products, while higher interest charges could also have an impact, leaving first-half profits three per cent up on last year at £220m. The group will have been helped by strong sales overseas following a series of acquisitions and operational improvements.

The City will be waiting with baited breath for Matalan's annual figures on Wednesday, as they come just a fortnight after the shock resignation of the retailer's chief executive, Angus Monro.

Mr Monro left the out-of-town clothing chain on April 27 after the board said it needed someone committed to its long-term development strategy.

All eyes will be on the future direction Matalan's board want to take, while pre-tax profits are expected to come in at £82.5m, up from £54.1m last year.

Software group Sage will report its interim results on Wednesday, fresh from another battering for tech and telecom stocks on the London markets.

Analysts are still predicting growth over the first half, with pre-tax profits expected to rise from £54m to £62m - but the company could still be in for a bumpy ride, given the threat posed by the US slowdown.

l Companies reporting next week include:

TUESDAY - Finals: Albany Investment Trust, Incepta Group, Cluff Mining. Interims: BP Amoco (Q1), Nord Anglia Education, Zytromics, lastminute.com, L.Gardner

WEDNESDAY- Finals: Matalan, Luminar. Interims: BSkyB (Q3), EasyJet, Fenner, Imperial Tobacco Group, Ultraframe, P&O Nedlloyd (Q1), Richmond Foods, Regus (Q1), Antisoma (Q3).

THURSDAY - Finals: Bank of Ireland, Orbital Software Holdings, Bulgin. Interims: BG Group (Q1), Intec Telecom Systems, Reckitt Benckiser (Q1), Chrysalis Group, Minorplanet Systems, Recognition Systems

FRIDAY - Interims: Deltron Electronics.