G4S Events to provide security for Leeds Rugby

G4S has secured a three year contract to provide services for Leeds Rhinos and Leeds Carnegie.

The contract, involving the employment of up to 200 G4S staff on match days, will see G4S provide a range of services at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium. These services will include site security, pedestrian and vehicle search, ticket checking, hospitality stewarding and provision of a safety officer on match days. G4S will also be providing bespoke technologies to aid reporting and site management.

As part of this contract, G4S will be responsible for the safety and security of over 300,000 rugby fans a year.

Mark Hamilton, Managing Director, G4S Events, said: “We’re delighted to have signed this contract and very much look forward to working with Leeds Rugby over the coming years. G4S Events has a very strong background in providing security and stewarding at major sporting events and we’re confident of being able to provide an excellent service for both Leeds Carnegie and Leeds Rhinos, and, ultimately, those attending their fixtures.”

Leeds Rugby Chief Executive Gary Hetherington, said: “G4S was able to offer us an integrated and all round solution that included risk management and environmental consultancy. Their management team have extensive experience of providing event security at major sporting venues and this along with their commitment to employing from the local community made them far and away the best choice for us.”

Headingley Carnegie Stadium, the home of Leeds Rhinos and Leeds Carnegie has a capacity of 20,500.

Contact details

• G4S press office (Media Enquiries): 07973 672 649

About G4S

About G4S Events

G4S Events is Europe’s leading independent provider of event security and crowd management services providing security, event stewarding and consultancy services to conferences, exhibitions, community, sporting and live music events.

For further information on G4S Events go to www.g4s.com/uk

About G4S Secure Solutions (UK)

G4S Secure Solutions (UK) employs 18,500 people throughout the UK, working with a wide range of public sector and commercial clients, including 51 FTSE 100 companies. The company provides specialist security solutions to over 5,000 customers across a range of sectors including: government, utilities, financial institutions, leisure and tourism, and transport.

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About G4S plc

G4S is the world's leading security solutions group, which specialises in outsourcing of business processes in sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat.

G4S is the largest employer quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen.

G4S has operations in over 110 countries and over 585,000 employees.

For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com