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b) Average number of people employed
The average number of persons employed including executive directors was:
Group Company
2009 2008 2009 2008
Group number number number number
Operations 595 579 - -
Administration 111 108 - 2
706 687 - 2
The total number of employees in the Group was 651 as at 30 September 2009 (2008: 727). There were no employees in the Company as at 30 September 2009
(2008: 2).
c) Directors remuneration
Full details of Directors remuneration can be found in the Directors’ report.
9. Retirement benefit obligations
The Group operates defined contribution type pension arrangements for certain of its employees both in the UK and overseas. The assets of these arrangements
are held by financial institutions entirely separate from those of the Group.
The cost of these pension arrangements was £523,000 (2008: £576,000) and £54,000 (2008: £94,000) of contributions were unpaid at the year end and held
within trade and other payables.
The Group has no defined benefit pension arrangements other than statutory retirement benefits that accrue to employees of Action SAM. The provision in
relation to the statutory retirement benefits relating to the employees of Action SAM, which in substance are similar to a defined benefit pension arrangement,
amounts to £22,000 (2008: £22,000). Action SAM has no pension scheme assets.
10. Auditor remuneration
2009 2008
£000s £000s
Fees payable to Company's auditor for the audit of Parent Company and consolidated financial statements 36 38
Fees payable to Company's auditor for other services:
- the audit of Company's subsidiaries 218 227
- other services pursuant to legislation 16 16
- other services - 104
- tax services 15 84
285 469
11. Other income
2009 2008
£000s £000s
Excess of the acquirer’s interest in the fair value of acquiree’s
identifiable net assets released to the income statement - 7,200
Other income in the year ended 30 September 2008 relates to the excess of the acquirer’s interest in the fair value of acquiree’s identifiable net assets released to
the income statement from the acquisition of the Charter Broadcast group of companies (see note 35).
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