{"id":225650,"date":"2025-06-30T03:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T03:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225650\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T03:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T03:49:11","slug":"northern-ireland-agent-awarded-mbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225650\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland agent awarded MBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-182664 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Northern-Ireland-Property-Expert-Art-OHagan-Awarded-MBE-in-New-Year-Honours-List.jpg\" alt=\"Iain McKenzie, CEO of The Guild of Property Professionals, Art O'Hagan MBE\" width=\"730\" height=\"455\"  \/>Managing Director of <strong>CPS Property and National Advisory Council<\/strong> representative of The Guild of Property Professionals in Northern Ireland, Art O\u2019Hagan, has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire <strong>(MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours List<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The prestigious award recognises his outstanding contributions to business, the property sector, and the community in Northern Ireland over four decades.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Hagan qualified as a Chartered Accountant at 23 years old and then completed a law degree at 26 years old. He founded <a href=\"https:\/\/cps-property.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPS Property<\/a> in 1987 and has been a pillar of the Northern Ireland business community, demonstrating remarkable resilience and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The honour acknowledges not only his success in building one of the region\u2019s most respected property firms but also his extensive charitable work and his 30-year service as a Lay Magistrate for the Judicial Services of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Surprised and humbled<\/p>\n<p>Recounting the moment he found out, O\u2019Hagan commented: \u201cI received a phone call on the morning of the 27th of December from a London number. When they said it was Buckingham Palace and that my name was being put forward for an MBE, I naturally thought it was a wind-up. I playfully asked them to call back in a couple of hours to give myself time to process it. When they did call back and discussed the protocol, the reality began to sink in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI am truly honoured and humbled to be recognised by the Crown. Above all, it\u2019s an acknowledgement of the charitable work I have been involved in over the past 40 years, which has always been incredibly important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iain McKenzie, CEO of The Guild of Property Professionals<\/strong>, congratulated O\u2019Hagan on his achievement: \u201cOn behalf of the entire Guild network, I extend my warmest congratulations to Art on this magnificent and richly deserved honour. Art\u2019s dedication, integrity, and passion for the property industry are second to none.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the NAC representative for Northern Ireland, he has been a driving force for raising standards and fostering collaboration among our Members. This MBE is a fitting recognition of a career dedicated not just to business excellence, but to genuine community service. We are incredibly proud to have him leading our network in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CPS is also a multi-award winner at <a href=\"https:\/\/thenegotiator.co.uk\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Negotiator Awards<\/a>, taking home accolades for Regional Agency of the Year and Medium Estate Agency of the Year in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-182665 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Regional-Agency-of-the-Year-NI-Winner-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Regional Agency of the Year NI Winner 2024\" width=\"730\" height=\"455\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Managing Director of CPS Property and National Advisory Council representative of The Guild of Property Professionals in Northern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-225650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}