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Other intangible assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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Disclosure Of Detailed Information About Other Intangible Assets Explanatory | The following are included in other intangibles:
|  | 30 June 2020 |  |  | 30 June 2019 |  |  | 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Brands with an indefinite useful life |  |  | 1,129.8 |  |  |  | 1,141.2 |  |  |  | 1,078.2 |
Acquired intangibles |  |  | 284.4 |  |  |  | 530.4 |  |  |  | 323.6 |
Other (including capitalised computer software) |  |  | 74.7 |  |  |  | 114.6 |  |  |  | 67.0 |
|  |  | 1,488.9 |  |  |  | 1,786.2 |  |  |  | 1,468.8 |

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