Bolton’s TVD Group Opens Experience Centre for Care Home AV

Bolton, UK, October 13th 2023: TVD Group, a leading AV technology supplier and installer of commercial audio-visual projects, has opened The TVD Experience Centre, focussing on its core commercial sectors including Care Homes.

Demonstrating integrated audio and video solutions tailored to the needs of Care Homes, Nursing Homes and Community Social Care venues, the Experience Centre will afford unrivalled access and insight to the latest AV technology for the sector. Examples include In-Room / Bedroom TVs, Commercial Displays - Menus / Information Screens, Digital Signage, Cinema Rooms, Video Conferencing and Digital Totems. The new TVD Group venue offers care home professionals a unique and personal fully featured AV showroom experience and training and demonstration facility in the north of the UK for the first time.

In over a year-long upgrade and £600,000 investment of its existing headquarters in Bolton, the opening of the TVD Experience Centre is the crowning jewel for a business that has been the driving force in AV technology in the north of the UK for nearly 30 years. This forward-thinking company has recently transitioned to an employee-owned business, with the Trust now owning 51% of the shares of the business.

The TVD Experience Centre features immersive display areas, innovative products and fully integrated solutions from TVD’s key partners including Samsung, Philips, LG and over a dozen big-name brands in the AV sector, who sent representatives to speak to the press on the opening day.

Highlights on the Experience Centre include Samsung’s £130,000 110-inch ‘The Wall’ MircoLED display, Vestel’s latest commercial display range, TVs from Mitchell & Brown, and premium commercial audio products. Innovative technologies on show include LG Electronics’ stunning LED 136-inch all-in-one smart series, Philips power-free Tableaux ePaper displays and Accenta hanging digital posters.

TVD Group grew out of a TV retail business, with Jim Brown and his sons Matthew and Daniel opening TV and Video Direct in 1996 and has grown to be one of the UK’s leading AV technology distributors to the commercial and retail trade, including launching its own TV brand, Mitchell & Brown. TVC Technology Solutions, a division of TVD Group, that supplies a range of industries including betting, retail, leisure, hospitality, care, education, sports stadia and corporate venues, has this year been nominated for two major AV industry installation awards for the project they completed at the Formula 1 Arcade in central London.

Mat Brown, Co-Founder and Director commented at the event, “We wanted to offer both new and existing customers the opportunity to explore the very latest AV technologies from some of the world’s biggest brands, fully integrated into complete solutions in one engaging venue in the north of the UK. The TVD Experience Centre provides a level of unrivalled personalisation for clients in the care sector who want to experience what technology can bring to their facilities and how it can enhance their care offering.”

Following the official launch of the TVD Experience Centre, the venue will be used to host a series of bespoke brand-specific events, hosted by TVD’s partner manufacturers, and sector-specific events covering AV for hotels and leisure venues, retail premises, care homes, betting shops, offices and commercial enterprise. Events will cover UK new product launches, integrator training and showcases of what the latest AV technology can do to revolutionise audience, customer and employee engagement. TVD also wants to encourage businesses to host their own small events and meetings in the Experience Centre, giving businesses access to the latest technology and further promoting the unique venue.

The UK’s favourite domestic TV brand, TVD Group’s Mitchell & Brown, will also make use of the venue for retailer and press launches, demonstrations, and retailer training sessions. The Experience Centre features the brand’s latest range of both small-screen TVs and flagship QLED smart TVs up to home cinema sizes.

Lucia Maguire, Managing Director commented, “With the Experience Centre now fully open and the transition to employee ownership complete, this previously family-owned business is perfectly placed to continue its strategic growth across the UK AV sector. Our ambitions of continued growth, growing our local team, creating a great place to work and our dedication to our customers and the level of service and quality we deliver remains a core focus.”

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ABOUT TVD Group

Company Background

TVD Group encompasses:

·       TVDB2B (AV wholesale/distribution)

·       TVC Technology Solutions (commercial AV integration)

·       MySign Digital Screen Solutions (digital signage)

·       Mitchell & Brown (TV brand through retail)

Founded in 1996 by Jim Brown and his sons Matthew and Daniel, TVD Group started from humble beginnings in a shop in Leigh and has now become a leading UK provider in audio visual solutions on both commercial and domestic fronts.

Continuing Jim’s legacy of exemplary customer care, unrivalled technical knowledge and expertise, and high-quality products and installations, the business strives to put the customer at the focus of everything it does, differentiating its offering from competitors in all the sectors it operates. Based on family values and a dedication to quality and service, the TVD Group has gone from strength to strength over almost three decades.

Continuing the key strategic aim of sustainable growth, TVD Groups’ restructuring to an employee-owned business in April 2023 is a long-term commitment to both the future of the business and the team that has underpinned its ongoing success. This new structure will facilitate greater collaboration and inclusivity for co-owners, helping to create opportunities while protecting and enhancing the culture and values that have created such a successful business.

As an employee-owned business, the company prides itself on a personal approach, providing outstanding levels of customer service and quality products that are tailored to our customer’s requirements, irrespective of their scale or size. From small retailers to global-scale AV projects, the brand's commitment to quality service remains the same

Mat Brown, Co-founder, commented, “Growing TVD into the business it is today has taken huge focus, dedication, and hard work over the last 27 years. We can’t think of a better way to secure the future and independence of the business than to make the people who drive the business forward every day co-owners. We still have the same hunger and ambition for the business, opening up many opportunities for TVD and its fantastic co-owner employees, as well as enhancing the relationship for our loyal suppliers and customers”.