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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published in the last
24 hours.
The Daily Telegraph published a business continuity supplement which has now sold out. Copies can be downloaded from the website of the report’s lead author, Lynda King Taylor, at http://www.lyndakingtaylor.com/features.htm
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a directive implementing a National Emphasis Program to help eliminate workplace hazards associated with the release of highly hazardous chemicals at petroleum refineries. Under this program, OSHA will conduct 81 inspections over the next two years. This National Emphasis Program will provide guidance to OSHA national, regional and area offices as well as states that choose to implement similar programs. The directive is available online at www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/CPL_03-00-004.pdf
Office Depot has launched the ‘Office Depot Hurricane Preparedness Contest for Small Business’ which invites small businesses in Florida's Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties to submit a 500-word essay explaining why their business is most in need of a hurricane preparedness makeover. Three deserving businesses will receive a $5,000 Office Depot gift card and a special on-site consultation with a business continuity expert. Winners will be selected based on need and uniqueness of entry. From now until June 23, 2007, small businesses in South Florida can enter online at www.officedepot.com/hurricanecontest
World weather impacts
•Date: 15th June 2007• Region: Various
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