
Birthday Honours 2020
Marian Catherine Wandrag (Marian Newman) BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
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“Founder, Marian Newman Nails. For services to the Beauty Industry during Covid-19”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder, Marian Newman Nails. For services to the Beauty Industry during Covid-19
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British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned in recognition of their contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic:
B.E.M.
Marian Catherine WANDRAG (Marian Newman)
Founder, Marian Newman Nails
For services to the Beauty Industry during Covid-19.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63142 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“Founder, Marian Newman Nails. For services to the Beauty Industry during Covid-19”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 553 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 30% of the list.
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145 British Empire Medal recipients are from Hertfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Founder.
How widely is this recognised?
3,730 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63142, notice 3647548. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Waterford, Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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