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Big Ron

1:53pm Wednesday 26th March 2008


BOSSES in Stoke Prior are celebrating their firm's recovery after the floods by inviting Big Ron Atkinson to open its refurbished showrooms. The Granite and Marble Company, which is based at the Harris Business Park, is having an official re-opening at 11am on Saturday, March 29, with Ron Atkinson, the colourful football commentator and former manager from Barnt Green, cutting the ribbon. Managing director, Jon Brewer said: "The floods definitely caught us between a rock and a hard place. But we have bounced back and now we are determined to make the best of it."

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