About
Peter is a serial entrepreneur with a distinguished career in the leisure industry. Earlier ventures include the formation of Langdale Group Plc which sold for £29m in 1989 to Scottish & Newcastle. He set up nightclub company Luminar, which completed a successful IPO in 1998, food/pub chain Countrystyle Inns which sold in 1995 for an IRR of 35% and a Venture Capital Fund with Lazard Ventures. In 2000 Peter founded Golden Tulip Hotels, a budget hotel group, sold to Whitbread in 2008. In 2015 Peter was named a winner in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards and overall winner for the North of England. Peter is now involved with helping young entrepreneurs to develop their businesses.
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- • 2,490 investors hold the Founder role in VCSift. Peter Roberts is one of them.
- • 14 investors are based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Harrogate, UK
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