Peter Emerson Jones

Jones founded the Emerson Group in 1959.^[3] Originally known as P E Jones Contractors, the company initially specialised in building houses on small plots of land in Cheshire.^[4] The company started developing properties in Bolton, Lytham, Glasgow and Sterling in the 1980s.^[4]

The Emerson Group is now one of the largest privately owned property development companies in the UK.^[5] It builds between 250 and 500 residential houses in the UK annually.^[6]

The company is based in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, and as well as housebuilding, owns Bolton's Middlebrook Park, Oasis Parque, Boavista Golf & Spa Resort^[7] and Jardim do Vau among other properties in Algarve, Portugal and Orlando, Florida.^[8][9] The business employs around 600 people.^[4]

He is married to Audrey, and their sons Tony and Mark are directors of the main holding company, Emerson Developments (Holdings), as are their parents.^[8]

In the 2014 New Year Honours, he received an OBE for services to business in the North West.

Peter and Audrey are also trustees of The Emerson Foundation.^[10]