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 |  | G4S Security Services (UK) buys top events group - Rock Steady | | G4S Security Services (UK) has acquired Rock Steady Group, the UK's leading event stewarding company. The acquisition enhances G4S's depth of crowd management capability in the events security sector, particularly within the areas of live music and venue services. The acquisition ensures G4S's position as the unassailable market leading event security company in Europe.
Headquartered in Edinburgh, Rock Steady is a world-renowned events specialist incorporating Rock Steady Security Ltd, Rock Steady Event Services Ltd, Rock Steady Sports Event Services Ltd and Avant-Guard Resource Services Ltd. G4S Security Services (UK) wil re-brand the business, bringing the Rock Steady companies under the G4S banner and managed by Mark Hamilton, currently Managing Director, Rock Steady Group.
Rock Steady group is responsible for the safety of millions of spectators and participants every year at sports, leisure, live music, cultural and business events. It has up to 2,200 full and part-time registered stewards who are deployed across the UK. Specialising in stewarding and crowd management, the company has provided security services for a number of high profile events including Live8, Radio 1 Big Weekend, the annual Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations, T in the Park and V Festivals.
The acquisition will enable G4S Security Services (UK) to expand its current events capability so that it is best placed to manage the diverse security requirements of a growing calender of events.
Doug Hewitson, Managing Director, G4S Security Services (UK) commented:
" Rock Steady is a world famous name in the events sector and will complement our exisiting skills and expertise in this specialist part of the security market. This growing market will benefit from the widened range of capabilities we are now able to offer from live music, to political conferences, to iconic sports events."
Mark Hamilton, Managing Director, Rock Steady Group and Managing Director Designate of events, G4S Security Services (UK) said:
"This is great news for both Rock Steady and G4S. When looking at this opportunity we were impressed by the range of events which G4S already manages and are confident that merging the skills and services of both organisations can only be beneficial to clients, their customers and our staff.!
Rock Steady will complement G4S Security Services (UK)'s dedicated event security team which provides security at high profile events including the Conservative and Labour party conferences, the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon and the British Open Golf Championships.
| | A Rock Steady Welcome |  |  | | Welcome to the Rock Steady website | | The Rock Steady Group of Companies was originally formed in 1980 as Rock Steady Security Ltd, which was eventually de-merged in 2004 to meet the challenges faced by the crowd management, safety and in particular, security industry of the 21st century. The result is three distinct companies operating under the world renowned Rock Steady brand name.
The non-Rock Steady branded companies in the Group are SRS International Ltd (bespoke specialist security services), Avant-Guard Resource Services Ltd (manned guarding) and All Sector Skills Education and Training Ltd.
Group headquarters are in Edinburgh, Scotland and our total workforce is currently in excess of 2200 full and part time personnel. All parts of the Group operate UK wide, providing an event management, safety and security service to a range of customers. We are an ‘anytime, anywhere’ service provider for the management and security of people and property.
|  | | Mission Statement | | Mission Statement (What we do for who and how we do it)
Rock Steady Group of Companies provides an event management, safety and security service to a range of customers that includes sport, music, conferences, exhibitions, media production, commerce and manufacturing industry. This is acheived by providing a professional service through the deployment of trained, efficient and friendly staff.
Vision (What we are trying to achieve)
To deliver an effective service with informed staff by maintaining an awareness of legislative changes, progressive staff development and generating improvement in safety, security and customer service issues, advising our customers of these and implementing any that suit their requirement.
|  | | Our Experience | | Rock Steady’s strength is found in many areas, but primarily our employee’s are the key to the Group’s continued success over the past 26 years. Many of our employees have been with us for a number of those years; their knowledge, and experience provide us, our clients and their customers with the most valuable service contribution.
Our domestic and international client list includes a vast range of events, venues, facilties, corporations, business and religious leaders, artists, performers, and team participants; involved in all types industry, commerce, and entertainment; including manufacturing and administrative locations, live music, sport, film and television.
|  | | Reputation | | Employees are well aware that the reputation of each Company within the Group relies on ensuring that the wider public and our clients are accommodated within well planned and managed services.
Preparation and planning along with a professional operational approach that relies on our knowledge and experience are as much a part of our day to day service where complacency is seen as our greatest enemy.
It is our continued aim to provide an efficient and effective service by maintaining an awareness of changes and improvements in safety, security and customer service issues.
We do have a thorough procedure to resolve and learn from any aspect of what a customer may perceive to be a less than satisfactory level of service.
| | | Training | | Training to a national standard is mandatory for all Group employees.
All management personnel hold the requisite range of accredited teaching qualifications to underpin their proficiency in delivering learning and to encourage an active role in staff development.
To meet the needs of specialist subject training, such as close protection, fire safety and first aid, we employ personnel who have the relevant career experience in these fields.
Our ethos for delivering learning is consistent at every level, all of which is carefully administered to provide an accurate record of employees' education, training and work experience.
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