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Royal Warrant or an OBE ?

25th Jun 2013
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Yesterday a long standing and value member of staff met HRH Prince of Wales as one of his guests at an event attended by around a thousand people. Much to her surprise the heir to the throne came up to her and asked where she worked and what the firm did. She proudly told them she works for Formations Direct and they register limited companies . The host enquired further as to where we were based etc. etc. and then she told him that her boss is "very good" - well, that's what she reported to me :-)

I am not sure if an OBE is practical as it means reprinting all my buisness cards but perhaps a Royal Warrant ....even Harrods haven't got that any more

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Replying to 24November92:
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By User deleted
25th Jun 2013 21:45

Not so

D Weston wrote:

I think you have to be an overpaid professional sportsman or an overpaid actor to get an OBE. As far as I can see very few other people get them.

I know quite a few OBE's and MBE's, all of whom fully merited the Honours

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Norman Younger
By Norman Younger
26th Jun 2013 09:49

Merit

That's the proble - the high profile ones from sport take the sheen of it for the "ordinary" people who have gone abobe the call of duty

Perhaps it should be as closely controlled as a Royal Warrant - these are few and far between from what I can see

 

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Replying to Portia Nina Levin:
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By User deleted
26th Jun 2013 22:48

(mis)perception

D Weston wrote:

You have to admit ...

Oh no I don't

If one believes that sportsmen etc are awarded honours merely for "doing their job", that is a serious misunderstanding of both the Honours system and what those sportsmen etc do outside of the public eye.

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Norman Younger
By Norman Younger
27th Jun 2013 09:07

Out of the public eye

They may well undertake extra curricular communal work but they honour is given for "services to sport" etc NOT for their community work.  Those who are paid a king's ransom actually gain brownie points for any charity work . It's almost as if it is part of the covenant - get paid a fortune (best of luck - I have no problem with that) and do some good work to temper the flak that such earnings generate.

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By User deleted
28th Jun 2013 11:43

You've hit the nail on the head

"Services to sport", not "Services in sport".

The services outside the public eye to which I was referring are not their community work as such, but the other input to their own and to other sports, quite apart from their own success in the sport. I can assure you that, for example, Chris Hoy was awarded his honours for much much more than simply winning the number of medals that he did.

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Norman Younger
By Norman Younger
28th Jun 2013 13:03

Services for medal

You may well be correct but should we not be made aware of the details of the contribution ? If so, this exchnage would be redundant

 

 

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