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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.
HM Revenue & Customs has announced that it will defer collection of taxes and duties or agree instalment arrangements where business and individual taxpayers are unable to pay as a result of severe difficulty resulting from the current foot and mouth outbreak. HMRC will also:
* Suspend debt collection proceedings
* Defer compliance checks and investigations
* Provide help and advice in dealing with other practical tax matters arising from the outbreak
* Where appropriate consider using the powers available to give up interest and surcharges on tax paid which is paid late due to the outbreak.
A helpline has been set up to support those affected by foot and mouth disease: call 0845 366 1207, seven days a week from 8.00am to 8.00pm.
NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center has successfully established four new tsunami stations in the northwest Pacific Ocean, east of Japan and Russia. The four Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami, or DART stations, will help provide additional detection and warning capability for Hawaii, Alaska and the West Coast of the United States.
On 7 August 2007 Nick Robinson, chief executive of Phoenix, sold 2.0 million ordinary shares in the company at 445 pence per share. The total number of shares disposed represents 2.7 percent of the Phoenix's issued share capital. Following the disposal, Nick Robinson's interest in the company is over 4.16 million ordinary shares, representing 5.6 percent of the company's issued share capital. Nick Robinson commented, “I have sold these shares for personal reasons. I remain a significant shareholder in the business and have undertaken to the board not to make any further sales of shares in Phoenix for at least 18 months.”
InMage Systems has announced the release of its Linux VX Client for DR-Scout software which provides true block-level continuous data protection.
Some key features with the Linux release of DR-Scout include:
- 'True' block-level CDP for business continuity and disaster recovery;
- Support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, SuSe Enterprise Linux, 9, 10;
- Application integration with database servers including MySQL and Oracle, and other enterprise Linux applications to provide 'near-zero' application failover. http://www.inmage.net
World weather impacts
Subway flooding causes chaos for New York commuters
Flood-hit China braces for second storm
•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: Various
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