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Costs of services and general and administrative costs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

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Costs of Services and General Administrative Costs


		Six months ended 30 June 2019				Six months ended 30 June 2018				Year ended 31 December 2018
		£m				£m				£m
Costs of services			6,390.2				6,218.7				12,663.5
General and administrative costs			552.8				432.1				1,507.5
			6,943.0				6,650.8				14,171.0

Costs of services and general and administrative costs include:


		Six months ended 30 June 2019				Six months ended 30 June 2018				Year ended 31 December 2018
		£m				£m				£m
Staff costs			4,132.7				4,032.6				8,172.6
Establishment costs			380.7				433.7				871.7
Media pass-through costs			818.8				740.9				1,458.0
Data collection pass-through costs			297.4				286.6				609.2
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs¹			1,313.4				1,157.0				3,059.5
			6,943.0				6,650.8				14,171.0

Note

¹	Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include £350.9 million (period ended 30 June 2018: £316.3 million; year ended 31 December 2018: £708.6 million) of other pass-through costs.

Staff costs include:


		Six months ended 30 June 2019				Six months ended 30 June 2018				Year ended 31 December 2018
		£m				£m				£m
Wages and salaries			2,890.2				2,805.4				5,710.0
Cash-based incentive plans			77.2				74.1				240.7
Share-based incentive plans			32.5				41.6				84.8
Social security costs			376.2				367.7				717.5
Pension costs			98.5				93.1				191.2
Severance			17.9				16.8				37.5
Other staff costs			640.2				633.9				1,190.9
			4,132.7				4,032.6				8,172.6

Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include:


		Six months ended 30 June 2019				Six months ended 30 June 2018				Year ended 31 December 2018
		£m				£m				£m
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets			66.9				84.0				280.0
Goodwill impairment			—				—				183.9
Gains on disposal of investments and subsidiaries			(40.6	)			(189.9	)			(235.5	)
Gains on remeasurement of equity interests arising from a change in scope of ownership			(0.4	)			(0.1	)			(2.0	)
Investment write-downs			—				1.5				2.0
Restructuring and transformation costs			55.4				45.5				302.3
Litigation settlement			(16.8	)			—				—
Gain on sale of freehold property in New York			(7.9	)			—				—
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment			106.2				109.2				225.1
Amortisation of other intangible assets			18.3				18.3				38.7
Depreciation of right-of-use assets			168.4				—				—
Short-term lease expense			56.9				—				—
Low-value lease expense			1.7				—				—