4 Expenses and Auditors’ Remuneration (continued) Amortisation of intangibles for the year was £165,000 (2013: £164,000) relating to the Goswell Enterprises Ltd acquisition during June 2009. Auditors’ remuneration:


2014 £000


Audit of these Financial Statements


Amounts receivable by auditors and their associates in respect of: Audit of the Financial Statements of subsidiaries of the Company Taxation compliance services


Services related to corporate finance transactions Other services in relation to taxation Other services


25


57 13 -


11 137


Te auditor’s remuneration is in respect of KPMG LLP. Fee for other services relates to pension advisory services, services relating to information technology and services relating to remuneration.


5 Non-Recurring Significant I tems


Te Group presents certain items as non-recurring and significant. Tese relate to items which, in management’s judgement, need to be disclosed by virtue of their size or incidence in order to obtain a more meaningful understanding of the financial information.


Costs of £643,000 relate to redundancy and restructuring (2013: £247,000) and £116,000 relate to due diligence and consultancy expenses associated with an aborted acquisition. A further £471,000 in 2013 related to costs associated with the cancellation of unapproved share options and the issue of ordinary shares in exchange for this cancellation.


A pre-tax gain of £1,184,000 was recorded as non-recurring significant income under discontinued operations, this gain relates to the sale of the Free From business on 27 February 2013.


6 Staff Numbers and Costs


Te average number of persons employed by the Group including Directors and excluding agency staff during the year, analysed by category, was as follows: Number of Employees 2014


2013 Production Selling and distribution Administration, technical, new product development Te aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:


2014 £000


Wages and salaries Share option charges Social security costs


Charge in respect of defined contribution plans 7 Remuneration of Directors


2014 £000


Fees


Executive salaries and benefits Bonuses


Company contributions to defined contribution pension plans 38


206 653 324 38


1,221


2013 £000


145 673 267 49


1,134


44,756 9


3,856 688


49,309


2013 £000


48,599 134


4,212 648


53,593


2,000 146 143


2,289


2,099 159 156


2,414


2013 £000


24


59 15


121 14 10


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