THE annual dash to post corporate results before the August holidays takes place next week with an avalanche

NatWest, Lloyds and Barclays are among those posting interim results.

The latter could prove the most interesting after the recent rush of dealmaking and flotations.

Barclays’ bankers have been on the ticket for several deals and they advised on this week’s much-anticipated flotation of trading app Robinhood. Analysts are pencilling in first half profits of £4 billion, against £1.3 billion a year before, so an interim payout of 1.8p a share and 5.7p for the year are expected.