US investment for Derbyshire leisure development
Announced during the Prime Minister’s visit to the USA in January, RIO helped facilitate investment to create Peak Resorts, a new £400m integrated year round leisure, health, sport and education destination. A partnership between UK development company Birchall Properties and US firm Grand Heritage Hotel Group, the US investor was identified by UKTI Denver who – along with other colleagues across North America – sourced potential investors for the scheme. The project will be developed near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, bringing to life a former open-cast mining site, and creating over 1,000 full time equivalent jobs and many more in the construction phase.
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