Nevertheless, now that Chemapol has drifted into trouble, they are a distraction and a drainon capital and cash flow.
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The Daily Star says this is a devastatingly huge figure and a mammoth drainon tax-payers' cash.
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That slump in business, following the end of its pos-Christmas sales, caused a drain in cash that meant the retailer could no longer pay its bills on time.