Supermarket bosses, accounting chiefs and heads of business organisations are among those recognised in the New Year鈥檚 Honours List.
Steve Murrells, chief executive of the Co-op Group, and Roger Burnley, who stepped down as Asda chief executive earlier this year, will made CBEs after being honoured for services to the food supply chain, the Government said.
It comes after a year when supermarkets, hospitality firms and suppliers worked to avoid shortages as staff numbers, pandemic restrictions and global disruption caused difficulties. Jo Scott, a shop floor worker and Community Champion at Asda鈥檚 Pwllheli, north-west Wales, site also received an BEM.
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The Government has also handed honours to the chair and former chair of two of the country鈥檚 biggest auditing giants.
Nick Owen, who left his position at the head of Deloitte 海角视频鈥檚 board in May, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and he was joined on the list by Bina Mehta, KPMG 海角视频鈥檚 chair, who was recognised with an OBE 鈥渇or services to trade and investments in the 海角视频 and female entrepreneurs鈥.
The former chairman of telecoms giant BT and the Government鈥檚 preferred choice to chair the 海角视频鈥檚 accounting watchdog has received a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.
Jan du Plessis is honoured for services to telecoms and business, having overseen negotiations with regulators of BT鈥檚 full fibre broadband rollout.
Meanwhile, Shalini Khemka - the daughter of Indian immigrants who arrived in the 海角视频 aged five - has been made a CBE for services to entrepreneurship after setting up a mentoring scheme that now boasts 23,000 budding future business leaders among its ranks.
She said: 鈥淚 was born in India and came here when I was five years old.
鈥淚f you鈥檇 asked me when I was young would I have had a CBE in the 海角视频, it never occurred to me that I could even hope to achieve something like this, so I want to encourage young people that there is a huge amount of opportunity and if you really work hard, this country can allow you to thrive.鈥
Liz Cameron, Scottish Chambers of Commerce chief executive, was honoured with a CBE for services to the promotion of Scottish and 海角视频 international trade, while Lesley Moody, president of the North East England Chamber of Commerce, received an OBE for services to business and to the community in the North East.
Theatre Royal Plymouth鈥檚 chief executive Adrian Vinken, who is stepping down in January after 31 years, was awarded a CBE for services to theatre, and Cornwall's Malcolm Bell, chief executive of Visit Cornwall, was honoured with an MBE for his dedication to tourism services across the South West - especially during the pandemic.
Former HS2 chair Douglas Oakervee has been awarded a knighthood for services to transport and infrastructure delivery, and Gary Jordan - chairman of the Mansfield and Ashfield 2020 Business Club - has been awarded an MBE for services to the economy and community of Mansfield and Ashfield.
Dr Vivienne Cox, workforce engagement director at pharmaceutical firm GSK, becomes a dame for services to sustainability, and to diversity and inclusion in business, and David Kerfoot, former chair of the York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership is made a CBE for services to rural businesses and the voluntary and community sector.
