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Tesco PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013
OVERVIEW BUSINESS REVIEW PERFORMANCE REVIEW GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 3 Income and expenses continued
During the financial year the Group obtained the following services from the Group’s auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and network firms:
2013
£m
2012
£m
Audit services
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates for the audit of the Company and Group financial statements 0.8 0.7
The audit of the accounts of the Company’s subsidiaries 3.8 3.9
4.6 4.6
Non-audit services
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates for other services:
Taxation compliance services 0.1 0.2
Taxation advisory services 0.4 0.4
All other non-audit services 2.4 1.9
Total auditor remuneration 7. 5 7.1
In addition to the amounts shown above, the auditors received fees of £0.1m (2012: £0.1m) for the audit of the main Group pension scheme.
A description of the work of the Audit Committee is set out in the Corporate Governance Report on page 34 and includes how objectivity and
independence is safeguarded when non-audit services are provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Note 4 Employment costs, including Directors’ remuneration
Continuing operations 2013
£m
2012
£m
Wages and salaries 5,980 5,594
Social security costs 480 459
Post-employment defined benefits (Note 26) 482 492
Post-employment defined contributions (Note 26) 19 20
Share-based payments expense (Note 25) 89 151
7,050 6,716
The average number of employees by operating segment during the financial year was:
Average number
of employees
Average number of
full-time equivalents
2013 2012 2013 2012
UK 313,8 85 300,373 213,304 205,852
Asia 125,797 117,015 115,499 108,149
Europe 94,712 94,409 84,469 85,071
Tesco Bank 3,390 2,818 3,169 2,719
Total 537,784 514,615 416,441 401,791