31 August 1999 £m	31 August 1998 £m
	Fixed assets	2,916	2,946
	Current assets	2,075	2,037
	Creditors (due within one year)	(1,699)	(1,884)
	Net current assets	376	153
	Total assets less current liabilities	3,292	3,099
	Creditors (due after one year)	(820)	(890)
	Provisions for liabilities and charges	(173)	(142)
	Net assets	2,299	2,067
	Shareholders' funds	2,273	2,028
	Minority interests	26	39
	Capital and reserves (attributable to equity and non-equity interests)	2,299	2,067
	Approved by a committee of the board on 15 November 1999 and signed on its behalf by:
	Sir Christopher Hogg, Chairman   Graham Hetherington, Director