The O2 Arena

The O2 Arena is the busiest indoor Arena with ticket sales in excess of 2m in 2017, the SES Group have been the preferred backstage security company since 2007 and are closely involved in all aspects of artist security at the venue. The SES Group work closely with the venue management team to ensure a seamless hosting of some of the UK’s biggest events, ranging from world-class music concerts to sporting occasions.

At the O2 Arena, we provide a range of backstage services, we provide personnel to secure artists dressing rooms, securing the backstage areas from unauthorised personnel, providing front of stage pit teams, controlling access into the venue service yard and assisting with monitoring the artist traffic into the venue. Our specialist services provided include NVQ Level 2 Stewards, SIA licenced Door Supervisors, SIA licenced Security Supervisors and Level 3 Close Protection Operatives.

Having worked with the O2 Arena since 2007 we have formed a very strong relationship and have a designated O2 Manager, which has been a constant position since the beginning. They are the main point of contact for both the venue management as well as visiting promoters. They are also responsible for all the SES Group’s personnel working within the venue as well as ensuring all company policies and procedures are implemented.

The SES Group manages a number of local initiatives to support this contract and our aspirations, including local recruitment, apprenticeship schemes, community support and development. We understand the local populations we operate in and we value the diversity of the markets available. On this contract we reach out to all parts of employment, supplier and customer markets, existing and potential, for maximum productivity and value during recruitment.

The events at the O2 Arena are attended by a very diverse audience from many countries and walks of life; the workforce we deploy is catered to accommodate a wide variety of nationalities and languages that may be in attendance. This is vitally important in ensuring we are able to converse with and advise the whole audience.

Since 2007 the SES Group has worked tirelessly to provide the O2 Arena with a service that we can be proud of, we have delivered to the biggest names on the planet time and again and provided them with a safe and secure service to ensure that they can concentrate on themselves and leave the security elements to us.