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Training

During 2005 we have continued to provide environmental training to ensure that our employees are aware of the environmental consequences of their activities and know how to protect the environment.

After the initial surge of training required to introduce and prepare workers for ISO14001, we find that environmental awareness can be maintained with fewer days of refresher training. We have also clarified the definition of training (to focus on equivalent days), so invalidating strict comparison between 2003 and 2004 figures.

In 2006 in the UK we increased the number of days of environmental training by 57%. In other parts of Europe there was a huge drive towards environmental awareness training for site operatives. Our other non-UK businesses have started to report training data for the first time in 2006.

	Number of days training	Number of days trainng	Number of days training	Number of days training	Number of days training
	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
UK	1,945	1,241	1,794	1,852	3,046
Europe	540	57	} 394 }	} 984 }	} 1,786 }
Other inc. Hong Kong & USA	460	Not tracked*
Group Total	2,945	1,298	2,188	2,836	4,832

*Data not tracked outside Europe in 2005

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