Emergencies - business continuity advice

 

Businesses continuity plans are generic plans designed to help organisations respond to and recover from disruptions, whatever their source and whatever aspect of the business they affect. 

Eighty per cent of small businesses affected by major incidents close within 18 months. Ninety per cent of businesses that lose data from disasters shut within two years.

Business continuity plans help your business safeguard against the problems caused by major incidents.  Businesses that have prepared for an emergency in advance and have business continuity management arrangements in place are more likely to stay in business and recover quickly in the event of an emergency than those that do not.
 

Visit the What Businesses Can Do section of the Planning for Emergencies website (new window) (open in new window) for information and advice on business continuity planning and sources of support. 

The Business Continuity Institute (new window)  is another source of information which businesses may find useful.