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The co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, a Tesco (LSE: TSCO.L - news) board director, and the woman credited with the recent success of Mulberry, the luxury handbag maker, have all been recognised in the Queens Birthday Honours.

Charles Dunstone, who set up Carphone Warehouse from his sitting room in 1989, has been given a knighthood for services to the Mobile Communications Industry and to charity.

Sir Charles, as well as being chairman of both Talk Talk and Carphone, is also chairman of The Princes Trust. Im very surprised, he said last night, adding that he would celebrate in Ibiza, where he was staying for a friends birthday party.

Lucy Neville-Rolfe, one of Tescos longest-serving executives, has been made a Dame for services to Industry and voluntary service. Dame Lucy, who started her career in the Downing Street policy unit under Sir John Major, is Tescos director for corporate and legal affairs and runs the supermarkets charitable events such as its sponsorship of Race for Life. Its wonderful news. My father will be the happiest 91-year-old in Britain, she said.

Emma Hill, the creative director of Mulberry, who has been behind the surge in growth at the Somerset-based company, which makes 3,500 ostrich skin handbags, has been awarded a CBE.

One of the Citys most senior figures, Brian Winterflood, who started his career as a blue-button messenger on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: LSE.L - news) floor in 1953 has been awarded an MBE.

So too has husband and wife team Timothy and Kit Kemp, who run the Firmdale Hotel Group, which owns a number of boutique hotels in London including the Soho and Covent Garden Hotels.

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Queen’s Birthday Honours: Carphone Warehouse founder knighted