NEWS : uK September 2005

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British Standard for Business Continuity Management – development is underway
Public consultation for the new standard is scheduled for first quarter 2006 with the final standard due to be published by the end of summer 2006.
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•Date: 30th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Mass fatality events have a greater impact on company share value than corporate crises
According to new study by Oxford Metrica.
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•Date: 30th September 2005 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Research points to huge discrepancy in business continuity planning within UK
Only 33 percent of London-based medium sized companies have BC plans, compared with 63 percent across the country as a whole.
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•Date: 30th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Civil Contingencies Secretariat publishes final version of ‘Emergency Response and Recovery’
The UK government has published the final version of ‘Emergency Response and Recovery’, revised in the light of public consultation and consideration by a working group of practitioners. An electronic version of the document can be accessed via www.ukresilience.info/ccact
•Date: 30th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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UK scientists start research into preventing the ultimate disaster
An engineering feasibility study into missions for deflecting asteroids has begun.
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•Date: 28th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Berkshire Business Continuity Week
The week beginning 28th November is ‘Berkshire Business Continuity Week’. This is a joint promotion between local emergency planners and the Business Continuity Institute. Events will include seminars covering: ‘What is Business Continuity?’ and ‘How Local Authorities and the BCI can help’ and providing an open forum for local businesses to ask questions. Seminars will take place on 28th November in Bracknell, 29th November in Reading and 30th November in Newbury. Seminars are free but places must be booked – contact emergencyplanning@westberks.gov.uk or phone 01635 519695. More details (PDF)
•Date: 28th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Events
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UK businesses given energy supply warning
Winter fuel shortages could force business closures says Sir Digby Jones, director-general of the CBI.
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•Date: 27th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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PIRA decommissioning changes but does not reduce the terror threat
Yesterday’s historic announcement that the Provisional IRA has completed its weapons decommissioning may, ironically, lead to a strengthening in dissident Irish republican groups.
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•Date: 27th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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ICM results show strong growth in business continuity division
Business continuity related turnover up 18 percent.
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•Date: 27th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Selling business continuity to finance directors
Nick Sutton discusses how business continuity professionals can gain more budget allocation for their departments.
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•Date: 23rd Sept 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Selling to board
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Data overload puts UK retail sector under pressure
Half of retail companies cite complex technology as the major barrier to implementing a data storage strategy.
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•Date: 23rd September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Success of 7th July business continuity measures must not lead to complacency…
Warns FSA chairman, Callum McCarthy.
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•Date: 22nd September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Pharmaceutical companies need to improve their risk management framework: KPMG
Pharmaceutical companies need to quickly reassess their risk management frameworks to keep pace with their changing business models and industry risk profiles.
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•Date: 22nd September 2005 • Region: US/UK • Type: Article •Topic: Manufacturing
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New disaster recovery hardware for Adam Continuity
Adam Continuity has announced that over the last six months it has invested significantly in its ship and drop disaster recovery equipment inventory. This includes the latest HP Intel rack mount server technology which enables Adam Continuity to deliver multiple servers in a single mobile flight case. Other new hardware investments include more tape devices, large volumes of the latest P4 PC technology and TFT monitors. http://www.adamcontinuity.co.uk
•Date: 22nd September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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BCI and DRII undertaking joint business continuity Professional Practices review
Revised Professional Practices document to be published in March 2006.
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•Date: 20th September 2005 • Region: Various • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Many of Britain’s SMEs still ignoring business continuity
New AXA report highlights four key assumptions made by SME managers which explain their lack of action on BCM.
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•Date: 16th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Lack of awareness of the Enterprise Act undermines UK business rescue culture
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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•Date: 16th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Financial Times and Symantec publish business continuity survey results
Reviews the current state of business continuity in the banking, financial services and telecommunications industries.
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•Date: 15th September 2005 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Fuel protests: business continuity lessons from 2000
Following the fuel protests in 2000, Chris Woodcock produced a document that highlighted the business continuity and crisis communications lessons that businesses could learn. Here, with the UK facing the prospect of a new rash of fuel protests, Chris provides an updated version.
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•Date: 13th September 2005 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC gen. / Crisis comms
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Fuel protesters gearing up
Protests have been organised by disparate regional groups, who are planning to keep their protests within the law to prevent police action. However disruption to businesses is likely across the UK.
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•Date: 13th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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London’s SMEs must develop business continuity plans NOW…
The London Chamber of Commerce has told small and medium sized businesses to urgently put BC plans in place.
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•Date: 13th September 2005 • Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: BCgeneral
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Financial Stability Forum holds its fourteenth meeting, in London
Members discussed risks and vulnerabilities in the international financial system and reviewed ongoing work to strengthen financial system resilience.
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•Date: 13th September 2005 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Business Forum on Serious Crime launched in London
A new body has been launched which will act as an interface between the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), London businesses and London's 'Asian-owned' businesses. The Business Forum on Serious Crime, which will be based at the London Chamber of Commerce, is being set-up as a specific response to the 7th July attacks. It will meet once a quarter and will disseminate information from the MPS to the people who run businesses in the capital. It will also provide feedback to the police both from 'Asian-owned' businesses and the business community in general.
•Date: 13th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism
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Scottish businesses not doing enough to guard against terrorist attacks
Chief Constable of Tayside Police urges companies to take the issue seriously.
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•Date: 8th September 2005 • Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Fire, virus and human error are the three biggest threats to corporate data
Hitachi Data Systems’ Storage Index survey highlights the importance of ‘old fashioned’ threats.
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•Date: 8th September 2005 • Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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GemaTech and COLT sign business continuity partnership
Strategic alliance provides businesses with a cost effective telecoms continuity solution.
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•Date: 8th September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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UK faces threat of fuel protests
Businesses need to tread a delicate balance between ensuring that they have contingency fuel supplies and avoiding 'panic buying'.
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•Date: 7th September 2005 • Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Fraud risk being ignored by middle market UK companies: KPMG
Sector very weak at taking proactive preventative measures - just a quarter of companies have a fraud response plan.
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•Date: 6th September 2005 • Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Al-Qaida threatens more attacks on London
“Blair brought upon you disasters in the centre of your capital and we will bring upon you more…”
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•Date: 2nd September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Pan London Public Sector Group
Inaugural meeting - 29th September
Continuity Forum will launch a new business continuity networking group on the 29th September. The Pan London Public Sector Group, being run in association with the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) and the London Resilience Team will help the London Boroughs to meet the business continuity requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act. For more details contact Russell.price@continuityforum.org
•Date: 2nd September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Briefing •Topic: BC general
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BSI publishes new UK biometrics standards
Four new standards on biometric technology have just been published by BSI Business Information to help protect UK businesses.
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•Date: 1st September 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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