Directors and key management remuneration

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Directors' and key management remuneration

Directors' and key management remuneration

38 Directors’ and key management remuneration

	2017	2016
Directors’ remuneration	£000	£000
Non-executive directors emoluments	1,747	1,466
Chairman and executive directors emoluments	5,299	5,801
	7,046	7,267
Amounts receivable under long-term incentive plans and share option plans	1,225	993
	8,271	8,260

No directors accrued benefits under defined benefit schemes or money purchase schemes during 2017 and 2016.

The executive directors may participate in the company’s long-term incentive plans, executive share option and sharesave schemes and details of their interests in the company’s shares arising from their participation are given in the Directors’ remuneration report. Details of the remuneration received by each director is also given in the Directors’ remuneration report.

Compensation of key management

The aggregate remuneration of directors and other members of key management during the year was as follows:

	2017	2016
	£000	£000
Short-term benefits	19,019	20,350
Post-employment benefits	434	471
Share-based payments	3,558	2,606
	23,011	23,427

Key management comprises members of the Executive Committee.