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It’s the people, stupid…
Much more research needs to be conducted into the people side of business continuity planning, but David Honour makes some suggestions for ways to improve in this area.
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•Date: 31st March 2006 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Staff misuse of the Internet risks damaging reputation of UK companies
Staff misusing the Internet by accessing inappropriate websites or engaging in excessive web-surfing remains the second largest cause of reported security incidents after viruses for large UK companies
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•Date: 31st March 2006• Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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City of London businesses warned over large animal rights demo
Police have warned businesses in the City of London to be aware of potential disruption due to an animal rights demonstration which will be taking place on 28th April. The route has yet to be confirmed but it is likely to be a large demonstration affecting a significant part of the City. www.cityoflondon.police.uk
•Date: 31st March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Warnings
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Businesses in the City and central London warned about possible May Day weekend disruption
The City of London Police is holding briefing sessions for London businesses on this issue on Monday 3rd and Monday 10th April.
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•Date: 30th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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UK learns lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
A report produced by the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat looks at Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and gleans what can be learned for UK disaster recovery and response.
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•Date: 30th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Deadline approaches for UK Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year vote
Take part by 31st March.
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•Date: 30th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Letter to the editor…
Sebastian Darrington says that the majority of DR solutions in place today are not only consuming excessive amounts of the IT budget but their inherent inflexibility results in vendor lock in and an inability to respond to business change.
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•Date: 28th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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FluPlanner: pandemic modelling software available for download
Crisis Solutions has made an Excel-based pandemic impact planning tool available for free download from the Continuity Central website.
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•Date: 24th March 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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UK Tripartite Authorities clarify financial stability and business continuity roles
‘Memorandum of Understanding for Financial Stability’ published.
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•Date: 24th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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No excuses: CBI warns Scottish businesses to take business continuity seriously
CBI Scotland’s Deputy Director David Lonsdale has told businesses in the country not to ignore business continuity issues.
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•Date: 24th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Scotland Online invests £1.7m in new Dundee centre
The company has also announced details of a strategic partnership with SunGard Availability Services.
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•Date: 24th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Testing still the weak link in many IT continuity plans: HP survey
Although an encouraging 84 percent of respondents claim to have IT continuity strategies in place, only 29 percent perform tests at six-monthly intervals.
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•Date: 20th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Managed services market in Europe forecast to triple in value over next five years
Companies are increasingly receptive to partial third-party management of infrastructure and assets.
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•Date: 20th March 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Business continuity contract win for HP
HP has announced that it has won a contract with the Shoosmiths law firm to review its company-wide continuity programme, in a three-year deal designed to guarantee a maximum downtime of only four hours following any incident. Shoosmiths operates from seven sites across the UK and employs a total of 1,300 people.
•Date: 20th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Avian ‘flu: what does it mean to business continuity?
Tim Armit attempts to separate the real business continuity issues from the hype surrounding pandemic influenza.
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•Date: 17th March 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Business continuity management British Standard update
A draft version of part one of the new business continuity management British Standard has been completed and will be released for public consultation after some final amendments are made.
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•Date: 17th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Incomplete content management puts compliance initiatives at risk
The majority of companies are unable to archive, track and access e-mail, voice or instant messaging despite the fact that 58 percent of CIOs say that e-mail is sometimes their only record of business critical information.
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•Date: 17th March 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Sussex councils publish business continuity advice for local businesses
Local councils across Sussex have worked together under the auspices of The Sussex Local Authority Emergency Planning Group to develop a booklet, called ‘Promoting Business Continuity’, which gives simple practical advice to local firms. For a copy of the booklet email lindsay.frost@lewes.gov.uk
•Date: 17th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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FSA asks for feedback on Resilience Benchmarking discussion paper
The UK ’s Financial Services Authority is urging business continuity managers to comment on the proposals in the Resilience Benchmarking discussion paper. The deadline is 31st March 2006.
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•Date: 16th March 2006• Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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Protecting Against Terrorism: new guidance document published for UK businesses
The National Security Advice Centre has published a document which aims to provide advice to business and other organisations on measures which should be taken to prepare for a potential terrorist attack.
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•Date: 16th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Seminar to discuss London contingency planning as it affects disabled people
Disabled people, emergency services personnel, transport representatives and other stakeholders have been invited to discuss London contingency planning as it affects disabled people. The seminar will be held on Friday 17th March at City Hall, hosted by the Metropolitan Police Authority, Transport for London , and other members of the London Resilience Group. Kirsten Hearn, lead member for the MPA on disability issues and board member of TfL, said: "Since the horrific terror attacks of July 2005, many disabled people have raised concerns about whether they will be rescued in an accessible and timely way, should another disaster happen. They want to know if emergency planning for London reflects their needs. This seminar aims to involve disabled people in developing and refining such plans and to reassure them that their needs and concerns are included in planning for disasters.” The seminar is open to invited delegates only.
•Date: 16th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism
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UK and Europe business continuity salary benchmark study published
Survey results indicate a 4.2 percent year on year increase in salary for UK-based full time business continuity executives.
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•Date: 14th March 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Cash crisis would result in many London businesses not surviving a ‘flu pandemic
According to a London Chamber of Commerce and Industry survey more than 20 percent of London ’s businesses don’t have sufficient working capital in place to see them through a ‘flu pandemic.
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•Date: 14th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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BC Expo 2006 becomes the UK’s largest ever business continuity event
Business continuity managers from around the UK will converge on the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands this week, in what should be the country's largest ever business continuity event.
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•Date: 14th March 2006• Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Testing your contingency plans, successfully
What are the ingredients of a successful test? Allen Johnson discusses the issues involved and begins with cases drawn from real life of how to get it wrong…
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•Date: 10th March 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC testing
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ICM to launch new business continuity centre in Scotland
New £14m business continuity centre and Scottish headquarters will be opened on 23rd March.
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•Date: 10th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Fire damage costs business over £2 million every day: ABI
During 2005 insurers paid out £790 million in commercial fire claims by UK businesses – up 60 percent on 2004. In addition, business interruption claims following fire damage were the highest since 1997.
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•Date: 9th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Business continuity statistics
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BT offers telecoms continuity assistance to Cable&Wireless business customers
BT has set up a free helpline for thousands of business customers who have been told by Cable&Wireless that they have 90 days in which to find a new telecoms supplier.
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•Date: 9th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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SunGard’s second London Technology Centre open for business
SunGard has invested several million pounds in ‘TC2’, which occupies over 10,000 square feet in London ’s Docklands, with further expansion potential. 
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•Date: 9th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Safer Business: London First working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police to promote businesses protection initiatives
Crime costs business at least £19 billion per year in the UK and 22 percent of all recorded crime in London is directed towards businesses, making it a real business continuity issue.
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•Date: 9th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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ICM sees 17 percent growth in business continuity revenue
ICM Computer Group plc has published its interim results for the six months ended 31st December 2005.
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•Date: 7th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Business Continuity Awards deadline extended
The deadline for nominations for the 2006 UK Business Continuity Awards has been extended by a week to 15th March. To enter visit www.businesscontinuityawards.com
•Date: 7th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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Family Assistance Centres: provisional guidance document published by London Resilience Team
A Family Assistance Centre was established in response to the July London Bombings. A new document published by the London Resilience Team seeks to capture the lessons learnt and to offer guidance for establishing future Family Assistance Centres. Read at
•Date: 7th March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism
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Civil Contingencies Act deadline looming for UK local authorities
From 15th May 2006 local authorities have a duty to provide business continuity advice to organisations in their area.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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Are local authorities ready to promote BCM to their communities?
Asks John Sharp, Policy and Development Director, Continuity Forum.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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Making the most of Business Continuity Awareness Week
13th – 19th March is this year’s UK and Europe Business Continuity Awareness Week; make the most of it say Chris Vale and Sarah Morgan.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity training survey: take part
Two years ago Continuity Central conducted a survey which found that most BC professionals were dissatisfied with BC training provision – the survey is now being repeated to find out whether this perception has changed.
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•Date: 1st March 2006• Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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UK government biennial Information Security Breaches Survey published
The survey showed that computer virus infections were more likely to have caused operational interruption than other information security incidents.
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•Date: 1st March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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European Commission proposes new rules to protect freight transport against terrorism
Will enhance supply chain security through enabling companies to apply for ‘secure operator’ status.
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•Date: 1st March 2006• Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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IT Directors Disaster Recovery and Availability Summit
29th and 30th March 2006, London.
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•Date: 1st March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Free UK advisory service on health and safety for small businesses goes live
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath has launched Workplace Health Connect, a new free advisory service on workplace health for smaller UK businesses. Delivered in partnership with the Health and Safety Executive, the service aims to reduce the incidence of workplace ill health, which leads to 28 million working days lost, at an estimated cost of £10 billion to the UK economy. Workplace Health Connect will provide free, impartial and practical advice and support on health, safety and return to work issues. Small businesses in England and Wales can access the service via an Advice line : 0845 609 6006. Where needed, this will be followed up by workplace visits from qualified Workplace Health Connect advisers. http://www.workplacehealthconnect.co.uk
•Date: 1st March 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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