| Bad things
happen. Many things qualify as Business Interuption Events, not just nasty
weather or terror attacks. If anything occurs that means you are not able
to provide your customers with the minimum level of service they both need
and expect you are in a Business Continuity situation. What happens if you
lose all your email? What about your accounting software? Or both? Or your
whole network? If you had to go into the office/shop/shed tomorrow and get to work with no phones, no computers and no paper records could you do it? Business Continuity Planing is a process to make sure that you can. It doesn't have to be difficult or expensive but it does have to be planned, updated and tested. A little forethought could potentially save you everything: 43 percent of businesses suffering a disaster never recover sufficiently to resume business [US Congress]. Of those that do reopen, only 29 percent are still operating two years later. The failure rate for those lost their IT Systems for more than 10 days or more is much higher. Business Continuity Planing is about a lot more than IT systems though. Employees, buildings, suppliers, shippers and sub contractors all have a huge impact on your ability to stay in business. We help you to identify your potential BC
issues and find ways to mitigate them without breaking the bank. Start by
looking at this Sample Emergency Plan
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