John Dunning (businessman) explained

John Carter Dunning (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]

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."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Dunning CBE . Friends of the Lake District . 27 July 2021.
  2. News: Parveen . Nazia . Why Tebay is ‘the motorway service station from heaven’ . 27 July 2021 . The Guardian . 24 July 2021.
  3. News: Bounds . Andrew . How family business Westmorland is reinventing the motorway stop . 27 July 2021 . The Financial Times . 3 April 2018.
  4. News: King . Caroline . The Westmorland family’s diversified and geographically dispersed portfolio of businesses . 27 July 2021 . CLA . 20 May 2021.