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Financial highlights -
Consolidated Income statement -
Balance sheets -
Cash flow
Consolidated Income statement
year ended 31 December 2007
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Group |
Continuing operations |
Notes |
Year ended
2007
£m |
Year ended
2006
£m |
| Revenue |
5 |
650.5 |
517.6 |
| Less: |
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|
|
| Employee benefits expense |
9 |
(382.3) |
(306.1) |
| Depreciation |
6 |
(6.2) |
(5.6) |
| Amortisation of intangibles and impairment of goodwill and available-for-sale investments |
6 |
(5.7) |
(2.4) |
| Other operating expenses |
|
(174.3) |
(129.2) |
| Other income |
6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
| Profit on disposal of subsidiary, associate, joint ventures and available-for-sale investments |
6 |
0.7 |
5.1 |
| Operating profit |
5 & 6 |
83.4 |
80.2 |
| Finance income |
11 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
| Finance costs |
11 |
(2.4) |
(1.1) |
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2.1 |
3.7 |
| Share of post tax profit from associates and joint ventures |
18(a) |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| Profit before income tax |
|
85.9 |
84.4 |
| Income tax expense |
12 |
(28.0) |
(25.6) |
| Profit for the year from continuing operations |
|
57.9 |
58.8 |
| Discontinued operations |
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| Profit for the year from discontinued operations |
8 |
- |
0.3 |
| Profit after income tax |
|
57.9 |
59.1 |
| Attributable to: |
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| Equity shareholders of the Company |
|
55.3 |
57.7 |
| Minority interest |
|
2.6 |
1.4 |
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57.9 |
59.1 |
| Earnings per share |
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| From continuing and discontinued operations |
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| Basic earnings per share |
14(a) |
45.5p |
46.3p |
| Diluted earnings per share |
14(a) |
44.3p |
44.2p |
| From continuing operations |
|
|
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| Basic earnings per share |
14(a) |
45.5p |
46.0p |
| Diluted earnings per share |
14(a) |
44.3p |
44.0p |
| Underlying earnings per share |
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|
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| From continuing and discontinued operations |
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| Basic earnings per share |
14(b) |
46.1p |
41.1p |
| Diluted earnings per share |
14(b) |
44.9p |
39.2p |
| From continuing operations |
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| Basic earnings per share |
14(b) |
46.1p |
40.8p |
| Diluted earnings per share |
14(b) |
44.9p |
39.0p |
The notes on pages 92 to 136 of the Annual Report form part of the Accounts.
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