Rock Steady Group

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Rock Steady Group was a group of companies that was involved in stewarding and security at many major events in the United Kingdom. The three companies were Rock Steady Event Services, Rock Steady Sport Event Services and Rock Steady Security. The Group had a head office and operations office in Edinburgh with additional operations offices at Glasgow, Sheffield & Manchester.

History

In 2004 the company bought out the FPC Security company, thus gaining the Carling Academy, The

Barrowlands
, the Arches and the ABC in Glasgow.

In March 2008 it was announced that the group had been bought by G4S and was to be re-branded as G4S Events.[1][2][3]

Services

Rock Steady Events teams were used in stewarding capacity at major music events in Scotland, including

Carling Academy Glasgow. In England they were responsible for Stewarding at the V Festival in Staffordshire, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester and Don Valley Stadium and Sheffield Arena
both in Sheffield.

Rock Steady Security provided security staff for mainly the bar and restaurant trade. In England and Wales (and since 1 November 2007 also in Scotland) Rock Steady security personnel were licensed by the

Private Security Industry Act 2001
.

Rock Steady Sports Events provided stewarding and hospitality services for many major footballing clubs. In Scotland, Rock Steady provided all stewarding services to

References

  1. ^ "Security firm sells up after 28 years". The Guardian. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Acquisition of Rock Steady Group of companies". G4S. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Rock Steady progress leads to sale". The Scotsman. 4 March 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Scots founder sells off pop concert security firm Rock Steady". 5 March 2008.