9. Employee benefits expense
|
Notes |
2009
£m |
2008
£m |
| Wages and salaries |
|
974.7 |
910.1 |
| Social security costs |
|
92.2 |
86.6 |
| Pension costs |
32 |
52.1 |
46.0 |
| Share based payments |
28 |
9.8 |
9.2 |
|
|
1,128.8 |
1,051.9 |
| The average number of employees during the year was made up as follows: |
2009
Number |
2008
Number |
| Sales |
776 |
731 |
| Administration |
2,060 |
1,943 |
| Operations |
31,789 |
29,927 |
|
34,625 |
32,601 |
Details of Directors’ remuneration are contained within the Directors’ remuneration report.