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Segment information - Contributions by Reportable Segments (Detail) - GBP (£)
£ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Dec. 31, 2018
Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of operating segments [line items]      
Revenue [1] £ 13,234.1 £ 13,046.7 [2] £ 13,146.4 [2]
Headline PBIT (as above) [3] 1,560.6 1,651.2 [2] 1,793.1 [2]
Share-based payments 66.0 78.3 [2] 98.3 [2]
Capital additions [4] 329.8 314.0 [2] 271.0 [2]
Depreciation and amortisation [5] 508.3 209.3 [2] 209.1 [2]
Goodwill impairment 47.7 183.9 [2] 27.1 [2]
Share of results of associates 14.7 30.5 [2] 98.0 [2]
Interests in associates and joint ventures 813.0 796.8 [2] 1,065.2 [2]
Global integrated agencies [Member]      
Disclosure of operating segments [line items]      
Revenue [1],[6] 10,205.2 9,930.7 [7] 10,028.6 [7]
Revenue less pass-through costs [6],[8] 8,108.1 8,070.8 [7] 8,315.5 [7]
Headline PBIT (as above) [6] £ 1,219.5 £ 1,228.2 [7],[9] £ 1,321.3 [7],[9]
Headline PBIT margin [6],[9] 15.00% 15.20% [7] 15.90% [7]
Share-based payments £ 54.3 £ 59.5 [2] £ 77.8 [2]
Capital additions [4] 265.6 255.6 [2] 214.3 [2]
Depreciation and amortisation [5] 392.8 159.1 [2] 157.1 [2]
Goodwill impairment 4.8 148.0 [2] 0.0 [2]
Share of results of associates 17.0 25.4 [2] 16.2 [2]
Interests in associates and joint ventures 164.2 175.1 [2] 179.9 [2]
Public relations [member]      
Disclosure of operating segments [line items]      
Revenue [1],[10] 956.5 931.7 [7] 915.0 [7]
Revenue less pass-through costs [8],[10] 898.0 879.9 [7] 864.3 [7]
Headline PBIT (as above) [10] £ 140.6 £ 139.2 [7],[9] £ 123.5 [7],[9]
Headline PBIT margin [9],[10] 15.70% 15.80% [7] 14.30% [7]
Share-based payments £ 4.6 £ 7.1 [2] £ 7.2 [2]
Capital additions [4] 17.5 12.5 [2] 9.5 [2]
Depreciation and amortisation [5] 31.5 10.8 [2] 9.8 [2]
Goodwill impairment 0.0 0.0 [2] 7.5 [2]
Share of results of associates (0.3) 1.3 [2] 0.9 [2]
Interests in associates and joint ventures 5.5 6.2 [2] 5.6 [2]
Specialist agencies [Member]      
Disclosure of operating segments [line items]      
Revenue [1],[11] 2,072.4 2,184.3 [7] 2,202.8 [7]
Revenue less pass-through costs [8],[11] 1,840.4 1,925.0 [7] 1,964.3 [7]
Headline PBIT (as above) [11] £ 200.5 £ 283.8 [7],[9] £ 348.3 [7],[9]
Headline PBIT margin [9],[11] 10.90% 14.70% [7] 17.70% [7]
Share-based payments [12] £ 7.1 £ 11.7 [2] £ 13.3 [2]
Capital additions [12] 46.7 45.9 [2] 47.2 [2],[4]
Depreciation and amortisation [12] 84.0 39.4 [2],[5] 42.2 [2],[5]
Goodwill impairment [12] 42.9 35.9 [2] 19.6 [2]
Share of results of associates [12] (2.0) 3.8 [2] 80.9 [2]
Interests in associates and joint ventures [12] £ 643.3 £ 615.5 [2] £ 879.7 [2]
[1] Intersegment sales have not been separately disclosed as they are not material.
[2] Prior year figures have been re-presented in accordance with IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, as described in the accounting policies.
[3] A reconciliation from operating profit to headline operating profit is provided in note 32
[4] Capital additions include purchases of property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets (including capitalised computer software).
[5] Depreciation of property, plant and equipment, depreciation of right-of-use assets and amortisation of other intangible assets.
[6] Global Integrated Agencies includes all of Grey, GroupM, Hogarth, Ogilvy, VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson.
[7] Prior year figures have been re-presented in accordance with IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, as described in the accounting policies. As a result Data Investment Management is now excluded from the segment analysis.
[8] Revenue less pass-through costs is revenue less media, data collection and other pass-through costs. Pass-through costs comprise fees paid to external suppliers where they are engaged to perform part or all of a specific project and are changed directly to clients, predominantly media and data collection costs. See note 3 to the consolidated financial statements for more details of the pass-through costs.
[9] Headline operating profit margin is calculated as headline operating profit (defined above) as a percentage of revenue less pass-through costs.
[10] Public Relations represents the Group’s specialists in this area and remains as previously reported but excludes Ogilvy PR which now sits within Global Integrated Agencies as part of Ogilvy.
[11] Specialist Agencies represent the Group’s other agencies that specialise in certain areas, whether by region or range of services.
[12] Specialist Agencies includes the Kantar associate and amounts previously reported under the Data Investment Management segment.