
New Year Honours 2018
Elizabeth Tappenden MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Small Business Start-ups and Women in Business on the Isle of Wight.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to Small Business Start-ups and Women in Business on the Isle of Wight.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Elizabeth TAPPENDEN
Owner and Founder, In to Biz Ltd
For services to Small Business Start-ups and Women in Business on the Isle of Wight.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 542 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 39% of the list.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2938860. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 30 December 2017.
Location (Isle of Wight) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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