Business Continuity

What is business continuity?

Business Continuity is about trying to avoid bad things happening in your business but having a plan if they do.

What does business continuity management mean?

Business Continuity Management is a way of running the business so that staff know what is most important, that they can spot threats to the business and they know how to react if things do go wrong.

What is a business continuity plan?

A business continuity plan records your ideas about business continuity management. It will state what you are doing to protect the business. It can say that you are insuring some things (e.g equipment), creating incident management plans for some things (e.g a fire) and may even say that you have decided nothing can be done about other things (e.g roadworks).

What is an incident management plan?

It will state what needs to be done if something bad happens (e.g your premises cannot be used). It will store useful information (e.g out of hours locksmith phone number) and have a checklist of who needs to do what and when (e.g Sally to redirect the post to the temporary site when it is up and running).

What if I am bit confused by all this?

Don't worry! We understand and so have designed a simple online tool to guide you towards the information you need. It is called the Continuity Check