Industry needs to wake up to Buncefield lessons
UK industry has yet to fully take on board a number of key lessons from the Buncefield disaster. Read article •Date: 28th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC: manufacturing
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The personal side of business continuity: Addressing human capital management issues during crises
A white paper by Eric Lesser, Russell Lindburg and Tim Ringo, IBM Institute for Business Value. Read article •Date: 25th August 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Evershed research provides a snapshot of pandemic planning in UK businesses
Research from international law firm Eversheds has highlighted the impact of the flu pandemic on UK businesses and the scale of contingencies in place for an Autumn escalation. Read article •Date: 25th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning UK
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UK government announces fast tracked pandemic flu research
The work will be led by research centres in Leicester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Manchester and London. Read article •Date: 25th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning UK
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‘Logistic Operations for Emergency Supplies: Guidance for Emergency Planners’
New Cabinet Office guidance. Read article •Date: 25th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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‘BS 25999 Roadmap For The Future’
A half-day workshop, presented jointly by BSI, the Business Continuity Institute and the UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat: 21 September 2009, London. Read article •Date: 21st August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Northern Group Systems becomes the first Northern Ireland based organization to be certified to BS 25999 Northern Group Systems (Environmental Health), a local government group, located in Northern Ireland, has become that region’s first organization to be certified to BS 25999. In a presentation earlier in August, Councillor David Barbour received the award on behalf of the staff of Northern Group Systems (Environmental Health) and Councillor James Currie received the award on behalf of the staff of the ICT Department of Ballymena Borough Council. •Date: 21st August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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Audit Scotland reports on civil contingencies planning
Planning for civil emergencies progressing well, although still room for improvement. Read article •Date: 20th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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Business continuity awareness posters now available
A set of four posters have been published by Ear Productions to assist business continuity managers increase awareness about BCM activities within their organization. Read article •Date: 19th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Transatlantic disaster recovery offered by iland and Vizioncore
Channel-ready services are suitable for organizations of all sizes. Read article •Date: 18th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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EU Health Security Committee and the Early Warning and Response authorities agree pandemic policies
Unanimously adopts statements on school closures and travel advice. Read article •Date: 14th August 2009• Region: Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic resources
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UK pandemic vaccination plans outlined A mass vaccination against H1N1 pandemic flu will start in the Autumn in the UK. More than 11 million people in England will be targeted in the first priority groups. These will include pregnant women, frontline health and social care workers, and everyone in at-risk groups aged over six months. More details. •Date: 14th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Office of Government Commerce updates business continuity and disaster recovery guidance in public sector ICT procurement contract guide The UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC has published an enhanced version (V2.3) of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Model Services Agreement and Guidance for major or complex ICT enabled business change projects. The free-to-use solution includes significant updates in the key areas of financial distress and security management. As part of this the business continuity and disaster recovery aspects of the guidance (schedule 8.6) have been updated and clarified. http://www.partnershipsuk.org.uk/ogcictguidance.aspx •Date: 14th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Public sector
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Pandemic plan testing – moving from art to science
Steve Dance reviews the Flu Pandemic Game which was recently made freely available by the UK Department of Health for plan testing and rehearsal. Read article •Date: 13th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Companies failing to take bribery and corruption risk seriously
UK companies risk falling foul of anti-bribery and corruption rules, according to a new report by KPMG Forensic. Read article •Date: 13th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Disaster Recovery Manager: new software launched
A new software tool, ‘Disaster Recovery Manager’ has been launched to provide a low cost (£120 inc VAT) service for the creation, secure storage, sharing and ongoing management of disaster recovery and business continuity plans online. Using the Disaster Recovery Manager system and templates a business can assess its disaster readiness, download a bespoke action plan for improvement and create/share a disaster recovery plan online. Every time a user updates the plan their colleagues will immediately see the new version of the disaster recovery plan from any Internet browser www.DisasterRecoveryManager.com •Date: 13th August 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Risk management tool for UK public sector now available
Audit Commission tool aims at helping the public sector to improve strategic risk management arrangements. Read article •Date: 12th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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AT&T economic recovery study highlights the strategic benefits of business continuity
New ‘Road to Growth’ report considers various factors influencing how companies will be able to make the best possible recovery from the global downturn: business continuity came top of the list of key enabling strategies. Read article •Date: 12th August 2009• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Pandemic flu having little impact on UK business
According to a survey of Institute of Directors members. Read article •Date: 11th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Diploma in Business Continuity Management under development at Buckinghamshire New University
New UK course will be distance learning based. Read article •Date: 11th August 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Local authorities ‘unaware and under prepared’ for outsourcing risks
According to Zurich Municipal report. Read article
•Date: 31st July 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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999 Team offers free pandemic planning training modules
999 Team, the UK-based provider of business continuity consultancy and training, has opened up its online pandemic planning training modules. Read article •Date: 31st July 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Phoenix IT Group issues interim management statement Phoenix IT Group plc, parent of ICM the UK based business continuity provider, has released an interim management statement relating to the period from 1 April 2009 up to 30 July 2009. The financial results for the Group for the first quarter are in line with the Board's expectations. Through a combination of the ongoing focus on the provision of higher margin services and continuing cost control, the margins in both the Partner and the Business Continuity divisions continued to improve in the quarter. However, excluding the effect of the sale of the Group's French business, on a like-for-like basis revenue for the first quarter of the financial year decreased by 5 percent compared to the corresponding period last year reflecting the impact of the recession over the last 12 months. Overall the Group achieved an operating profit for the period in line with the same period last year as a result of the higher Group operating margin. •Date: 31st July 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Risk priorities and preparedness: the top 20 risks facing enterprises
According to a new report by Lloyd’s business leaders feel comfortable managing internal risks but are less confident about external risks. Read article •Date: 30th July 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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BCI publishes pandemic planning resource
The Business Continuity Institute has published a 16 page report on current thinking about pandemic planning. Read article •Date: 30th July 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Is your technology pandemic-ready?
This article discusses the human side of technology and the potential challenges that may arise during a pandemic and the absence of ICT staff and key knowledge holders. Read article •Date: 28th July 2009• Region:UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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The Business Continuity Institute signs up new examination partners Agreements with PES and Prometric allow the BCI to offer over 400 exam locations in 75 countries. Read article •Date: 28th July 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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