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Consolidated Income Statement
for the year ended 31 December 2007
  2007   2006 Note
  £m   £m  
         
Revenue 631.4   510.3  
Existing operations 9.1   48.3  
Acquisitions 640.5   558.6 1
         
Operating profit       3
Existing operations 77.5   51.3  
Acquisitions 1.2   7.2  
Share of results of associates 0.1   0.3 13
  78.8   58.8  
         
Operating profit prior to exceptional items 91.3   79.1  
Amortisation/impairment of acquired intangible fixed assets (1.9)   (1.0) 11
Impairment of goodwill (7.2)   (6.0) 10
Major facility closure costs (5.4)   (5.0)  
Impairment of investment in associate –   (8.3)  
Change to pension scheme rules 4.1   –  
Bid response costs (2.1)   –  
         
Operating profit 78.8   58.8  
         
Investment revenue 3.3   3.4 5
Finance costs (13.6)   (15.6) 6
Profit before taxation 68.5   46.6  
Taxation (14.7)   (2.7) 7
Profit for the year 53.8   43.9  
         
Attributable to:        
Equity holders of the parent 52.8   43.1  
Minority interest 1.0   0.8  
  53.8   43.9  
         
  Pence   Pence  
Earnings per share       9
From continuing operations:        
Basic 16.6   13.4  
Basic-diluted 16.6   13.4  
         
All activity arose from continuing operations.