MERS outbreak is a ‘wake-up call’ for highly mobile world
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- Published: Thursday, 18 June 2015 08:11
All countries need to be prepared for the unanticipated spread of serious infectious diseases says WHO.
The latest business continuity news from around the world
WHO provides an update on the MERS-CoV outbreak in the Republic of Korea
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- Published: Monday, 15 June 2015 08:51
The sudden emergence of MERS-CoV in South Korea has resulted in real business continuity issues for local businesses, with schools being closed, tourist trips cancelled and individuals being placed under varying levels of quarantine.
Internal audit should play a key role in business continuity management
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- Published: Friday, 05 June 2015 09:40
At a recent event in Qatar, Deloitte Middle East stated that internal audit should be one of the key players in business continuity management.
Researchers look into the role that news media plays in causing public panic during high profile crises
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- Published: Tuesday, 16 June 2015 07:29
Using Twitter and Google search trend data in the wake of the very limited US Ebola outbreak of October 2014, a team of researchers from Arizona State University, Purdue University and Oregon State University have found that news media is extraordinarily effective in creating public panic.
The Business Continuity Award winners
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- Published: Friday, 12 June 2015 13:02
CIR Magazine presented its annual Business Continuity Awards at a gala dinner on the evening of Thursday 12th June. The ceremony was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London and over 300 guests attended.
The Business Continuity Institute presents its European Awards
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- Published: Friday, 05 June 2015 08:59
The BCI held its European Awards ceremony on the 4th June in Brussels, Belgium. The awards recognise excellence in the business continuity and resilience profession.
Five crisis management lessons learned from the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash
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- Published: Tuesday, 16 June 2015 07:05
Often crisis management case studies focus on what went wrong in badly handled crises. In this article Charlie Maclean-Bristol FBCI takes five lessons from an incident that was well managed.
Take part in the next Business Continuity Measurement SIG
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- Published: Tuesday, 09 June 2015 13:06
Our first online Business Continuity Measurement Special Interest Group (SIG) took place on 18th May. The successful event was fully subscribed and business continuity managers and specialists from a number of countries engaged in an hour’s discussion on the subject.
Long term business continuity requires climate resilience
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- Published: Friday, 05 June 2015 07:18
Mott MacDonald and Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) have published a report making clear that building climate resilience is essential to future business survival; and that doing so will also bring commercial opportunity.
