New Year Honours 2025
Rachel Blackburn MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive Officer
“For services to the Business Community and to Exports.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to the Business Community and to Exports.
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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
31 December 2024
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:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Rachel Denise BLACKBURN
Chief Executive Officer, US2U Consulting Ltd.
For services to the Business Community and to Exports.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Business Community and to Exports.”
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The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 602 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
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70 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Norfolk.
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Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783122. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (Norwich, Norfolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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