Shareholder showdowns

Tesco and Royal Bank of Scotland are in sharp focus as they prepare to hold their annual general meetings this week.

Tesco is likely to reveal sales coming under further pressure on Friday and will hold its annual shareholder gathering amid investor concern over its chairman and the pay-offs of its departed chief executive.

RBS executives will be under scrutiny when they face shareholders at the group’s AGM tomorrow following the lender’s latest embarrassing glitch that