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Costs of services and general and administrative costs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

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Costs of Services and General Administrative Costs

		Six months ended 30 June 2018				Six months ended 30 June 2017¹				Year ended 31 December 2017¹
		£m				£m				£m
Costs of services			6,218.7				6,282.3				12,629.0
General and administrative costs			432.1				643.7				1,267.0
			6,650.8				6,926.0				13,896.0

Costs of services and general and administrative costs include:


		Six months ended 30 June 2018				Six months ended 30 June 2017¹				Year ended 31 December 2017¹
		£m				£m				£m
Staff costs			4,032.6				4,177.0				8,319.0
Establishment costs			433.7				443.9				888.6
Media pass-through costs			740.9				701.6				1,429.4
Data collection pass-through costs			286.6				314.2				646.4
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs²			1,157.0				1,289.3				2,612.6
			6,650.8				6,926.0				13,896.0

Notes

¹	Prior year figures have been restated for the impact of the adoption of IFRS 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as described in note 2.

²	Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include £316.3 million (period ended 30 June 2017: £258.5 million; year ended 31 December 2017: £558.8 million) of other pass-through costs.

Staff costs include:


		Six months ended 30 June 2018				Six months ended 30 June 2017				Year ended 31 December 2017
		£m				£m				£m
Wages and salaries			2,805.4				2,919.1				5,832.3
Cash-based incentive plans			74.1				53.8				219.2
Share-based incentive plans			41.6				50.6				105.0
Social security costs			367.7				370.2				720.3
Pension costs			93.1				97.2				192.0
Severance			16.8				34.5				39.5
Other staff costs			633.9				651.6				1,210.7
			4,032.6				4,177.0				8,319.0

Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include:


		Six months ended 30 June 2018				Six months ended 30 June 2017				Year ended 31 December 2017
		£m				£m				£m
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets			84.0				97.8				195.1
Goodwill impairment			—				—				27.1
Gains on disposal of investments and subsidiaries			(189.9	)			(5.9	)			(129.0	)
(Gains)/losses on remeasurement of equity interests arising from a change in scope of ownership			(0.1	)			0.2				0.3
Investment write-downs			1.5				—				95.9
Restructuring costs			45.5				19.2				56.8