New Year Honours 2018
Vikas Shah MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Member • Industrial Development Advisory Board and Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Business and the Economy.”
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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 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:
Professor Vikas Sagar SHAH
Member, Industrial Development Advisory Board and Chief Executive Officer, Swiscot Group
For services to Business and the Economy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Greater Manchester
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Member, Industrial Development Advisory Board and Chief Executive Officer
- Region
- Greater Manchester
“For services to Business and the Economy.”
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How common is this award?
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.
What organisation were they with?
Member, Industrial Development Advisory Board and Chief Executive Officer.
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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Dromore, County Down
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
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Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2938825. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 30 December 2017.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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