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Business ContinuityWhat is 'Business Continuity'?
Business Continuity is the process that
an organisation puts into place to ensure that essential activities can
continue during a disaster and get back to a normal level of operation as
quickly as possible. Business
continuity planning is considerably more widespread in larger organisations,
with a serious gap in small to medium sized enterprises. Unfortunately it is
the smaller organisations who struggle to recover and continue trading after
major disasters, so it is those who really need to use the information on
this site. How can we help?
The
Business Continuity Team is part of the Suffolk Joint rick.thornton@suffolk.gov.uk
lesley.fayers@suffolk.gov.uk
Your quick guide to business continuity. (pdf 31k) A 10 Minute Self Assessment (pdf 69k) Residential Care Homes: People who care for the elderly, frail or vulnerable in a residential setting
need to be more prepared than most to deal with an emergency situation. Click here to find a template
Incident Management Plan (Word 214kb) to help your home prepare. It is
NOT a complete Business Continuity Plan, it WILL need editing to make it relevant for your particular home but it should give you a
start. There is an accompanying resilience
document (PDF 48kb) which details some of the process needed to produce a
robust incident response. There is also a copy of the presentation (ppt
1.9mg) given at the care home events in October/November. Some notes
accompany these slides for additional information.
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Select each one of the links below to work
through the process: 1. Analyse your organisation (pdf 46k) 2. Assess the risks (pdf 41k) 3. Develop a strategy (pdf 53k) 4. Develop your plan (pdf 69k) 5. Testing your plan. (pdf 20k) |
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Supply Chain One area of risk that should not be overlooked is a
company’s supply chain. Check your vulnerability: ·
Do you source from a single company? ·
Could you find an alternative supplier easily? ·
Do they appear well run and reliable? Before
procuring any new services, consider asking if they have any Business
Continuity arrangements. Click
on this case
studies link which shows what could happen if your supply chain becomes
vulnerable. Click here
for a downloadable questionnaire that you could use to access a
suppliers business continuity readiness. Information on
how to do your supply chain vulnerability assessment. Use along with this supplier questionnaire
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Useful Web Sites
Free
Business Continuity Guide: link to
AXA website
- Business
continuity guide for small
businesses (pdf
1.09mg)
Free
Business Continuity Software from the RISC Authority and the Fire Protection Association
(FPA). https://robust.riscauthority.co.uk/
General
Business Continuity ‘know how’ from the Government
Website: www.ukresilience.info/preparedness/businesscontinuity
A good starting point and where you will find a link to the useful Business
Continuity management Toolkit (pdf 570k)
Web site: www.londonprepared.gov.uk/businesscontinuity/index.jsp
Emergency Preparedness - Advice from the Government
Web site: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Dealingwithemergencies/Preparingforemergencies/DG_176539
Governing Bodies
The Business Continuity Institute
Web site: http://www.thebci.org/
Including the Good Practice
Guidelines and standards
such as BS26999
Flood Information
Information on protecting your business from floods from Business Link
Flood
Check List For Businesses (pdf 33k)
Find out if you are at risk and register for flood alerts and download the flood plan from the Environment Agency
Information on flood resilience and resistance products from the
National Flood Forum and download the journal on Improving
the flood resilience of new buildings
Pandemic
Flu
Our web page of information to prepare your business against
pandemic flu: Business Continuity - Pandemic Influenza Information
Risk Registers
Government risk register: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/reports/national_risk_register.aspx
Suffolk
(This list is not exhaustive and
is intended for information only. It in no way implies endorsement, promotion
or favour by the Joint
Steve Moor BSc, CEng, MIET, MBCI
- www.potsford.com/BCM.php
Frederick Gentile, BGG
Associates Ltd - frederick.gentile@bggassociates.co.uk
Alison Wagstaff MBCI - alison.wagstaff@kpmg.co.uk
Andy Mills. BSc CEng MIET MBCI -
millsar@btinternet.com
The
information given in this Business Continuity Guidance is provided as general
information about planning for business disruption. It is not intended to
replace detailed guidance and planning specific to you and your business. You
should consider whether you need to obtain this. To the extent permitted by
law, neither
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