Business continuity training: a snapshot
The final results of Continuity Central’s recent survey, which explored user views on the current state of BC training provision. Read article •Date: 26th May 2006 • Region: UK/US/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Buncefield Briefing Days Hertfordshire Resilience, the local emergency planning partnership, is to run two ‘Buncefield Briefing Days’ on 21st and 28th June. The events, which cost £32 per delegate, will look at the ‘lessons learned’ and ‘emerging issues’. More information •Date: 25th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Events
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CD available to help businesses in Eastern England deal with business crime and make terrorism preparations
Includes a comprehensive risk management guide. Read article •Date: 25th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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‘Learning from disasters’ The Business Continuity Institute’s London Forum is running a seminar with the above title on 7th June 2006 at IBM's Sampson House. Read article •Date: 25th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Emergency Planning College seeking Associate Course Directors Due to the rapid growth of its training, consultancy and international business the UK Cabinet Office’s Emergency Planning College is on the hunt for new Associate Course Directors. Subject matter expertise is required in any of the following areas: risk management, emergency planning, care of people, emergency management, CBRN, communications & media, crowd safety, health service management, business continuity, legal aspects of civil protection. More details at http://www.thebci.org/ACDadvertMay06.pdf •Date: 25th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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Marsh teams compete for Microsoft UK Challenge trophy Two teams from Marsh are taking the high road to Scotland next month to participate in the sixth annual Microsoft UK Challenge. The four-day challenge, which will take place in Ayrshire and the Isle of Arran from 7-11 June, is specifically designed to test stamina, strength, intelligence and core team skills, while raising funds for the NSPCC. Marsh’s seven-strong men and women teams will go head to head with 125 teams from 67 leading UK companies, public sector and charity organisations. •Date: 23rd May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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In their own words… What various winners of the recent Business Continuity Awards have to say for themselves…. Read article •Date: 19th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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SNIA Europe end user survey looks at current data storage practices
Recovery, continuity and reliability are identified as key requirements by most respondents. Read article •Date: 19th May 2006• Region: W.Europe / UK • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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‘Business Checklist for Pandemic Flu Planning’
The UK Cabinet Office has published a checklist to help businesses with pandemic ‘flu planning. Read article •Date: 18th May 2006• Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Phoenix IT Group publishes annual results: business continuity earnings strong Phoenix IT Group plc, the parent company of NDR, the UK-based business continuity services provider, has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2006. Altogether, the company’s turnover was up 23.3 percent to £108.9m, including £16.0m from NDR (2005: £88.3m). Profit before tax was up 61.9 percent to £17.9m (2004: £11.1m). Commenting on these results, Nick Robinson, chief executive of Phoenix , said: “We are pleased to see the benefits of our strategy of focusing on niche markets coming through in these results, in particular the focus on smaller, more complex and higher margin IT service contracts and our NDR business which continues to perform strongly.” http://www.ndr.co.uk •Date: 18th May 2006• Region: UK• Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Comprehensive survey into business continuity activities of UK organisations published
Chartered Management Institute survey finds substantial gap between ‘understanding’ and ‘action’. Read article •Date: 17th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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ICM opens 1700 seat Romford recovery centre
40 suites available to service businesses of all sizes in London and the surrounding area. Read article •Date: 17th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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UK government starts making contingency plans for potential energy shortages in 2006/2007 winter Lessons learned from last winter reviewed and ‘Business Energy Forum’ established to help plan ahead. Read article •Date: 17th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Business Continuity Award winners...
CIR Magazine's Business Continuity Awards were presented last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Read article •Date: 12th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Report into the London terrorist attacks on 7 July 2005 published
The government's Intelligence and Security Committee has explored the incident and the lessons learned. Read article •Date: 11th May 2006 • Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Third Buncefield progress report points to failures of safety systems
The UK Health and Safety Commission’s Buncefield Investigation group has published its latest report into the disaster and its causes. Read article •Date: 9th May 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Optimising data protection in Linux environments
Ken Horner explains why real-time, byte-level replication improves protection service levels while requiring fewer resources. Read article •Date: 5th May 2006 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Joint implementation plan for MiFID The FSA has made available a document which sets out the basis of its continued joint working with the UK Treasury on MiFID implementation. It also outlines the FSA’s consultation programme and the timetable for making necessary changes to legislation and rules. Read the document •Date: 5th May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Non-US companies struggle with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
Focus on meeting initial deadline may store up problems for second year compliance. Read article •Date: 4th May 2006• Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Neverfail appoints new non-executive chairman The Neverfail Group has announced the appointment of Karen Slatford as its new non-executive Chairman. Her appointment will enable Neverfail Group CEO Neil Robertson to spend additional time growing the business worldwide. Neverfail tripled its worldwide revenue during the company's fiscal year ending March 31, 2006 . Slatford currently serves as executive chairman for HAL Knowledge Solutions, an Italian-headquartered business intelligence software vendor; as a non-executive chairman for Portwise AB, a Swedish security software company; and as non-executive director of The Listening Company, a UK-based company focused on the outsourced call centre market. •Date: 4th May 2006• Region: UK• Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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CBI and KPMG survey business continuity take-up in London’s businesses Half of London's small businesses don’t have business continuity plans, but 79 percent of large businesses do. Read article •Date: 3rd May 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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