Notes to the accounts
17 Cash and cash equivalents
|
2008 |
2007 |
|
|
Cash at bank and in hand – including impact of cash pooling gross up: £100.6m (2007: £123.2m) |
122.5 |
148.5 |
|
Short-term deposits |
10.0 |
40.8 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
132.5 |
189.3 |
|
Cash included in assets of disposal group (note 18) |
(3.1) |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents per balance sheet |
132.5 |
186.2 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
132.5 |
189.3 |
|
Bank overdrafts |
(172.5) |
(186.2) |
|
Net cash and cash equivalents |
(40.0) |
3.1 |
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less.