G4S wins Silverstone Event Security contract
9 July 2010
G4S Events, Europe’s leading independent event security and safety company, has been awarded a two year contract for the provision of event security services for both year-round and the major events portfolio for Silverstone Circuits Ltd. The contract is worth approximately £3.5m.
Under the contract G4S will be offering a broad range of services to ensure the right solution is delivered for each event, including; perimeter security and internal asset protection, access control, event security, grandstand stewarding, ticket/programme cash sales, paddock and hospitality security on event days, car parking and traffic control.
A major contract in the event industry, G4S will be supplying up to 1,300 employees at the peak of the motor racing season, including the high profile British round of the MotoGP, which was run at Silverstone for the first time this year in June, the
FIM Superbike World Championship and, of course the Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix which takes place this weekend.
In alignment with the development aspirations of Silverstone's management team, G4S Events has begun to develop a proposal to mirror Silverstone’s objectives to achieve improvements in service delivery.
This proposal is based on a professional partnership which matches Silverstone Circuits Ltd’s investment as
it looks to build upon its association with Formula 1.
With unmatched breadth and depth of security and stewarding experience across a variety of sporting events, G4S is ideally placed to support Silverstone as one of the leading motorsport venues and host of world class events.
Commenting on the exciting win, Mark Hamilton, Managing Director, G4S Events said: “We are delighted to win this important high-profile contract and be given the opportunity to combine our event security capabilities and proven expertise in the sporting arena to provide the best possible security solution to “The Home of British Motor Racing”. As leading brands in our respective fields, we are looking forward to building on our partnership and helping support Silverstone as it looks to
position itself as a premium destination brand throughout the UK and beyond.”
G4S has been providing crowd management services to the events market for over 25 years. A
n experienced partner to flagship international sporting and music events, G4S ensures the safety and security of some of the most exciting events in the entertainment calendar.
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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 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.
For more information on G4S Secure Solutions (UK) visit
www.g4s.com/uk
As Europe’s leading event security company, G4S has been providing crowd management services to the events market for over 25 years. The company’s breadth and depth of security and stewarding experience across sporting events is unmatched in the industry.
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 110 countries and more than 595,000 employees.
For more information on G4S, visit
www.g4s.com