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Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Year ended 31 July 2007
3. Amounts charged in arriving at operating profit
| 2007 £m |
2006 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 182 | 134 |
| Amortisation of non-acquired intangible assets | 9 | 6 |
| (Profit) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and assets available for sale | (27) | (16) |
| Staff costs (note 10) | 2,226 | 1,943 |
| Amortisation of acquired intangible assets | 119 | 48 |
| Impairment of acquired intangibles | 5 | – |
| Operating lease rentals: land and buildings | 202 | 168 |
| Operating lease rentals: plant and machinery | 42 | 20 |
| Amounts included in costs of goods sold with respect to inventory | 11,312 | 10,007 |
| Amounts charged to write inventory down to net realisable value | – | 32 |
| Amounts credited to reverse write-downs of inventory | (1) | – |
| Trade receivables impairment | 54 | 38 |
| During the year the Group (including its overseas subsidiaries) obtained the following services from the Company’s auditor and its associates: | ||
| Fees for the audit of parent company and consolidated financial statements | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Other services: | ||
| – Fees for the audit of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation (see below) | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| – Fees for other services pursuant to legislation | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| – Taxation | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| – Other services | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Total fees payable to the auditors | 10.5 | 9.6 |