Avoiding business disruption is one of the most important aspects of risk control. Anything that can interrupt trading is to be avoided and any measures that can help business recovery after an interruption are desirable.

This calls both for risk control measures and the development of a Business Continuity Plan so that management are equipped and prepared to deal with events that they do not experience in the normal course of business. Imagine the challenge of trying to manage a business that has suffered a catastrophic fire or weather damage. Fortunately such events are rare but every year hundreds of businesses find themselves denied access to their premises, telephony or IT systems with consequent business disruption.

The Buncefield Oil Depot fire in 2005 was a classic example which prevented businesses from gaining access to their premises for a period of weeks. Knowing how to maintain business functions and customer contact is what business continuity planning is all about.

What you can expect -contact us for more details

• A comprehensive and tailored business continuity plan
• Tailored emergency contact list to help maintain business functions
• Advice on safeguarding essentials e.g. contracts, computer data
• Roles and duties, detailing who takes charge of what Disaster arrangements in the event of an incident
• SWOT analysis highlighting key threats and weakness within a business 
• Setting up a battle-box as an invaluable, secure source of information in a disaster
• Contingency plans covering key issues which need to be addressed
• Template procedures, in Microsoft Word, for a range of major emergencies