Group income statement

For the year ended 31 December 2018

	Note	2018 £m	2017 £m
Revenue		728.6	690.2
Cost of sales and overheads		(594.5)	(570.8)
Operating profit prior to exceptional items		143.1	119.4
Acquisition costs	5	0.5	–
Operating profit	3	134.1	119.4
Investment revenue	6	0.2	0.1
Finance costs	7	(2.1)	(2.5)
Profit before taxation		132.2	117.0
Tax impact in relation to change in US tax rate		–	6.4
Taxation		(28.6)	(26.1)
Taxation charge	8	(28.8)	(19.7)
Profit for the year		103.6	97.3
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent		103.2	97.1
Non-controlling interests		0.4	0.2
		97.3	97.3
Earnings per share	10
		Pence	Pence
Basic		54.2	51.0
Diluted		54.2

All activities have arisen from continuing operations.

For the year ended 31 December 2018

	Note	2018 £m	2017 £m
Revenue		728.6	690.2
Cost of sales and overheads		(594.5)	(570.8)
Operating profit prior to exceptional items		143.1	119.4
Acquisition costs	5	0.5	–
Operating profit	3	134.1	119.4
Investment revenue	6	0.2	0.1
Finance costs	7	(2.1)	(2.5)
Profit before taxation		132.2	117.0
Tax impact in relation to change in US tax rate		–	6.4
Taxation		(28.6)	(26.1)
Taxation charge	8	(28.8)	(19.7)
Profit for the year		103.6	97.3
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent		103.2	97.1
Non-controlling interests		0.4	0.2
		97.3	97.3
Earnings per share	10
		Pence	Pence
Basic		54.2	51.0
Diluted		54.2

All activities have arisen from continuing operations.