: notes to the accounts :
4. Profit on sale of fixed assets and investments
| all figures in £ millions |
1999
|
1998
|
| Continuing operations: |
|
|
| Profit on disposal of interest in BSB Holdings Ltd (see note 14) |
348
|
––
|
| Profit on sale of investment in Société Européenne des Satellites |
––
|
133
|
| Profit on sale of investment in Flextech plc |
--
|
27
|
| Loss on sale of fixed assets relating to the Simon & Schuster acquisition |
(3)
|
(6)
|
| Net profit/(loss) on other investments and property interests |
7
|
(12)
|
|
|
|
|
|
352
|
142
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Taxation |
(93)
|
(40)
|
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|
|
|
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