(L to R: David Stuart, Andrew MacMillan, Tony Kidd, Lesley Smith)

New staff at EventGuard

EventGuard has announced further appointments to strengthen its management team.
 
David Stuart will be taking over as General Manager, with ultimate responsibility for operations, compliance, vetting and quality assurance.  David has been with Norse for the last 18 years, previously in charge of Operations at the Norwich Bus Station.
 
Andrew Macmillan has joined as Operations Manager, in charge of static guarding, mobile teams, alarm response and key holding services. Prior to his new role Andrew was Security Manager at Norwich’s Chaplefield shopping mall.
 
Tony Kidd is the company’s new Deployment Manager, deploying EventGuard’s casual teams to events and other commitments. Tony will be supported by Lesley Smith in the role of Deployment Co-ordinator.  Tony and Lesley have both been with EventGuard for a number of years, working as part of the casual team. Their new roles, says Managing Director Martin Leeder, “reflect the excellent career opportunities that now exist within the company.”

Managing Director appointment at EventGuard

Martin Leeder has been appointed Managing Director of Norse Commercial Services’ subsidiary EventGuard Ltd.
 
He had previously been General Manager with the Norwich based security and event stewarding company for two years.
 
Norse’s Commercial Director Ruth Metcalf says that the senior management appointment comes at a time of continued growth for Norse and EventGuard.
 
“EventGuard has seen significant new contract wins, retentions and extensions over the last 18 months, requiring an expanded management infrastructure which Martin’s new role reflects,” Metcalf said. “The company will be announcing further new senior management appointments over the coming weeks,” she added.
 
Prior to joining EventGuard, Martin Leeder was Security Manager at Chapelfield Shopping Centre.

Traffic control at international skills competition

EventGuard provided traffic control and logistics at the world’s largest ever international skills competition and careers event in October 2011.
 
The Worldskills London 2011, staged at the London Excel, attracted young people from 51 countries to compete to be the best in their chosen skills.
 
EventGuard had 60 staff on duty over the five-day event, which attracted over 200,000 visitors including Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson.

Business success creates 80 new jobs at EventGuard

A busy summer that has already included the provision of security and stewarding at concerts, parades, race meetings, festivals and the Royal Norfolk Show, has created 80 new jobs at Norwich based security firm EventGuard.
 
The firm, part of Norse Commercial Services, has seen a steady increase in business during 2011, with a number of major contract wins through to 2012.
 
“2011 has already been an extremely successful one for the company,” commented Managing Director Martin Leeder, “and going forward we have some very high-profile contracts that will mean significant additional growth over the next twelve months.”
 
The firm, the largest single security and stewarding employer in Norfolk, has won a number of new contracts across the region, including prestigious deals to provide stewarding and security to the London road race on 14th August, the British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton, the World Skill competition at London’s Excel and the Tour of Britain cycle race.
 
EventGuard is also responsible for security at the annual Walsingham pilgrimage, twelve Race 4 Life events in East Anglia, the Norfolk and Suffolk half-marathons, eighteen concerts at a number of Royal Parks, major events throughout the UK and at horse race meetings throughout the year at Newmarket, Huntingdon and Great Yarmouth.
 
Earlier in the year the firm worked along side Norfolk Constabulary and the city council, providing security at the Norwich City FC promotion parade and at the Lord Mayor’s Procession.
 
“Growth continues and we are still looking for more staff in both our stewarding and security fields’” Leeder said. “The work over the next 18 months will take in some of the biggest and most popular events. The work we have for London in 2012 is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Security is Premier League

Once again EventGuard was asked to handle security at the Norwich City FC promotion parade.
 
With 92 staff, and 27 students form the Bridging the Gap scheme, EventGuard ensured that the event was safe and enjoyable for the estimated 35,000 fans who turned out to celebrate the teams promotion to the Premier League.
 
Working alongside Norfolk Constabulary, the entire event was planned and delivered in just six days with excellent feedback from both police and other authorities.
 
Managing Director Martin Leeder was full of praise for his staff: “EventGuard staff did a magnificent jog of the evening, and I am particularly gratefully to those that had to be flexible with arrangements when last minute changes meant some sudden alterations to deployment.”

EventGuard goes the distance with local running events

The two 2011 Norwich half marathons, in March and September, and the Ipswich half marathon in September, will have carpark security and traffic management provided by EventGuard in conjunction with the two counties’ constabulary forces.

The company is also responsible for security, crowd stewarding and road traffic management at 11 of the Race for Life Cancer Research fundraising events around the region in 2011.

Concert security hits the right note

The new organisers of the music concerts at Norfolk’s Blicking Hall have confirmed EventGuard as the security providers for the two events being staged in 2011.

The contract comes on top of further recent deals that handed EventGuard responsibility for event security, carpark and crowd stewarding at the September Norfolk Spectacular, the Heart FM Summer Party and the JLS concert at Hylands Park in Chelmsford.

EventGuard fine display lands extended 2 year contract

Norwich City Council has awarded a two year security and stewarding contract for the entire ‘Sparks in the Park’ fireworks concert to EventGuard.

The new contact extends EventGuard previous responsibilities to include the fireworks and bonfire exclusion zone, previously handled by a separate provider.  The company will now have around 95 staff at the event.

EventGuard has been involved with the annual event for 5 years, and Managing Director Martin Leeder says the award of the additional contract is the result of all the hard work and professionalism of the staff involved.

“Our Site Security Manager and his team have received high praise from the City Council,” he commented, “who have repeatedly said that it is the ‘can do’ attitude which makes them stand out from other security operators the council has worked with.”