Many small businesses are losing revenue unnecessarily because of business interruptions or emergencies. Avoidable losses to reputation, revenue and productivity are being incurred when all that is required is a sufficiently drafted and tested business continuity plan. (more…)
Archive for the ‘flexible working’ Category
Business Interruptions: SMEs Losing Money, But It’s Avoidable!
Friday, July 9th, 2010BT Strike: What is Your Business Continuity Plan For a Telecoms Outage?
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010As the Union representing BT staff has announced plans to ballot its members on a possible strike over pay, do company business continuity plans include measures to cope with lengthy delays in resuming normal service in the event of a telecoms outage? (more…)
Mobile Phone Network Faults: What’s Your Business Continuity Back Up Strategy?
Friday, May 28th, 2010What will your mobile workforce do if their principal forms of communication are unavailable? We take it for granted that mobile connectivity and signals are more reliant and available than they have ever been. But how many businesses have a continuity strategy for when the mobile network is disrupted? (more…)
Top 5 tips for maintaining business continuity this summer
Friday, May 21st, 2010The sun is finally making an appearance and it feels like summer is finally on the horizon. With a weekend forecast of mediterranean weather, it’s got me thinking about summer related business continuity planning.
Here are my top 5 tips for ensuring business continuity this summer: (more…)
Will Business Continuity Plans For Olympics Fall Short?
Friday, May 14th, 2010A survey commissioned by BT Global Services has found that 44% of board level executives are unaware of how the 2012 Olympic Games will affect the business continuity of their organisations. (more…)
Reducing Carbon Emissions, Are Electric Cars The Future?
Monday, May 10th, 2010As Cornwall Council are flirting with idea of widespread introduction of electric cars in a bid to reduce the five million tonnes of CO2 which is emitted in the county each year, are electric cars the realistic answer? (more…)
Business Continuity Management Survey, Extreme Weather Replaces Loss of IT as Top Disruption
Friday, March 19th, 2010The most disruption to business in 2009 was caused by severe weather, replacing loss of IT at the top of the list according to The Chartered Institute of Management’s recently published annual Business Continuity Management Survey. (more…)
Remote Working: Will ‘Work’ Look Very Different In 2020?
Friday, March 12th, 2010Will ‘work look very different from what it does now in 2020? That was the question posed at City University’s Centre for Performance at Work on Tuesday this week. Although I did not attend myself, according to Graham Snowdon writer for the Guardian, the ‘relentless advance of technology was at the heart of the debate’.
But can we paint an accurate picture of what work will look like simply based on changes in technology and current remote working trends? (more…)
Flood Risk: Flexible Working Still a Necessity After the Snow Melts
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Organisations need to continue enabling their employees with flexible working as the snow begins to recede and the risk of flooding rises as rain and meltwater accumulate. (more…)
Seven Threats to UK Business Continuity
Friday, January 8th, 2010UK Businessses are constantly, and in many cases unknowingly, under threat of both major or minor disruptions that could cost them large amounts of money through employees not being able to continue working, unless they have sufficient continuity plans in place. (more…)
