He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to musical
theater.
He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award: The Hilton Award for Best New Musical of 2002 for "Bombay Dreams", performed at the
Apollo Theatre.
His lyrics for "Tell Me on a Sunday", performed at the Gielgud Theatre,
was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production of 2003.