Notes to the accounts
17. Cash and cash equivalents
|
2009 |
2008 |
|---|---|---|
Cash at bank and in hand – including impact of cash pooling gross up: £44.0m (2008: £100.6m) |
84.0 |
122.5 |
Short-term deposits |
7.7 |
10.0 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
91.7 |
132.5 |
Bank overdrafts |
(72.0) |
(172.5) |
Net cash and cash equivalents |
19.7 |
(40.0) |
Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less.