While members of the public may be getting increasingly used to having their temperatures checked as one of the many previously-unfamiliar rituals now associated with entering shops, restaurants and public spaces, quoted UK companies will be preparing themselves for equally keen interest in their vital statistics as they ready themselves for the second-quarter reporting season. Please join Richard Buxton at 11:00 (London time) on Tuesday 28th July for his regular webcast on the Merian UK Alpha Fund, when he will discuss this eagerly-awaited set of corporate results, what they might tell us about the health of the economy and businesses, and of course their implications for investors.