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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Within one year [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Summary of Trade and Other Payables |
|  | 30 June 2019 |  |  | 30 June 2018 |  |  | 31 December 2018 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Trade payables |  |  | 9,945.7 |  |  |  | 9,611.7 |  |  |  | 10,524.3 |
Deferred income |  |  | 1,377.3 |  |  |  | 1,284.5 |  |  |  | 1,253.6 |
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 167.6 |  |  |  | 193.7 |  |  |  | 148.2 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors |  |  | 41.4 |  |  |  | 50.0 |  |  |  | 36.8 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | 4.0 |  |  |  | 2.2 |  |  |  | 2.6 |
Other creditors and accruals |  |  | 2,829.7 |  |  |  | 2,874.5 |  |  |  | 3,072.9 |
|  |  | 14,365.7 |  |  |  | 14,016.6 |  |  |  | 15,038.4 |

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