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Business Continuity and ‘Emergency Response’

Plan B Consulting

Thrown into the mix is the new buzz word of the moment, resilience, and there is much debate on what it is and how it fits with business continuity. The BCI stated purpose to “promote a more resilient world” but the organisation was not going to put resilience into its title.

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Business Continuity and ‘Emergency Response’

Plan B Consulting

Thrown into the mix is the new buzz word of the moment, resilience, and there is much debate on what it is and how it fits with business continuity. The BCI stated purpose to “promote a more resilient world” but the organisation was not going to put resilience into its title.

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Business Continuity in the Philippines

Plan B Consulting

I am in the first week of a five week business continuity programme, so the jury is out on how much of this awareness of natural disasters translates into enthusiasm for developing business continuity plans! In the UK natural disasters, on the whole, are not very wide-scale and haven’t caused many deaths.

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Business Continuity in the Philippines

Plan B Consulting

I am in the first week of a five week business continuity programme, so the jury is out on how much of this awareness of natural disasters translates into enthusiasm for developing business continuity plans! In the UK natural disasters, on the whole, are not very wide-scale and haven’t caused many deaths.

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Floods and fires…….business as usual

Plan B Consulting

If this was a busy commuter line into a major city and your staff mainly come in to work by train you may have to put your business continuity plans into place to deal with the lack of staff. The more resilient our business, even without a business continuity plan the more likely they are going to survive.

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Floods and fires…….business as usual

Plan B Consulting

If this was a busy commuter line into a major city and your staff mainly come in to work by train you may have to put your business continuity plans into place to deal with the lack of staff. The more resilient our business, even without a business continuity plan the more likely they are going to survive.

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Business Continuity Learning – Where do you start?

Plan B Consulting

Reflecting on the theme for this year’s BCI Education Month, ‘Discover Business Continuity & Resilience’, Charlie looks at how newcomers to the profession can learn from the experience of others and gain the knowledge to succeed in their role. Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book.