| Note | 2016
£m | 2015
£m |
|---|
| Revenue | 1 | 600.6 | 567.2 |
| Cost of sales and overheads | | (505.5) | (469.3) |
| Operating profit prior to exceptional items | | 95.1 | 97.9 |
| Acquisition costs | 5 | (0.6) | – |
| Reorganisation costs | 5 | – | (20.0) |
| Operating profit | 3 | 94.5 | 77.9 |
| Investment revenue | 6 | – | 0.1 |
| Finance costs | 7 | (2.6) | (3.0) |
| Profit before taxation | | 91.9 | 75.0 |
| Taxation | 8 | (24.9) | (18.8) |
| Profit for the year | | 67.0 | 56.2 |
| Attributable to: | | | |
| Equity holders of the parent | | 67.0 | 56.2 |
| Non-controlling interests | | – | – |
| | 67.0 | 56.2 |
| | | |
| Earnings per share | 10 | | |
| | Pence | Pence |
| Basic | | 35.2 | 29.6 |
| Diluted | | 35.2 | 29.6 |
All activities have arisen from continuing operations.