In addition to the executive directors, members of the executive committee are considered as key management personnel of the Group. Information about the remuneration of all key management personnel is as follows:
| 2023
£000 | 2022
£000 |
| Short-term employee benefits | 4,593 | 3,502 |
| Contributions into the pension schemes | 247 | 314 |
| Share based payments | 1,945 | 196 |
| 6,785 | 4,012 |
Short-term employee benefits include salary, bonus, national insurance contributions, the provision of company cars, fuel for company cars, car allowances and private medical insurance.
Further detail on directors' remuneration is provided in the audited part of the directors' remuneration report.
Transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note. Transactions between the Group and its associated undertakings are disclosed below.
During the year the Group purchased services in the ordinary course of business from Fabsec Limited ('Fabsec') at a cost of £48,000 (2022: £48,000). The amount due to Fabsec at 25 March 2023 was £117,000 (2022: £117,000).
During the year the Group has contracted with and purchased services from Construction Metal Forming Limited ('CMF') amounting to sales of £nil (2022: £83,000) and purchases of £16,808,000 (2022: £10,748,000). The amount due from and to CMF at 25 March 2023 was £4,637,000 (2022: £1,545,000) and £1,001,000 (2022: £106,000) respectively.
During the year the Group contracted with MET Structures Limited, amounting to sales of £8,337,000 (2022: £9,804,000) and purchases of £nil (2022: £1,400,000). MET Structures shares common directors with the Group. The amount due from MET Structures at 25 March 2023 was £2,109,000 (2022: £2,890,000).
During the year the Group incurred additional operating costs in relation to the day-to-day running of its Indian joint venture ('JSSL') of £271,000 (2022: £236,000). Those costs were recharged to JSSL during the year and the amount due from JSSL at 25 March 2023 was £806,000 (2022: £575,000). During the year the Group contracted with and purchased services from JSSL amounting to £nil (2022: £26,000). The amount due to JSSL at 25 March 2023 was £nil (2022: £nil).