Day 166 - 28 Sep 95 - Page 17
1 and store Profit and Loss statement in front of you?
2 A. Yes. I just thought they may be helpful in terms of --
3 I hoard things as a general rule, I managed to find these
4 even though I had a clear out at one point and thought
5 I had lost all my older stuff, shall I say.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No-one is suggesting that is your concern,
8 Mr. Atkinson.
9 A. This just covers the period of time for when the -----
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will just put these behind -----
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13 MR. ATKINSON: Mr. Atkinson's statement.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will put them in.
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17 MR. ATKINSON (To the witness): Can you just explain briefly
18 what these two documents are and then explain what the two
19 lines of the figures deal with?
20 A. This -- the top sheet is October of 1986. It will go
21 through sheet by sheet until April of 1987.
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23 MS. STEEL: Which one are we on, sorry?
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We are on the thicker bundle now.
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27 MR. ATKINSON: The Profit and Loss statement.
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29 THE WITNESS: The store Profit and Loss statement.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The store Profit & Loss statement.
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33 MR. ATKINSON: Then the figures that appear on those pages,
34 under the dotted line, can you just explain what they are?
35 A. OK, on the left-hand side you have current year for
36 that month and previous year for that month. Then on the
37 right-hand side you have actual year to date, and for last
38 year as well.
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40 Q. That is net sales and then?
41 A. Underneath those you have controlled expenses and
42 payroll crew which is the staffing levels with the
43 poundages and then the per cents.
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45 Q. Then the figure of 15.35, that tells you what?
46 A. That was the percentage that that month ran at.
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48 Q. Is that what we call the labour percentage?
49 A. That is right.
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51 Q. Yes. Then the budget?
52 A. Yes. The other one is the budget for the year of 1987
53 for that restaurant which on the first sheet shows January
54 to June, and on the second sheet will show June through to
55 December.
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57 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, on the second one?
58 A. Yes, the little (2) sheet.
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60 MR. ATKINSON: So the figures again of 15.92 etc., those are
