New Year Honours 2026
Neeta Atkar CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Non-Executive Director
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
“For services to Small Business Finance.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Neeta Avnash Kaur ATKAR M.B.E. J.P.
lately Senior Independent Director to the Board, British Business Bank
For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
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 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:
Neeta Avnash Kaur ATKAR
Non-Executive Director, British Business Bank
For services to Small Business Finance.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2020- Role at the time
- Non-Executive Director
- Region
- Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Region
- Marlow, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Small Business Finance and the British Business Bank.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
28 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Buckinghamshire.
How widely is this recognised?
5,820 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027564. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3646083. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Marlow, Buckinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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