Rest in peace my old mate
Every business has real standout people who you can rely on to go the extra mile, make the right decision or just to be 100% loyal to the cause.
Mario Rebellato was that man and more, a former Italian tank captain who worked 40 odd years for Austin Reid, followed by a stint in the late (Sir) John Prescott’s office, before ‘retiring’ at 65!!
He knocked on my door asking for a van cleaning job, which he was clearly he was overqualified for. From that moment on I knew he would be my right-hand man.
That was 17 years ago! What a man! And when he wasn’t with me he was volunteering at St Thomas’s Hospital, or training for ultra-marathons in the Sahara. Sadly, Mario had a cycle accident 10 days ago at the age of 82 from which he never recovered. Mario my old mate, you’ll be terribly missed!!