John Dunning (businessman)
John Carter Dunning CBE (born 1934) is a British businessman and the founder of Westmorland Motorway Services, which runs motorway service stations in England and Scotland and is best known for Tebay Services.
Dunning began his career in farming in 1956.[1] The 900-acre Cumbrian hill farm was focused on sheep cattle.[1]
Dunning started Tebay Services on his family farm in 1972.[2][3]
He is married to Barbara.[3] Their daughter Sarah left a City career to become actively involved in the business, and is chair and a co-owner of Westmorland.[3] Their other daughter, Jane Lane, runs the farm.[4]
In the 1992 Birthday Honours he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, "For public service in Cumbria."
References
[edit]- ^ a b "John Dunning CBE". Friends of the Lake District. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Parveen, Nazia (24 July 2021). "Why Tebay is 'the motorway service station from heaven'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Bounds, Andrew (3 April 2018). "How family business Westmorland is reinventing the motorway stop". The Financial Times. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ King, Caroline (20 May 2021). "The Westmorland family's diversified and geographically dispersed portfolio of businesses". CLA. Retrieved 27 July 2021.