A co-founder of Leon Restaurants has joined a group that runs upmarket service stations.
Henry Dimbleby has become a non-executive director at Cumbroa-based Westmorland which operates Tebay Services, Gloucester Services, Ciam Lodge Services, J38 Truck Stop, Tebay Services Hotel and the Rheged Centre.
According to newly-filed documents with Companies House, Mr Dimbleby took up the position at the start of September.
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Mr Dimbleby, who is the son of veteran BBC broadcaster David Dimbleby, founded Leon with John Vincent and Allegra McEvedy before it was sold to the billionaire Issa brothers in April 2021.
He is also the co-founder of the Sustainable Restaurant Association and was appointed lead non-executive board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in March 2018.
It has also been revealed that former Preston North End chairman Bryan Gray has stepped down as a director of Westmorland.
According to the company's most recently filed accounts, for the 12 months to June 27, 2021, its turnover fell from £83.4m to £76.8m while its pre-tax profits went from £2.6m to £2.3m.
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