South West leaders recognised in New Year’s Honours
There are knighthoods for the founders of Glastonbury and Wetherspoon in the New Year’s Honours, while Bristol mayor Marvin Rees has been awarded an OBE.
Michael Eavis, now 88, hosted the first music festival in 1970 and was the driving force as it grew to be a globally-recognised event attracting more than 200,000 people and the world’s largest performers to Somerset.
His knighthood, for services to music and charity, follows his CBE in 2007.
Exeter-based Tim Martin, who has enjoyed a high profile as an outspoken entrepr... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
