G4S named security company of the year at inaugural Event Production Awards
3 February 2012
G4S Events, Europe’s leading independent event security company, has been awarded Security Company of the Year at the first ever 2012 Event Production Awards.
The inaugural awards, held in central London this week, were hosted by comedian Mark Steel and showcased the excellent and innovative work which has taken place across the events industry. The ceremony was attended by over 400 leading industry figures from organisations including St John Ambulance and Arena Group.
G4S Events were nominated in recognition of their unrivalled security provision at the V Festival in Staffordshire, one of the UK’s most popular music events which attracts over 85,000 people every year.
Over the past 16 years of working at the V festival G4S has provided crowd management, stewarding and also used specialist dog teams to prevent the use of drugs on site and guarantee festival goers have a safe and enjoyable experience. Last year saw the deployment of 1,600 G4S Events personnel and four specialist dog teams to the contract.
Eric Alexander, Managing Director of G4S Events, part of G4S Secure Solutions (UK) said: “Every year G4S Events secures hundreds of high profile events across the UK, ranging from T in the Park to Silverstone and Wimbledon. We have a longstanding relationship with the organisers of V Festival and are extremely honoured to have been recognised for this award. This award is testament to the hard work and dedication of our team.”
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About the Event Production Awards
The Event Production Awards 2012 recognises the excellence and innovation in today’s industry.
Click here for a full list of categories and shortlisted entrants.
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-events
About G4S Secure Solutions (UK)
G4S Secure Solutions (UK) employs over 20,000 people throughout the UK, working with a wide range of public sector and commercial clients, including 59 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.
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 more than 125 countries and more than 635,000 employees.
For more information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com