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Costs of services and general and administrative costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Costs of Services and General Administrative Costs |
Continuing operations |  | 2019 £m |  |  | 2018 1 £m |  |  | 2017 1 £m |
Costs of services |  |  | 10,825.1 |  |  |  | 10,559.1 |  |  |  | 10,481.6 |
General and administrative costs |  |  | 1,113.1 |  |  |  | 1,249.7 |  |  |  | 1,086.9 |
|  |  | 11,938.2 |  |  |  | 11,808.8 |  |  |  | 11,568.5 |
Costs of services and general and administrative costs include: |
Continuing operations |  | 2019 £m |  |  | 2018 1 £m |  |  | 2017 1 £m |
Staff costs (note 5) |  |  | 7,090.6 |  |  |  | 6,950.6 |  |  |  | 7,065.1 |
Establishment costs |  |  | 672.9 |  |  |  | 756.6 |  |  |  | 769.5 |
Media pass-through costs |  |  | 1,656.2 |  |  |  | 1,458.0 |  |  |  | 1,429.4 |
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs 2 |  |  | 2,518.5 |  |  |  | 2,643.6 |  |  |  | 2,304.5 |
|  |  | 11,938.2 |  |  |  | 11,808.8 |  |  |  | 11,568.5 |
Other costs of services and general and administrative costs include:
Continuing operations |  |  | 2019 £m |  |  |  | 2018 1 £m |  |  |  | 2017 1 £m |
Goodwill impairment (note 14) |  |  | 47.7 |  |  |  | 183.9 |  |  |  | 27.1 |
Investment write-downs |  |  | 7.5 |  |  |  | 2.0 |  |  |  | 91.7 |
Restructuring and transformation costs |  |  | 153.5 |  |  |  | 265.5 |  |  |  | 56.8 |
Litigation settlement |  |  | (16.8 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Gain on sale of freehold property in New York |  |  | (7.9 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets |  |  | 121.5 |  |  |  | 201.8 |  |  |  | 138.0 |
Amortisation of other intangible assets |  |  | 21.2 |  |  |  | 20.7 |  |  |  | 20.1 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |  |  | 185.5 |  |  |  | 188.6 |  |  |  | 189.0 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  | 301.6 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Losses on sale of property, plant and equipment |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 1.2 |
Gains on disposal of investments and subsidiaries |  |  | (40.4 | ) |  |  | (237.9 | ) |  |  | (98.7 | )
(Gains)/losses on remeasurement of equity interests arising from a change in scope of ownership |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (2.0 | ) |  |  | 0.3 |
Net foreign exchange losses/(gains) |  |  | 6.1 |  |  |  | (13.0 | ) |  |  | 8.0 |
Short-term lease expense |  |  | 83.8 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Low-value lease expense |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Auditors' Remuneration | Auditors’ remuneration:
|  | 2019 £m |  |  | 2018 £m |  |  | 2017 £m |
Fees payable to the Company’s auditors for the audit of the Company’s annual accounts |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 1.4 |
The audit of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation |  |  | 28.0 |  |  |  | 25.2 | 1 |  |  | 20.7 |
Other services pursuant to legislation |  |  | 5.0 |  |  |  | 4.2 |  |  |  | 4.0 |
Fees payable to the auditors pursuant to legislation |  |  | 34.5 |  |  |  | 30.8 |  |  |  | 26.1 |
Tax advisory services |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Tax compliance services |  |  | – |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Other services 1 |  |  | 8.2 |  |  |  | 4.7 |  |  |  | 4.6 |
Total non-audit fees |  |  | 8.2 |  |  |  | 4.8 |  |  |  | 4.8 |
Total fees |  |  | 42.7 |  |  |  | 35.6 |  |  |  | 30.9 |
Note
1 |  | Includes a true-up of £3.5 million.
2 |  | Other services include audits for earnout purposes.

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