Notes to the Group financial statements

4 Operating profit

  2009
£m		 2008
£m
The following items have been included in arriving at operating profit:    
Depreciation:    
– owned assets 282 280
– assets held under finance leases 2 2
Property, plant and equipment 284 282
Depreciation of investment property 6 7
Charge in the income statement 290 289
Foreign exchange differences 2 3
Operating lease rentals:    
– minimum lease payments 35 38
– sublease receipts (5) (5)
Value of stock expensed 11,016 9,739

Services provided by the Group’s auditor

During the period, KPMG Audit Plc, the Group’s auditor, provided the following services:

  2009
£m		 2008
£m
Audit services    
– statutory Group and Company audit 0.4 0.4
– statutory audit of subsidiaries 0.2 0.2
– audit related regulatory reporting 0.1 0.2
Tax services    
– compliance services 0.1 0.3
– advisory services 0.2 0.2
Other    
– independent project assurance 0.5 –
  1.5 1.3

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