New Year Honours 2012
Ruth Elizabeth Evans MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chief Executive • Food and Beverage Industry Suppliers Association
“For services to Exports.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2012
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Shropshire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- Chief Executive, Food and Beverage Industry Suppliers Association
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- Shropshire
“For services to Exports.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 677 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 56% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive, Food and Beverage Industry Suppliers Association.
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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Northamptonshire
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London
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London
“For services to St.”
Alan Woodiwiss
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London
“For services to Amateur Football.”
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Surrey
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“For services to Law Enforcement.”
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Pembrokeshire
“For services to the Girlguides in Pembrokeshire.”
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East Sussex
“For services to Visually Impaired Young People in Sussex.”
Alison Jayne Merrien
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“For services to Education and Music.”
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Merseyside
“for Young People.”
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“for Work and Pensions.”
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Telford, Shropshire
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London, Greater London
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Gary Stevens
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Halesowen, West Midlands
“For services to Manufacturing, to International Trade and to Apprenticeships.”
Pino De Rosa
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Railway Industry.”
Nadeem Rizvi
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Elizabeth Prince
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Crewe, Cheshire
“For services to the Games Industry and to Diversity.”
Charles Milne
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Buckie, Banffshire
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Sakilbabu Kola
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Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Export Growth.”
Nadia Khan
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London, Greater London
“For services to Women in the Music Industry.”
Georgina Hurcombe
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Bournemouth, Dorset
“For services to Television and the Creative Sector.”
Helene Martin Gee
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Folkestone, Kent
“For services to Women in Enterprise.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Louise Ellis-frankland
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
“For services to the Manufacturing Sector and to Employee Well-Being.”
George Fleming
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Business, to Employment and to Apprenticeships.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 31 December 2011.
Location (Shropshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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