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384<p><span style="font-size:22px">JBS supports and works with numerous <a href="https://www.johnblashfordsnell.org.uk/charity/" target="_self">charities</a> working with underprivileged youth in the UK, as well as undertaking
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386<p><span style="font-size:22px">In the 2019 New Year Honours list JBS was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to scientific research abroad and to young people
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