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035 _a(Sirsi) u111933
100 _aHamson, L.
245 _aDeath in the country
260 _c2001
490 _aProperty Week
_v66(14) 6 April 2001, 74-78(5)
520 _aSpecial feature looking at the effect on rural suveying firms of the foot -and-mouth epidemic. Looks at the potential for redundancies. Also provides details of the effect on land values in infected areas. Predicts that marketing activity in the spring and summer will be minimal. Notes that not all rural businesses are suffering. Gives details of a number of retail companies in Kendal, for instance, that have seen profits increase. Looking to the future, predicts that the foot-and-mouth crisis will result in an increase in farm land supply, as many farmers will be forced to close up shop.
590 _aABS
650 _aFARM LAND PRICES
650 _aLEISURE INDUSTRY
650 _aRETAIL INDUSTRY
650 _aRURAL SHOPS
650 _aSURVEYING FIRMS
650 _aFOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
650 _aREDUNDANCIES
650 _aFORECASTS
690 _aRural
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