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  Financial review: Introduction to the financial results

The following table shows the summarised profit and loss account which is discussed further on the following sections. The operating results by line of business are discussed first, followed by the overall group results.

Summarised profit and loss account
2002 2001 2000
Continuing
activities
£m
Total
£m
Continuing
activities
£m
Total
£m
Continuing
activities
£m
Total
£m
Total turnover 21,815 24,642 21,068 29,666 18,228 21,903
Group's share of associates' and
   joint ventures' turnover
(4,049 ) (4,764 ) (4,625 ) (9,937 ) (2,279 ) (3,364 )
Trading between group and
   principal joint venture
681 681 698 698 176 176
Group turnover 18,447 20,559 17,141 20,427 16,125 18,715
Other operating income 361 362 346 359 216 216
Operating costs (18,854 ) (21,400 ) (14,500 ) (20,759 ) (12,985 ) (15,359 )
Group operating profit (loss):
   Before goodwill amortisation
   and exceptional items
2,771   2,580   3,082   3,257   3,430   3,772  
   Goodwill amortisation and
   exceptional items
(2,817 ) (3,059 ) (95 ) (3,230 ) (74 ) (200 )
(46 ) (479 ) 2,987 27 3,356 3,572
Group's share of operating loss
   of associates and joint
   ventures
(1,443 ) (1,381 ) (531 ) (397 ) (213 ) (400 )
Total operating profit (loss):
   Before goodwill amortisation
   and exceptional items
2,663   2,546   2,925   3,377   3,274   3,456  
   Goodwill amortisation and
   exceptional items
(4,152 ) (4,406 ) (469 ) (3,747 ) (131 ) (284 )
(1,489 ) (1,860 ) 2,456 (370 ) 3,143 3,172
Profit on sale of fixed asset
   investments and group
   undertakings
21 4,389 618 619 126 126
Profit on sale of property fixed
   assets
1,089 1,089 34 34 26 26
Amounts written off investments (535 ) (535 ) - - - -
Net interest payable (1,579 ) (1,622 ) (1,171 ) (1,314 ) (327 ) (382 )
Profit (loss) on ordinary activities before taxation:
   Before goodwill amortisation,
   exceptional items and    taxation
1,273   1,113   1,763   2,072   2,973   3,100  
   Goodwill amortisation and
   exceptional items
(3,766 ) 348   174   (3,103 ) (5 ) (158 )
(2,493 ) 1,461 1,937 (1,031 ) 2,968 2,942
Taxation (385 ) (443 ) (432 ) (712 ) (864 ) (957 )
Profit (loss) after taxation (2,878 ) 1,018 1,505 (1,743 ) 2,104 1,985
Minority interests (10 ) (23 ) 2 (127 ) 9 10
Profit (loss) for the financial
   year
(2,888 ) 995 1,507 (1,870 ) 2,113 1,995
Basic earnings (loss) per share (34.8 )p 12.0 p 20.7 p (25.7 )p 29.2 p 27.6 p
Basic earnings per share before
   goodwill amortisation and
   exceptional items
8.8 p 6.1 p 19.3 p 17.5 p 29.5 p 29.8 p


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