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If you run a business it makes good commercial
sense to plan how you would continue to provide a service in an
emergency.
Business continuity planning involves identifying threats to
your business and taking steps to reduce these risks.
Undertaking this process will help you to do the following:
- Identify the impact of potential losses
- Formulate and implement viable recovery strategies
- Develop plans to ensure continuity and recovery of
organisational services in the event of an incident
- Administer a comprehensive training, exercise and maintenance
programme
Taking these steps now could reduce the impact of an emergency
incident on your business, minimise potential disruption and save
you money.
Statutory legislation places a legal duty on us to develop and
maintain these plans so we can deliver our services as far as is
reasonably practical during an emergency.
However, you don't have to do this by law but it does make good
business sense.
For further informaiton about business continuity practices
visit the Business Continuity Institute and
London Prepared
websites.
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