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Beginners Guide to Business Continuity

While bombs, fires and floods capture the headlines, almost 90% of crises are nowhere near as dramatic. It is these quiet catastrophes that have the potential to damage your organisation’s most valuable assets; its brand and reputation. These can be destroyed very quickly unless strongly defended at times when the speed and scale of events can overwhelm normal operational and management systems. download pdf >>>

Making Your Business Disaster Ready with Virtual Infrastructure system

Business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) planning are critical to managing risks in a successful business. Between 60-90% of companies that don’t have a proactive disaster plan find themselves out of business within 24 months of experiencing a major disaster. download pdf >>>

Supplier Statement on Business Continuity Services relating to a Pandemic

Given the specific challenges raised by a potential Global Pandemic, the undersigned UK Business Continuity Providers have been asked to issue a joint statement of clarification of their approach and capabilities in respect of a pandemic event affecting their customers. download pdf >>>

Case Studies

Avon

You need to know that your company’s IT infrastructure is as well supported and backed-up as possible

When you’re a major international brand, with a market stretching over continents, you need to know that your company’s IT infrastructure is as well supported and backed-up as possible. download pdf >>>

Cathedral Capital

First invocation and the benefit of a comprehensive testing programme

The true test for a business continuity manager comes at the time when an invocation occurs and all their plans and strategising are finally put into action.The first time this happens can be a tense time for those involved, with business continuity managers under intense pressure to ensure everything goes to plan.This was no different for Colin Laurence, business continuity manager at London based insurance group, Cathedral Capital. When his 5th floor offices in the City were evacuated - due to a flood - it was down to him – and his business continuity partner ICM, to make sure the relocation went as smoothly as possible. download pdf >>>

Interservefm

Evidence of best practice in business continuity plans continues to grow

Interservefm Interservefm is a leading player in the facilities management market. Its approach is to focus on key clients offering significant long-term revenue streams, building a detailed understanding of their operations and adding value with an integrated suite of related services. download pdf >>>

Melton Borough Council

Waking up to find head office gutted overnight by fire

Dealing with the immediate aftermath of a fire is a daunting and stressful time for any business or organisation.When you have nearly 50,000 customers relying on you daily for essential services and provision the potential is even worse. For Melton Borough Council, waking up to find their head office gutted by an early morning fire it was essential that they could operate ‘business as normal’ as quickly and efficiently as possible – and with ICM Continuity Services they achieved exactly that. download pdf >>>

Yell

Left hoping your back up processes have worked

Yell After the March 2004 Manchester tunnel fire 130,000 businesses and residential phone lines were adversely affected – including Yell. With the efforts of ICM Business Continuity specialists and staff, as well as the team of YELL, they were up and running quickly causing minimal disruption to normal business. download pdf >>>

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Central England Business Continuity Centre

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London (City North) Business Continuity Centre

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London (North West) Business Continuity Centre

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North West Business Continuity Centre

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West Yorkshire Business Continuity Centre

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