Many congratulations to Dan Westgarth, the General Manager of The Station Cinema, who has received the Transformational Leader Award at the 2024 University of York Enterprise Awards. The Awards celebrate the best of York & North Yorkshire’s business community in outstanding achievements, growth, leadership, engagement and profitability.
Dan, who has been with The Station Cinema since March 2020, received the award for his last three years of leadership change at the venue.
Despite challenges coming out of the Covid period and an ever-changing industry, the judges heard that the cinema has gone from strength to strength, delivering award-winning performances, substantial box office and retail revenue, alongside building key community engagement within the region, charity outreach and innovative marketing strategies to aid business growth. The cinema was also nominated for an award in the category of outstanding business growth.
Dan said: “It’s a great honour to be recognised by your peers in the business region for the progress and hard work the whole team have delivered upon over the past few years. I think it shows we are doing something right and I’m just thrilled that we can continue to shine and deliver amazing experiences in a tough climate.
“We are a nonprofit independent cinema, with passion at the heart of everything we do, we have a fantastic team and a cinema that is very much a key part of the community, and we love what we do.”
The Station Cinema is owned and operated by Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust (RBPT), a registered charity.