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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Within one year [member] |
Statement [Line Items] |
Summary of Trade and Other Payables |
|  | 30 June 2021 |  |  | 31 December 2020 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |
Trade payables |  |  | 8,902.2 |  |  |  | 10,206.5 |
Deferred income |  |  | 1,164.3 |  |  |  | 1,153.7 |
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 83.7 |  |  |  | 57.8 |
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors |  |  | 35.4 |  |  |  | 9.3 |
Fair value of derivatives |  |  | 3.7 |  |  |  | 1.8 |
Other creditors and accruals |  |  | 2,525.5 |  |  |  | 2,430.6 |
|  |  | 12,714.8 |  |  |  | 13,859.7 |

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