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Foot and mouth disease now ’a fashionable excuse’ among ailing businesses

07/05/2001

Foot and mouth disease is fast emerging as a ‘fashionable excuse’ among businesses looking to explain their poor financial performance.

At least, that’s the view of the UK’s Financial Times newspaper, which last week noted a growing number of businesses citing the disease as major reason for their woes.

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