Hello everyone,

Welcome to the April edition of our monthly staff newsletter, Ensemble, and a very warm welcome to all our new colleagues from HQ Theatres! I hope you’re all staying safe and keeping well.

Earlier this week we shared the exciting news that the UK’s largest specialist regional theatre operator – HQ Theatres – had joined the Trafalgar Entertainment family of brands.

HQ – founded as part of Nick Thomas MBE’s Qdos Entertainment Group – operates 11 UK venues, is the preferred operator of the New Theatre, Cardiff and also has a number of additional growth opportunities in sight. 

HQ’s Group Leadership Team including CEO Julian Russell, COO Alvin Hargreaves and Group Marketing Director Chris McGuigan will continue to be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the company.

HQ Theatres is a fantastic business and on behalf of the team at Trafalgar Entertainment, we’re thrilled to be partnering with them for the future. It’s a credit to the whole team that they have navigated the recent closure period so successfully and are poised to emerge intact and well placed for future growth as the sector rebuilds. 

So a very warm welcome to Julian, Alvin, Chris and the HQ Team! We’re really looking forward to working with you all.

In this issue of the newsletter, we aim to introduce you to the respective businesses and venues and we will meet some of the key faces from across the Group.

I love this photo of some of the team from The Swan Theatre in High Wycombe, raising a glass to our news this week!

We were delighted to launch our very first Corporate website this week.  The site will serve to inform stakeholders about our Corporate structure, group entities and investors. It provides a much needed one-stop-shop to reach all other companies in the group too.

It is great to finally launch the official TE Corporate website and I’d like to thank Jo, Dave B, Vin and Olivia who helped us launch the site earlier than planned!  It is so important as a group to have a platform where we can inform the world about our intentions as a business and promote the diversity of our entertainment portfolio. Our vibrant and dynamic video sequence proudly represents our group and brilliantly communicates what we do!

Please take some time to navigate through the website and let us know your feedback. Click on the link below:

http://www.trafalgarentertainment.com

Ensemble covers stories about the business and its staff from all the companies across the TE group. If you have a moment, take a look at some of the past editions in the Archive. Most of all, we’d love to hear from you! If you’d like to contribute a story, either a personal or professional one, or have an idea for a feature then please contact Dave Bradbury via email [email protected]

Until next time, have a lovely Easter weekend and take care of yourselves.
Sending you all my very best wishes
Rosemary