7. Employee benefits expense
|
Notes |
2008
£m |
2007
£m |
| Wages and salaries |
|
910.1 |
751.1 |
| Social security costs |
|
86.6 |
76.0 |
| Pension costs |
31 |
46.0 |
37.0 |
| Share based payments |
|
9.2 |
8.6 |
|
|
1,051.9 |
872.7 |
| The average number of employees during the year was made up as follows: |
2008
Number |
2007
Number |
| Sales |
731 |
682 |
| Administration |
1,943 |
1,728 |
| Operations |
29,927 |
24,014 |
|
32,601 |
26,424 |
Details of Directors’ remuneration are contained within the Directors’ remuneration report.