| |
Notes |
|
 |
|
| Net cash inflow from
operating activities |
14 |
5,887 |
|
|
5,849 |
|
|
6,035 |
|
| Dividends from associates
and joint ventures |
|
10 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
2 |
|
| Returns on investments
and servicing of finance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Interest received |
|
293 |
|
|
286 |
|
|
111 |
|
| Interest paid, including finance
costs |
|
(1,020 |
) |
|
(449 |
) |
|
(439 |
) |
| Net cash outflow for
returns on investments and servicing of finance |
|
(727 |
) |
|
(163 |
) |
|
(328 |
) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Taxation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| UK corporation tax paid |
|
(669 |
) |
|
(1,308 |
) |
|
(359 |
) |
| Windfall tax paid |
|
– |
|
|
– |
|
|
(255 |
) |
| Non-UK tax paid |
|
– |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(16 |
) |
| Taxation paid |
|
(669 |
) |
|
(1,311 |
) |
|
(630 |
) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Capital expenditure
and financial investment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of intangible fixed
assets |
|
(4,208 |
) |
|
– |
|
|
– |
|
| Purchase of tangible fixed
assets |
|
(4,756 |
) |
|
(3,568 |
) |
|
(3,220 |
) |
| Sale of tangible fixed assets |
|
440 |
|
|
143 |
|
|
143 |
|
| Purchase of fixed asset investments |
|
(93 |
) |
|
(373 |
) |
|
(103 |
) |
| Disposal of fixed asset investments |
|
175 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
4,226 |
|
| Net cash inflow (outflow)
for capital expenditure and financial investment |
|
(8,442 |
) |
|
(3,752 |
) |
|
1,046 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Acquisitions and disposals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of subsidiary undertakings,
net of £101m cash acquired (2000 – £69m cash acquired,
1999 – £5m overdraft) |
|
(11,215 |
) |
|
(4,065 |
) |
|
(672 |
) |
| Investments in joint ventures |
|
(3,214 |
) |
|
(933 |
) |
|
(1,038 |
) |
| Investments in associates |
|
(72 |
) |
|
(2,167 |
) |
|
(288 |
) |
| Repayment of loan to joint
venture |
|
– |
|
|
550 |
|
|
– |
|
| Disposal of subsidiary undertakings |
|
245 |
|
|
206 |
|
|
14 |
|
| Sale of investments in joint
ventures and associates |
|
502 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
17 |
|
| Net cash outflow for
acquisitions and disposals |
|
(13,754 |
) |
|
(6,405 |
) |
|
(1,967 |
) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Equity dividends paid |
|
(1,432 |
) |
|
(1,364 |
) |
|
(1,186 |
) |
|
| Cash inflow (outflow) before
management of liquid resources and financing |
|
(19,127 |
) |
|
(7,141 |
) |
|
2,972 |
|
| Management of liquid
resources |
15 |
(480 |
) |
|
1,236 |
|
|
(2,447 |
) |
| Financing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Issue of ordinary share capital |
|
149 |
|
|
127 |
|
|
161 |
|
| Issue of shares to minorities |
|
36 |
|
|
432 |
|
|
13 |
|
| New loans |
|
14,552 |
|
|
1,473 |
|
|
10 |
|
| Repayment of loans |
|
(225 |
) |
|
(587 |
) |
|
(457 |
) |
| Net increase (decrease) in
short-term borrowings |
|
5,223 |
|
|
4,514 |
|
|
(185 |
) |
| Net cash inflow (outflow)
from financing |
|
19,735 |
|
|
5,959 |
|
|
(458 |
) |
|
| Increase in cash in
the year |
|
128 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
67 |
|
|
| Decrease (increase)
in net debt in the year |
17 |
(18,942 |
) |
|
(6,582 |
) |
|
3,146 |
|
|
|
|
