Consolidated income statement

	Notes	2008 £m	2007 £m
Continuing operations
Revenue	1	11,440	10,268
Operating costs	2	(10,785)	(9,743)
Operating profit	1	655	525
Share of profit of associates	1, 13	4	4
Total operating profit	1	659	529
Finance income	4	27	28
Finance costs	4	(100)	(115)
Hedge accounting ineffectiveness	4	(4)	(6)
Change in fair value of minority interest put options	4	(16)	–
Profit before tax		566	436
Income tax expense	5	(169)	(124)
Profit for the year from continuing operations	1	397	312
Discontinued operations
Profit for the year from discontinued operations	6	53	212
Continuing and discontinued operations
Profit for the year		450	524
Attributable to
Equity shareholders of the Company		443	515
Minority interest		7	9
Profit for the year		450	524
Basic earnings per share (pence)
From continuing operations	8	20.9p	15.0p
From discontinued operations	8	2.8p	10.6p
From continuing and discontinued operations	8	23.7p	25.6p
Diluted earnings per share (pence)
From continuing operations	8	20.8p	15.0p
From discontinued operations	8	2.8p	10.4p
From continuing and discontinued operations	8	23.6p	25.4p

Analysis of operating profit

	2008 £m	2007 £m
Continuing operations
Operating profit before associates and amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition	658	525
Share of profit of associates	4	4
Operating profit before amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition	662	529
Amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition	(3)	–
Total operating profit	659	529