| Note |
2019 £m |
2018 £m |
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| Revenue | 2,112 | 1,920 | ||
| Cost of sales | (1,608) | (1,451) | ||
| Gross profit | 504 | 469 | ||
| Administrative expenses | (93) | (87) | ||
| Operating profit | 2 | 411 | 382 | |
| Financial income | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Financial costs | 3 | (8) | (10) | |
| Net financing costs | (5) | (7) | ||
| Share of profit of joint ventures after interest and taxation | 10 | - | 5 | |
| Profit before tax | 406 | 380 | ||
| Income tax expense | 4 | (77) | (72) | |
| Profit for the period | 329 | 308 | ||
| Earnings per share | - basic | 6 | 92.3p | 85.3p |
| - diluted | 6 | 92.0p | 85.2p | |
