Rock Steady Group

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

Rock Steady Events teams are used in stewarding capacity at major music events in Scotland, including T in the Park, the SECC and the Carling Academy Glasgow. In England they are responsible for Stewarding at the V Festival in Staffordshire, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester and Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield.

Rock Steady Security provide security staff for mainly the bar and restaurant trade. In England and Wales (and since 01 November 2007 also in Scotland) Rock Steady security personnel are licensed by the Security Industry Authority, allowing them to conduct licensable activities as defined by the Private Security Industry Act 2001.

Rock Steady Sports Events provide stewarding and hospitality services for many major footballing clubs. In Scotland, Rock Steady provide all stewarding services to Rangers FC, Kilmarnock FC and are used in tandem with other companies at other stadiums in the Scottish Premier League. Six Nations rugby at Murrayfield, Scotland national football matches at Hampden Park and other sporting events, such as the Glasgow Marathon are also stewarded by Rock Steady. In England the Group is responsible for stewarding at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Burnley FC & Rochdale FC working in tandem with others at Leeds United and Huddersfield Town.

In 2004 the company bought out the FPC Security company, thus gaining the Carling Academy, The Barrowlands and the arches 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, Mark Hamilton the current Managing Director of the Rock Steady Group is to become the Managing Director of the new division of G4S.

External links

* http://www.rocksteady.co.uk The Official Site.