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UK fraud cases reach record levels
40 percent of business fraud committed by managers.
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Date: 30th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Communicating complex risks
Although aimed at the food and drink industry, this article by Chris Woodcock provides useful general advice on crisis communications.
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Date: 25th Jan 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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UK local authorities show considerable progress in risk management
According to ALARM Risk Management Benchmarking Survey.
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Date: 25th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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RMS estimates insured losses of €3-5 billion from Windstorm Kyrill
Storm of the decade caused damage across the UK, through Belgium and the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: UK/W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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New guide to managing power protection for critical systems
Riello’s new ‘Power Protection Guide’ provides detailed information on how to design and implement business continuity plans for power supplies.
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Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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XL Insurance launches product recall insurance with integrated crisis management cover
New primary food and drink product contamination insurance includes integrated crisis management cover.
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Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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ICM takeover talk reaches a peak
After a month of silence, two parties interested in acquiring ICM have come out of the woodwork.
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Date: 19th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Is a communications collapse possible in Europe?
The European Commission is seeking feedback on how best to safeguard electronic networks against disruption from attack or natural hazards.
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Date: 19th January 2007 • Region: W.Europe/UK Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms
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Continuity Forum UK business continuity salary survey report
Private sector salaries increase by 6.4 percent and public sector by 1.2 percent.
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Date: 17th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Business continuity planning to become compulsory for Lexcel accreditation in UK legal profession
BC will become a requirement of Lexcel from March 2007.
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Date: 17th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Service sector
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SunGard launches new Electronic Vaulting service
Will help to improve recovery times by up to 50 percent.
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Date: 17th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Garrison Continuity wins Transport for London contract
UK-based Garrison Continuity has announced the award of a major contract by Transport for London (TfL), the integrated body responsible for managing the capital’s transport system. Over the next 12 months, Garrison will develop and deliver a comprehensive business continuity training programme for up to 800 staff as part of a wider strategy to help keep London moving in the event of a major disruption.
Date: 17th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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AIRMIC sets up company to promote risk management learning
Current executive director, David Gamble, to step down to manage the new enterprise.
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Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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New company offers ‘worst case scenario’ exercising
Will help companies evaluate how business continuity plans will perform during an extreme situation.
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Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: BC testing
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New approach to reduce English urban flooding impacts to be tested
Huge increase in economic cost of urban flooding anticipated: DEFRA attempts to mitigate.
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Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Complex and Built Environments: Capstone Guidance on Integrated Safety Management
New guidance has been issued by the UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat which aims to ‘articulate the principles of integrated safety management, as a reference for those with responsibility for public safety in complex and built environments’. Read the document
Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity management: helping to align Information technology to the business needs
Steve Beck explains how BCM can be used to help resolve the important issue of aligning IT to businesses' needs.
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Date: 12th Jan 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides an update on CCA duty to promote business continuity
Stakeholder bulletin sets out the way forward.
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Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: CC Act
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INONI launches new business continuity awareness raising tool
Internet-based software enables rapid and verifiable awareness raising.
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Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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ICM completes multi-million pound refresh of workplace recovery PCs
More than 5,000 of the latest Hewlett Packard Ultra Slim business PCs have been installed in ICM’s 12 UK locations.
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Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Wolseley selects NDR as business continuity provider
NDR has won a substantial three year contract for providing disaster recovery and business continuity services to the UK sites of Wolseley, the supplier of construction products, materials and services. The contract includes many of NDR’s flexible recovery options, including mobile recovery units, off-load of equipment to a customer location, remote connectivity or re-location to an NDR business recovery centre.
Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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European Commission to convene oil supply crisis planning group
The Oil Supply Group will meet to address oil supply disruptions to the EU and determine potential contingency measures.
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Date: 10th January 2007 • Region: W.Europe / UK Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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NonVerba unveils new business continuity management software
‘eSecurus’ offers a three tier solution to address the needs of differing organisations.
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Date: 10th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear newsletter: Issue 5
The latest UK Home Office Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) newsletter is now available. The newsletter contains views and articles from key partners and stakeholders on a range of CBRN issues.
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Date: 10th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism
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New chief operating officer for Phoenix IT Group
Phoenix IT Group plc, the parent of UK business continuity company, NDR, has announced the appointment of Jeremy Stafford as chief operating officer. He will take up his position and join the Phoenix Board no later than 1 July 2007. Stafford, aged 44, joins Phoenix from BT where he was latterly managing director, GovernmentBusiness, having previously been UK MD, BT Syntegra.
Date: 9th Jan 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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MI5 to send terror alerts by e-mail
The BBC has reported that the UK security service, MI5, is to launch a new information service where businesses will be able to signup for free email notification when the terrorism threat level changes or when there is other significant news.
Date: 9th Jan 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism
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Out in the cold?
Is business continuity becoming too complex for its own good? Dennis Thomas suggests this might be the case.
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Date: 5th Jan 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK Financial Sector Market Wide Exercise 2006 report now available
The feedback from participants shows ‘unequivocally' that the objectives were met.
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Date: 5th January 2007 • Region: UKType: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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The British Red Cross Disaster Response Challenge
Want to know how you would respond in a real disaster situation?
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Date: 5th January 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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2007 set to crank up the pressure on UK networks
ntl:Telewest Business tells businesses to make network resilience and capacity a priority.
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Date: 4th Jan 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity resolutions for 2007
Ten things to consider adding to your to-do list. By David Honour.
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Date: 3rd Jan 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Onyx Group acquires North East England recovery centre
Teeside-based Business Continuity Centres (BCC) bought for undisclosed sum.
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Date: 3rd Jan 2007 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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