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Issues needing action were identified in the areas of crisis management and co-ordination, public advice and communication, further policy development and business continuity.
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•Date: 31st Aug 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Risk management lessons are relevant to all organisations using LPG.
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•Date: 31st Aug 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: ManufacturingBC
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A new draft guidance paper from the UK Home Office: feedback sought.
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•Date: 31st Aug 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Higher CO2 levels makes plants ‘less thirsty’, increasing run-off into rivers.
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•Date: 31st Aug 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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18th October 2007, Woodlands Park Hotel, Cobham.
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•Date: 29th Aug 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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An update on certification activities linked to the upcoming publication of part two of BS 25999, the business continuity management British Standard.
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•Date: 24th August 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC standards
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Organisations need to prepare now for the coming retirement wave and major shifts in the workforce.
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•Date: 22nd August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Provisional assessment of damage caused by the June and July floods lies at over euro 4 billion.
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•Date: 22nd August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Under these contracts GSK and Baxter are committed to supply a pandemic influenza vaccine as soon as the pandemic strain is identified and made available by the World Health Organization.
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•Date: 20th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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An overview of the results of a worldwide survey.
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•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Archive practitioners confirm ‘long term information retention crisis’.
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•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Course is carried out during various sessions over the two year period, allowing students to develop their business continuity knowledge whilst carrying on their ‘day job’.
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•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Training and events
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The virtual online operations room, Solcara Control Centre, is to be implemented at the UKvisas division of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. This major government organisation will be using Solcara Control Centre to manage operations and incidents in real-time and facilitate collaboration among team members in different locations, geographies and time-zones. Making full use of the tool’s replay functionality, audit trail and simplicity of use, the UKvisas crisis management team will be able to effectively communicate during and after an incident. www.solcara.com
•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Crisis management
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Clare Wilson, the former director of Membership Services & Consultancy at Survive has joined the management team at ICM. Clare who had previous roles at Guardian IT/SunGard and has over ten years experience in market and product development within the business continuity industry will be responsible for ICM’s branding, product development and launches, customer communications and event management. ICM was recently acquired by Phoenix IT.
•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Review will examine both how to reduce the risk and impact of floods, and the emergency response to the floods in June and July.
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•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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The results of a survey by SunGard Availability Services into the current status of BCM within UK companies.
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•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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On 7 August 2007 Nick Robinson, chief executive of Phoenix, sold 2.0 million ordinary shares in the company at 445 pence per share. The total number of shares disposed represents 2.7 percent of the Phoenix's issued share capital. Following the disposal, Nick Robinson's interest in the company is over 4.16 million ordinary shares, representing 5.6 percent of the company's issued share capital. Nick Robinson commented, “I have sold these shares for personal reasons. I remain a significant shareholder in the business and have undertaken to the board not to make any further sales of shares in Phoenix for at least 18 months.”
•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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HM Revenue & Customs has announced that it will defer collection of taxes and duties or agree instalment arrangements where business and individual taxpayers are unable to pay as a result of severe difficulty resulting from the current foot and mouth outbreak. HMRC will also:
* Suspend debt collection proceedings
* Defer compliance checks and investigations
* Provide help and advice in dealing with other practical tax matters arising from the outbreak
* Where appropriate consider using the powers available to give up interest and surcharges on tax paid which is paid late due to the outbreak.
A helpline has been set up to support those affected by foot and mouth disease: call 0845 366 1207, seven days a week from 8.00am to 8.00pm.
•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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Based around recovery services which will be provided by Phoenix’s new Farnborough business continuity centre.
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•Date: 7th August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Launch events will take place on October 30th 2007 in London, New York and Tokyo.
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•Date: 3rd August 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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On 19 July 2007 over 120 delegates from a wide range of organisations attended a seminar in London to share the lessons learnt during the 2006 Market-wide Exercise about business response to a pandemic. A PowerPoint giving details of the various presentations and resources made available at the event is available here.
•Date: 3rd August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Financial sector
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Nine out of 10 UK car dealers do not have a disaster recovery plan, according to a survey by Pinewood, a dealer management system provider. The biggest business continuity issue facing car dealerships is loss of data.
•Date: 3rd August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
A review of the business continuity themes contained within the Major Incident Investigation Board’s report.
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•Date: 1st August 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Terrorism-based mass casualty exercise will take place on Tuesday 13th November.
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•Date: 1st August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Insider frauds continue to proliferate; creating real business risks.
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•Date: 1st August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Survey finds a worrying discrepancy between IT managers' perception of the protection they have in place and their real state of security.
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•Date: 1st August 2007• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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The June and July floods that gripped parts of the UK could cost insurers between £2.25 billion and £3.25 billion in total, according to latest estimates by Risk Management Solutions. Insured losses from the July flood are likely to be between £1.0 billion and £1.5 billion, with the estimated cost of the 25 June flood ranging from £1.25 billion to £1.75 billion. These figures could be higher than many insurers expected, based on their initial estimates of the risk.
•Date: 1st August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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The floods that hit the UK this month have highlighted the benefits of business continuity and disaster recovery planning over ad hoc responses. Read the Computer Weekly story.
•Date: 1st August 2007• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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