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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:28:51 +0200

Business Continuity - Category Advice and Support

Please click on the links below for details on Continuity Professionals able to assist with the development and implementation of BCM programmes.

BCM Consulting Ltd

Address 18 Weston Road, Rochester, Kent, ME2 3EZ, UK

WebSite www.bcm-consulting.co.uk

Telephone +44 (0) 1634 294312

Fax No +44 (0)1634 295799

Mobile +44 (0)7976 832813

Email info@bcm-consulting.co.uk

Contact Terry Coombes, FBCI, MEPS

BCM Advice for beginners

Wed, 10 May 2006 14:05:26 +0200

Category Business Continuity Advice - Getting started
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Business Continuity for Beginners

The Continuity Forum is pleased to share with you a brief overview of the business continuity management process for those new to the subject. The Forum would like to thank ICM Computer Group Plc for the permission to reproduce the guide.

Introduction

While bombs, fires and floods capture the headlines, almost 90 percent of crises are nowhere near as dramatic. It is these quiet catastrophes that have the potential to damage your organization’s most valuable assets; its brand and reputation. These can be destroyed very quickly unless strongly defended at times when the speed and scale of events can overwhelm normal operational and management systems.

Preparing organisations for flooding

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:51:52 +0200

Category Business Continuity Management Briefing BCM - BCM & Risk Management - news - General

Flood Planning ...some key points

The Environment Agency has produced this discussion guide to help organisations address flood planning.

This discussion guide sums up the key areas of flood planning. It is designed to direct thinking about how businesses can prepare for flooding, and ensure you don't miss anything major in your flood preparations.

Avian Flu, BCM and the risks of a Pandemic

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:36:09 +0100

Category Business Continuity Management Briefing BCM - BCM & Risk Management

Spring Briefing 2006

Pandemic Influenza, Avian Influenza and Business Continuity Planning
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Dr Bharat Pankhania, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control - Health Protection Agency

Pandemics of influenza have swept the world from time to time causing widespread illness, large numbers of deaths, and huge societal disruption, and all this concentrated in just a few weeks. There is currently rising concern that a new influenza virus with pandemic potential will emerge in the near future.

Visor Consultants

Wed, 17 May 2006 11:49:38 +0200

Category - Business Continuity Management - Training listing

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7917 6026
Fax: +44 (0)20 7439 0262
Mobile +44 (0)7774824487
Email: info@visorconsultants.com
Areas of operation: Global

Since 1995 Visor has helped many organisations to more than just cope when a crisis hits them. Most organisations that successfully deal with a sudden and unexpected drama can expect to come out of it in better financial shape and with enhanced reputation, although most companies that have a real crisis still go under, either at the time or weeks later. The real value is to understand that preparing your response at operational and executive level is no longer a ‘grudge purchase’. It’s all about keeping profitable, Operational Risk Management, Caring for Stakeholders, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Continuity Planning and Crisis Management and that’s where the team at Visor Consultants can really help. We coach your crisis team(s) to really perform in a drama, run tests and exercises to help them and above all inspire and motivate even the most senior people to handle a crisis as well as they can.

Business Continuity Training

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:50:07 +0200

Category Business Continuity Management Briefing BCM - BCM & Risk Management

Summer Briefing 2006

Getting the right training partner
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Looking to improve your own or your organisation’s Business Continuity Management skills? ... then look no further than the Continuity Forum’s dedicated ‘Training Section’. Here you will find details of training providers and the courses they are currently running in BCM and related topics.

Your organisation can reach out to over 30,000 visitors a month thorugh our specialist network, many of whom will be looking for BCM training and other support services.

Consultancy Signpost

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:42:48 +0200

Category Business Continuity Management Briefing BCM - BCM & Risk Management

Summer Briefing 2006

Developing consulting opportunities
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As more and more organisations seek to implement Business Continuity Management (BCM) they are looking for help and guidance as to how this can be best achieved. These organisations do not necessarily have the appropriate expertise internally and they are looking for help and guidance from experienced practitioners who act as consultants.

The Civil Contingencies Act places requirements upon public bodies to establish business continuity for their critical activities and whilst having the expertise in emergency management, many of these bodies lack an understanding or capability to deliver effective BCM. A further requirement of the Act is for local authorities to promote BCM to the wider community. BCM consultants are in many cases assisting these bodies in meeting the requirements of the CCA.

Belfor - ‘Day One Survival’

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:44:25 +0100

Category - Business Continuity Management - Training listing

Telephone +44(0) 1827 307616
Email communications@uk.belfor.com

‘Day One Survival’

Do you know what will “really” happen in the first 24 hours after a major incident at your premises? Find out from the people that carry out over eight thousand such recoveries every year.

This one day course is held at your premises for up to 12 delegates. The basic format of the day, which can be tailored if required, is as follows:

Decontamination following a CBR Event

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:36:14 +0100

Category Business Continuity Management - CBR contamination

The planning for business continuity and disaster recovery post CBR chemical biological radiological is often ignored or even potentially worse, incorrectly assessed. This assessment can be assimilated as that of a hazard assessment when the risk manager doesn’t know of combined or symbiotic effects. Post CBR planning may be difficult to assess due to limited knowledge, experience or facts but various information is available on which to assert assumptions.

This article attempts to alert the planner to some elements that should be considered.

When the tide is high ... Water and Flood damage management

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:50:44 +0100

Category Business Continuity Management - Water and Flood damage - disaster Recovery

Creating Continuity ... Building Resilience ...

WATER & FLOOD DAMAGE MANANGEMENT

Water damage is often believed to be a static effect of primary damage where the visual effects of contact and adsorption are a measure of damage. The reality is that water damage is dynamic, continuingly expanding it’s effects and is capable of developing far reaching secondary damage in minutes or days after the initial effects.

BCM in Adverse Weather ... a consideration of the effects

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:51:04 +0100

Category Business Continuity Management - Water and Flood damage - disaster Recovery

Creating Continuity ... Building Resilience ...

BUSINESS CONTINUITY IN ADVERSE WEATHER 2005

The recent meteorological office alert that Britain may face the coldest winter in 40 years should alert business planners to the possible ramifications. The first concern should be the tandem warning from the electricity supply industry that, following the Met Office warning recognised the potential additional loading on the National Grid.

Risk Scenarios ... how well are we prepared?

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:33:37 +0100

Avian flu kills millions, London is evacuated as terrorists strike, climate chaos leaves East Anglia under water... No, not apocalyptic visions, but real possibilities.

Malcolm Macalister Hall investigates the biggest risks facing Britain " and whether we're prepared for the worst Bus and Tube suicide bombings in London; oil at nearly $60 a barrel; Arctic sea ice at a record low; 200 pieces of anti-terrorism legislation on the statute books and more to come; three dead in floods that hit Carlisle in January; a 130mph whirlwind in Birmingham in July; fears that bird flu is creeping towards Western Europe...

How vulnerable are public sector systems? cont'd...

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:16:01 +0200

Conclusions

In managing any business as usual and/or business continuity situation it is critical to recognise that a successful outcome is judged by both the technical response, and the perceived competence and capability of the management in delivering the business response. The stakeholder perception and communication should be seen as the critical success factor with an equal, if not more urgent priority over the technical solution. Consequently, the acid test is to convincingly demonstrate an effective and suitable business continuity and crisis management capability. This is in contrast to the more familiar pattern of a fall and recovery of a business, which is more representative of the outdated disaster recovery and business resumption approaches.

How vulnerable are public sector systems? cont'd...

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:16:12 +0200

Business Continuity and rebuilding infrastructure

BCM is a business as usual, business-owned and driven process that unifies a broad spectrum of management disciplines (see figure 9). Just as systems should not be seen as relating wholly to technology so business continuity should not be seen as just relating to ITDR. To their detriment many organisations tend to focus all their efforts on ITDR because of its business critical nature leaving them exposed on many other fronts.

Figure 9: The Unifying Process

How vulnerable are public sector systems? cont'd...

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:16:23 +0200

Emerging Risks - reassessing your position

Risk assessment and management is a central part of any organisation’s strategic management and is directly linked to Corporate Governance. It is the process (see figures 8 and 10) whereby organisations methodically address the risks attached to their business activities with the goal of achieving sustained benefit within each activity and across the portfolio of activities. Its objective is to add maximum sustainable value to all the activities of the organisation. It supports accountability, performance measurement and reward, thereby promoting operational efficiency at all levels (AIRMIC 2004)