Details of UK Market-wide Exercise 2009 announced

The UK financial sector’s next Market-wide Exercise will take place on 17th and 25th November 2009, the Tripartite Authorities have announced.

This year’s exercise will explore the impact of a severe weather and flooding scenario and will include disruption to several key infrastructure providers.

According to the Tripartite Authorities the exercise “will explore the effects of geographical concentration; dependence on suppliers; practicality of remote working; reliance on telecommunications; use of recovery sites; cash distribution and the return to business as usual. This is in addition to the address of the relationship between the tripartite authorities and the sector during such an event.”

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•Date:2nd April 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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