founded 1978 founder mick upton & gerry slater headquarters nationwide leicester united kingdom area served united kingdom key people mark harding managing director mark logan director simon battersby director services crowd management venue and event safety number of employees 3 500 website http www.showsec.co.uk showsec is a united kingdom based supplier of crowd management and security services . it is part of the international crowd management and security group with its sister organisation the security company being based in the netherlands . contents 1 company profile 2 criticism 3 references 4 external links company profile edit showsec in the uk operates out of eleven regional offices with its head office being based in leicester . with over 3 500 members of staff currently on its books showsec is the largest supplier of crowd management solutions in europe . recently showsec has been a major supplier of staff to large scale events such as download festival creamfields and hyde park . 1 the company s main activity is that of venue crowd management . with contracts throughout the uk at venues such as earls court exhibition centre 2 the manchester evening news arena and london s roundhouse showsec hold a considerable share of the market . all staff are trained to receive level 2 training in a modular format in stewarding upon joining the company and experienced staff can undertake further training such as pit and supervisor training . 3 showsec was involved in the controversial body worlds 4 exhibition in manchester by anatomist dr gunther von hagens where they supplied security solutions for the entirety of the exhibit . criticism edit like every other security and crowd management company showsec has come under fire in the past for being too heavy handed . the managing director mark harding responded to allegations in an interview on the safe concerts website in 2004 . 4 references edit showsec secures prestige hyde park gig series . info4security . showsec appointed to handle all seated events at earls court . ec & o venues . showsec develops qualification course for restraining and ejecting unruly customers at events . securitypark.net . the safeconcerts showsec interview july 2004 . safeconcerts.com . external links edit showsec homepage international crowd management and security group showsec management development program roy wise training & development manager keith hackett learning & development manager retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title showsec & oldid 713973760 categories service companies of the united kingdomsecurity companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 6 april 2016 at 21 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view