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Article: City: Ronson reignited After the Guinness affair and the near collapse of Heron, Gerald Ronson is back. In an exclusive interview, he told Doug Morrison of his future plans
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- March 2, 1997
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Gerald Ronson is back. Last Wednesday the chief executive of
Heron International hosted a sumptious lunch at the Savoy for 270
of Britain's most influential businessmen in a celebration that
revived memories of a former era.
Ronson was surrounded by friends from four decades, including Sir
Stanley Kalms of Dixons, Sir Geoff Mulcahy from Kingfisher, Coats
Viyella's Sir David Alliance, Professor Sir Roland Smith and Sir
Trevor Chinn from Lex Service as well as the grandees of the
banking and property industries.
Several guests turned down an invitation to a reception at
Downing Street to be there. It was a special event, just like old
times and with Ronson in sparkling form. "In the early 90s ...