Roseclaim Ltd has awarded Showsec the contract to supply full stewarding and security at V Festival in Staffordshire. The two day V Festival, now in its 18th year, is one of the UK’s largest annual music events. Held at Staffordshire’s Weston Park in tandem with a sister event in Chelmsford each summer, over 80,000 people gather to see rock and pop headliners, which this year include Beyoncé and Kings of Leon, on August 17 and 18 2013.
V Festival production manager Andy Redhead says: “I’m delighted we have appointed Showsec as our security and stewarding supplier for the V Festival in Weston Park. They have proven capability to implement modern festival security consistently with a balance of security and understanding the behaviour of a festival audience”
Showsec will provide upwards of 1,000 security staff to this year’s main festival site and camp sites. The contract says Showsec consolidates its presence in the festival market, underpinned by an expanded management infrastructure.
Showsec director Mark Logan says: “Showsec is ecstatic to be working with this iconic festival, which is a key part of UK festival culture. We are already engaged in extensive planning with Roseclaim and Staffordshire Police in agreeing the relevant parameters to ensure the highest service levels are in place to deliver a professional service to the ticket-buying public. Operations will remain focused on our priority that all attendees have a safe and enjoyable experience, befitting the overall philosophy of the V Festival production management team Andy Redhead and Liam Boylan.”
