For the first day of February, the grocery and banking sectors will get more time in the spotlight, while Google parent Alphabet will take centre stage later in the day. Ahead of its bigger banking rivals later in the month, Virgin Money UK PLC (LSE:VMUK) (Virgin Money UK PLC (LSE:VMUK)) will kick off the sector's reporting season, reporting on the three months to 31 December, the first quarter of its fiscal year.