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Audit fee paid to the group's principal auditor for the audit of the group consolidated financial statements.

No definition available.

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Audit fee paid to the group's principal auditor for the audit of the financial statements of subsidiaries.

No definition available.

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Other assurance services comprise the aggregate fees for assurance and related services that are related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements and are not reported under total audit fees.

No definition available.

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Additional information about operating costs.

No definition available.

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Service provided by the group's principal auditor in respect of the review of the interim financial information. This would be included in audit related fees in the United States and audit fees in the UK.

No definition available.

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The amount of fees paid or payable to the entity's auditors.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2020-01-01
-Paragraph 112
-Subparagraph c
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_112_c&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2020-01-01

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The amount of fees paid or payable to the entity's auditors for auditing services.

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The amount of fees paid or payable to the entity's auditors for services that the entity does not separately disclose in the same statement or note.