Business Continuity Management
Be prepared, and have a Business Continuity plan
New Government legislation called the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, has given Local Authorities the duty to provide businesses and voluntary organisations with advice on Business Continuity Management. This duty aims to ensure our local businesses are able to quickly recover from disruptions. A resilient business community creates a resilient County.
What is Business Continuity?
Business Continuity is a management process that provides a framework to ensure the resilience of your business to any eventuality, to help ensure continuity of service to your key customers and the protection of your brand and reputation. It provides a basis for planning to ensure your long-term survivability following a disruptive event. Business Continuity Plans need to be clear, concise and tailored to the needs of the business. Unplanned events can have catastrophic effects and the disruptive incidents can come from accidents, criminal activity or natural disasters. Business Continuity should become part of the way you perform business. It is better to plan for incidents, which may affect your business, rather than having to "catch up" when a problem occurs.
Business Continuity needs to be considered by small companies as well as larger corporations. If you are a smaller business, not all of this leaflet will apply. However, the key principles are the same for multi-nationals and small traders.
There are five steps to the Business Continuity Management process. See below for more information.
