Annual meeting of Hanson

'The industrial sun is beginning to rise in the UK and US,' Lord Hanson, chairman (second from right), said at Hanson's annual meeting in London yesterday. With him are, from left, David Clarke, deputy chairman and chief executive, Hanson Industries, Lord White, chairman, Hanson Industries, and Derek Bonham, deputy chairman and chief executive, Hanson.

Photograph: Edward Sykes

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