Business continuity briefs: 3rd January 2008

Business continuity briefs:
3rd January 2008

'Business continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services press releases and other useful resources published in the last 24 hours.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in the Financial Services Sector
City and Financial’s annual conference about business continuity in the UK financial sector will take place on Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st January 2008, at One Whitehall Place, London SW1. This conference is recommended for business continuity managers in all FSA regulated financial institutions. www.cityandfinancial.com/cpdr7

Norfolk students given business continuity challenge
School and college students in Norfolk (England) are being encouraged to take part in the annual Eastern Daily Press Young Enterprise Business Awards. This year the awards will focus on business continuity, with teams of students being asked to draw up business continuity plans for a notional company. Read the story.

President declares major disaster for Missouri
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Missouri to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms beginning on December 6, 2007, and continuing. FEMA Administrator David Paulison said the assistance was authorized under a major disaster declaration issued for the state by President Bush. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9185