Rock Steady Group was a group of companies that was involved in stewarding and

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at many major events in the

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. 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

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, the Arches and the ABC in Glasgow. In March 2008 it was announced that the group had been bought by

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and was to be re-branded as G4S Events.

Services

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

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, the SECC and the Carling Academy Glasgow. In England they were responsible for Stewarding at the

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in Staffordshire,

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, Manchester and

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and

Sheffield Arena Sheffield Arena, known for sponsorship purposes as Utilita Arena Sheffield, is a multi-purpose arena located in Sheffield, England. It is situated near Meadowhall Centre, Meadowhall and lies between Sheffield city centre and Rotherham town centr ...

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 Security Industry Authority, allowing them to conduct licensable activities as defined 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 Rangers F.C., Kilmarnock FC,

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, Hibernian FC, St Johnstone FC, Dunfermline Athletic F.C. and were used in tandem with other companies at other stadiums in the

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. Six Nations rugby at

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, Scotland national football matches at

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and other sporting events, such as the Glasgow Marathon were also stewarded by Rock Steady. In England the Group was responsible for stewarding at

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& Rochdale FC working in tandem with others at

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and

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