Will savvy business leaders note the rise in the cost of commuting and implement cost saving flexible working strategies for future company growth?
The UK’s annual transport budget will be £13.6bn according to George Osborne’s recent Public Spending Review. The amount of current spending will be cut by 21% and capital spending will be down 11%. (more…)
As the inquest into the July 7th bombings in London in 2005 begins today, many will have to re-live the horrors of that day to help build a picture of exactly what happened and to understand if anything different could have been done to save lives. (more…)
I bet you’ve all seen them, those green metal cabinets at various points on the side of pavements. But have you ever realised their importance, and actually how vulnerable they are to disruption? (more…)
Our climte is changing and though many good efforts are being made to slow down the effects of change, we shouldn’t ignore the fact that change is inevitable and we should also be adapting to the changing environment. (more…)
In my concluding blog summarising the results of Marsh’s recently published Business Continuity benchmark report, it struck me that half of those companies surveyed had experienced an incident leading to loss of business. (more…)
86% of respondents to the 2010 EMEA business continuity benchmark report produced by MARSH, said that their Buiness Continuity Management is aligned to their strategic business objectives. This demonstrates an increase of 7% since the last report published in 2008.
The first points I have picked from the survey in part 1 of my blog on the survey results show an increasing priority and acceptance from senior management that Business Continuity Management is key to supply chain sustainability and should be integrated into strategic business objectives. (more…)
If your office has no communications, how would you continue working?
Aim for 100% continuity
When considering implementing a telecoms business continuity solution you should aim to ensure that the service you provide to your customers and suppliers is as close to normality as possible. By achieving this you minimise any negative effects of the disruption. Yet many businesses are settling for second best rather than 100% continuity. (more…)
In a society where people are increasingly working more flexibly and remotely, keeping in contact is more important than ever. But how do you communicate with all those people at the same time? (more…)
Having a process in place to enable your employees to work from home or remote location when they cannot get into their office goes a long way to ensuring that your business can continue to operate under adverse conditions. But these plans become useless when the technology is insufficient to support the process. (more…)
