Notes to the accounts
18 Cash and cash equivalents
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2007 |
2006 |
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Cash at bank and in hand – including impact of cash pooling gross up: £123.2m (2006: £83.6m) |
148.5 |
102.3 |
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Short-term deposits |
40.8 |
18.3 |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
189.3 |
120.6 |
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Cash included in assets of disposal group (note 19) |
(3.1) |
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Cash and cash equivalents per balance sheet |
186.2 |
120.6 |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
189.3 |
120.6 |
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Bank overdrafts |
(186.2) |
(171.7) |
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Net cash and cash equivalents |
3.1 |
(51.1) |
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less.