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18. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

     
 
    Group     Company
  31 December
2003
£m
31 December
2002
£m
  31 December
2003
£m
31 December
2002
£m
Trade creditors 71 106   1 1
Amounts due to subsidiary undertakings   814 562
Other creditors 58 34   14 11
Other taxation and social security   1 1
Corporation tax 86 53   19 12
Accruals and deferred income 100 134   41 52
Bank loans (secured) 531 810  
6.25% Euro Dollar Bonds 2003 37 37
2% Convertible US Dollar Bonds 2005 231
Total bonds 268   37
Total creditors: amounts falling due within one year 846 1,405   890 676
 
 

The bank loans are secured by fixed and floating charges over the assets of certain subsidiary undertakings.

Secured loans without recourse
Secured bank loans without recourse are those where the obligation to repay lies solely with the subsidiary undertaking and are secured solely on the assets of the subsidiary undertaking concerned.

At 31 December 2003, we were in discussions with bank groups in relation to claimed technical defaults on the non-recourse debt for the US merchant portfolio. As these issues were not formally resolved at 31 December 2003, the debt at ANP has been reported as current non-recourse debt in our accounts.