Note	52 weeks ended 27 April 2002 £million	52 weeks ended 28 April 2001 £million
Net cash inflow from operating activities	25	340.3	332.1
Returns on investments and servicing of finance
Interest received		47.0	59.8
Interest paid		(36.0)	(51.8)
		11.0	8.0
Taxation paid		(45.2)	(59.0)
Capital expenditure and financial investment
Purchase of tangible assets		(188.5)	(181.6)
Purchase of fixed asset investment		-	(7.7)
Sale of tangible assets		23.7	(2.0)
Sale of tangible fixed asset investments		178.4	-
		13.6	(191.3)
Acquisitions and disposals
Cash consideration for acquisitions and businesses		(16.8)	(2.0)
Cash disposed of with subsidiary		-	(50.4)
Cash consideration for sale and partial sale of subsidiaries		0.9	13.4
Cash consideration for acquisition of associated undertakings		(66.7)	-
Cash paid in respect of sale of subsidiaries		-	(23.6)
		(82.6)	(62.6)
Equity dividends paid		(108.1)	(91.8)
Net cash inflow/(outflow) before management of liquid resources and financing		129.0	(64.6)
Management of liquid resources
Increase in short term investments	25	(20.9)	(3.1)
Financing
Issue of ordinary share capital	23	22.7	20.4
(Decrease)/increase in debt due within one year	25	(0.5)	133.3
Decrease in debt due after more than one year	25	(154.6)	(117.3)
		(132.4)	36.4
Decrease in cash in the period	25	(24.3)	(31.3)
Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds	25
Decrease in cash in the period		(24.3)	(31.3)
Cash ouflow from increase in short term investments		20.9	3.1
Cash ouflow/(inflow) from decrease/(increase) in debt		155.1	(16.0)
Increase/(decrease) in net funds resulting from cash flows		151.7	(44.2)
Translation adjustments		4.5	(23.3)
Movement in net funds in the period		156.2	(67.5)
Opening net funds		199.5	267.0
Closing net funds		355.7	199.5