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Related party transactions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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2 0 . | Related party transactions
The Group enters into transactions with its associate undertakings. The Group has continuing transactions with Kantar, including sales, purchases, the provision of IT services, subleases and property related items. None of these were material in the period after 5 December 2019 when Kantar became an associate , to 31 December 2019, or in the period ended 30 June 2020. In the period ended 30 June 2020, revenue of £49.7 million was reported in relation to Compas, an associate in the USA. All other transactions in the periods presented were immaterial. The following amounts were outstanding at 30 June 2020:
|  | 30 June 2020 |  |  | 30 June 2019 |  |  | 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Amounts owed by related parties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kantar |  |  | 79.2 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 87.5 |
Other |  |  | 27.8 |  |  |  | 82.7 |  |  |  | 87.5 |
|  |  | 107.0 |  |  |  | 82.7 |  |  |  | 175.0 |
Amounts owed to related parties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kantar |  |  | (14.6 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (36.5 | )
Other |  |  | (61.9 | ) |  |  | (56.0 | ) |  |  | (49.6 | )
|  |  | (76.5 | ) |  |  | (56.0 | ) |  |  | (86.1 | )

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