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| John Lewis chairman Charlie Mayfield and Nigel Bogle, co-founder of the Bartle Bogle Hegarty ad agency, have been knighted in the Birthday Honours. | John Lewis chairman Charlie Mayfield and Nigel Bogle, co-founder of the Bartle Bogle Hegarty ad agency, have been knighted in the Birthday Honours. |
| Sir Charlie, who joined the store group in 2000, recently oversaw a 15.8% surge in annual profits to £409.6m despite tough High Street conditions. | Sir Charlie, who joined the store group in 2000, recently oversaw a 15.8% surge in annual profits to £409.6m despite tough High Street conditions. |
| Sir Nigel and Sir John Hegarty's advertising agency launched campaigns for Levi's, Audi, and Johnnie Walker. | |
| Former Public Accounts Committee chair Edward Leigh MP also became a Sir | Former Public Accounts Committee chair Edward Leigh MP also became a Sir |
| The same honour goes to the former Trades Union Congress head Brendan Barber. | The same honour goes to the former Trades Union Congress head Brendan Barber. |
| Recipients involved in business and economics make up about 10% of the Queen's Birthday list. | Recipients involved in business and economics make up about 10% of the Queen's Birthday list. |
| Other senior business figure receiving knighthoods include Richard Olver, chairman of aerospace giant BAE Systems, and Andrew Dilnot, who was director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies for over a decade, and who recently headed up a commission looking into the costs of social care. | Other senior business figure receiving knighthoods include Richard Olver, chairman of aerospace giant BAE Systems, and Andrew Dilnot, who was director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies for over a decade, and who recently headed up a commission looking into the costs of social care. |
| Academics to be knighted included John Hills, professor of social policy and director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics. | Academics to be knighted included John Hills, professor of social policy and director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics. |
| His work on fuel poverty, social housing and the pension system helped influence government policy and led to significant reforms. | His work on fuel poverty, social housing and the pension system helped influence government policy and led to significant reforms. |
| Professor Christopher Pissarides, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2010 for his work on search costs in labour markets, also is knighted. | Professor Christopher Pissarides, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2010 for his work on search costs in labour markets, also is knighted. |
| Honours for women in the sector were relatively sparse, but included MBEs for Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish, co-founders of notonthehighstreet.com, the successful e-commerce marketplace for small businesses. | Honours for women in the sector were relatively sparse, but included MBEs for Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish, co-founders of notonthehighstreet.com, the successful e-commerce marketplace for small businesses. |
| And former entrepreneur on the BBC's Dragons' Den show Hilary Devey is made a CBE for services to the transport industry and to charity, | And former entrepreneur on the BBC's Dragons' Den show Hilary Devey is made a CBE for services to the transport industry and to charity, |
| The 56-year-old, who made her fortune after launching freight haulage firm Pall-Ex also campaigns for various charities including the Stroke Association and the Princess Royal Trust for Carers. | The 56-year-old, who made her fortune after launching freight haulage firm Pall-Ex also campaigns for various charities including the Stroke Association and the Princess Royal Trust for Carers. |
| She said: "In every sense of the word, this is a great honour and I am equally flattered and flabbergasted. It is wonderful to receive such recognition, but this should be less about me, and more about the charities that I support and the amazing transport sector in which I am privileged to work." | She said: "In every sense of the word, this is a great honour and I am equally flattered and flabbergasted. It is wonderful to receive such recognition, but this should be less about me, and more about the charities that I support and the amazing transport sector in which I am privileged to work." |