Sign up to our daily newsletter Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Derbyshire Times, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Steve Perez is the founder and chairman of Global Brands and Casa Hotels Group. Established in 1997, Global Brands has grown into one of the leading firms in the drinks industry, creating and distributing a wide range of household names – including VK and Hooch.
Casa Hotel Group includes Casa Hotel at Lockoford Lane in Chesterfield , and the Peak Edge Hotel at Stone Edge. Advertisement Advertisement Back in 2022, Perez was granted planning permission to double the size of the Peak Edge Hotel by North East Derbyshire District Council, adding a spa and 29 more bedrooms. He said at the time that the development would create 49 full-time equivalent jobs, explaining that in order to achieve five-star status, the hotel would need 24-hour room service and concierge - as well as beauty specialists for the spa.
Mr Perez was also about to apply for permission to install a new canning line at his drinks factory in Clay Cross - which he said would have created 50 jobs in the area. Advertisement Advertisement He has, however, been forced to postpone both investments - worth around £20m to the local economy - amid fears over the budget announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves at the end of October. Reeves confirmed a major change to business property relief.
Previously, business properties could be handed down to family members wit.
