Staff costs for the company, which is ultimately owned by The Malcolm Group, grew by 10% to £45.8m in 2006 from £41.8m in 2005. But average weekly staff numbers grew by just 2% to 1,802 in 2006 from 1,767 in 2005. The company took on 20 more office and management staff on average and 15 more service and distribution workers. Directors' emoluments jumped by 20% in 2006, to £1.13m, from £946,122 in 2005. Final equity dividends were worth £21.2m in 2006, a jump from the £2.29m in 2005.
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