Business Continuity
A recent survey by Aveco revealed the frightening statistic that 43% of organisations who experience a flood or fire will never reopen, and of the remainder 80% will fail within 13 months of the event.
Statutory regulations, such as those governing companies regulated by the FSA are now starting to place demands on businesses to ensure that they can continue to function and meet regulatory obligations in the event of an unforeseen interruption.
Traditionally Disaster Recovery (DR) has been the start and finish of organisational strategy for dealing with an unplanned event. This would ensure that IT systems and data can be restored after unscheduled downtime. But over the last few years the growth of Business Continuity Management (BCM) has meant a shift in focus to the prevention of such events, rather than the cure of DR.
BCM covers the whole lifecycle of disaster prevention and recovery. It embraces the entire organisation and provides a planned and controlled method of anticipating and responding to events that are likely to interrupt key business activities.
Our services
We can provide advice on guidance on how to create your business continuity plan. We will then work with you to refine the processes involved to ensure that they are always up to date and will enable your business to quickly recover from an unplanned event.