Do you know what your organisation would do if it was affected by:

• Loss of building?
• Loss of accommodation?
• Loss of IT?
• Loss of utility supplies?
• Loss of communications?
• Fire or Flood?
• Contamination?
• Loss of key staff?

Are you confident that your business would be able to continue?

Are you putting your business at unnecessary risk by failing to plan?

Business Continuity Management is about identifying key functions and risks and putting procedures in place so that should something interrupt normal business activities, your organisation is prepared to recover as quickly as possible.

“Research has shown that small and medium size enterprises are particularly at risk”

Business Continuity Management should be an essential part of normal business activities and integrated into the culture of the organisation, no matter how small or large.

Does your business have effective Business Continuity Plans in place?

Useful Business Continuity Links

Association of Local Authority Risk Managers (ALARM)
www.alarm-uk.com

Audit Commission
www.auditcommission.gov.uk 

Business Continuity Institute
www.thebci.org 

Centre for Management and Policy Studies
www.cmps.gov.uk 

Continuity Central
www.continuitycentral.com

Emergency Planning Society
www.the-eps.org

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
www.fco.gov.uk

Global Continuity
www.globalcontinuity.com

Government Office North East
www.go-ne.gov.uk

Home Office
www.homeoffice.gov.uk

The Institute of Risk Management
www.theirm.org 

London First
www.london-first.co.uk 

London Prepared
www.londonprepared.gov.uk

MI5
www.mi5.gov.uk

UK Resilience
www.ukresilience.info