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Trade and other payables: amounts falling due within one year (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Trade and other current payables [abstract]

Summary of Trade and Other Payables

The following are included in trade and other payables falling due within one year1:

			2023						2022
			£m						£m
Trade payables			10,825.7						11,182.3
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements)			73.3						62.0
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors			13.6						18.8
Fair value of derivatives			1.8						58.0
Other creditors and accruals2			2,408.7						2,914.8
			13,323.1						14,235.9

Note

1 Deferred income was previously presented in Trade and other payables.

2 This balance includes staff costs, indirect taxes payable and other individually not material items.

The following are included in trade and other payables falling due after more than one year:

			2023						2022
			£m						£m
Payments due to vendors (earnout agreements)			125.4						98.1
Liabilities in respect of put option agreements with vendors			90.0						323.3
Fair value of derivatives			1.2						—
Other creditors and accruals			66.2						69.5
			282.8						490.9

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