
As the Daily Telegraph noted last August (4th August 2008) restaurants, cinemas and theatres got police warnings to prepare for terrorist bombings. The recent bungling on anti-terrorism and subsequent raids and detention of a number of suspects has not made the police’s work any easier. Owners and managers of hospitality and entertainment firms will be told to assess their businesses’ likely vulnerabilities to attack and prepare contingency plans for staff in the event of an attack. Simulated terrorist attach exercises are one way the police are using to try and prevent mass panic by staff at locations that might get hit.. The The National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NCTSO) says on it’s web site that “Attacks around the world have shown that terrorists will attack those targets they perceive as being attractive.” The problem remains that if your business is destroyed how do you get back into business. In fact more than that how do you proceed when a bomb as gone off. Do you know? To ask simply ring us here on 0161 339 9700 and we’ll layout the way to improve your response and your likelihood of maintaining your business or at the very least reducing the casualties you could suffer amongst your staff and customers. LiveJournal Tags: Business Disruption,Disaster preparedness,Business risk management,terrorism alert
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Insurers across the world have been paying out vast amounts of money in compensation for the disasters that have impacted business. However, if there is no system to ensure a business survives there is a strong risk that they’ll go down the plughole. One major issue is not having evidence of outstanding invoices. Without the paperwork you won’t be able to collect the money you’re due. Another is trying to get new broadband and phones installed. Have you any idea how long your supplier is going to take to install your links and those of anyone else who’s been affected? And who gets worked on first? You guessed it, the large companies who spend the most with that telecoms company? And then again, even more fundamental – where do you relocate your shop, hotel, office or manufacturing plant? These are questions that should be asked before any disaster. That gives you the opportunity to continue trading and maybe take the business from others who go to the wall who weren’t prepared. One other thought… Don’t think it can’t happen to you. Everyone who lost their business because they weren’t prepared felt that way!
I suspect this worry in the media is related to a passage on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) website where it says:
Which to my way of thinking means that if you’re at risk of flooding 1 in every 60 years you’ll be refused cover. In which case you most certainly need to have a proper recovery plan for your business or you’ll sink without trace! Technorati tags: flooding, floods, John Healey, Floods Recovery Minister, Assocaition of British Insurers, 2007 floods, Defra, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs BuzzNet tags: flooding, floods, John Healey, Floods Recovery Minister, Assocaition of British Insurers, 2007 floods, Defra, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
As you can see business disruption is not only from weather, flood, fire or bomb. A large part of the ability to keep your business going is down to using a written process to carry out business functions so that if necessary someone else could do the process. In a similar way identify what you would do if your computer systems were unavailable.
Historically retailers have always been located where communications meet. As well as roads that also often means rivers and fords across rivers. Which also means there are a large number of retailers located in built up areas, near to rivers. They can have a lot of stock on display on the ground floors. Often extremely effective use is made of the space. Then floods and flood damage can wipe out stock completely. In particular periods of the year when retailers have high stock levels are the riskiest – for example Christmas and New Year Sales. Warehouses with full stockrooms may be unable to move floor-based stock above the floor, or may only be able to raise it to a pallet level. That means floor-based stock is likely to be a write-off. Businesses that are heavily reliant on computer technology infrastructure, such as IT companies, are in danger of having their electrical and networking cable destroyed by flood. Web based businesses are also at risk if the server farm where there business is based has a flood as they are unlikely to know about it unless their web site goes down. LiveJournal tags: Floods, Going Out Of Business
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Fire, flood, storm or terrorist attack – you can rarely predict whether you’ll be affected by them. CashFlow DisasterHowever, think of how devastating it would be if you were unable to collect money owed to your company because your invoices were all destroyed. How many companies could you chase for payment if you had no proof? What would that do to your cashflow and you ability to make payroll and pay your own suppliers, who still have their paperwork? Telecoms Connection DisasterWhat about the 6 weeks delay in connecting phones at different or temporary premises? Obviously you can use mobiles and then what about their costs, and the loss of prospects who are phoning the number they have for you and get the unobtainable tone. What about your connection to the Internet for everything we rely on: getting new supplies of paper, ink and other consumables, chatting to prospects and clients through email and Chat tools? Insurance Won’t PayoutIt’s great you’ve got insurance, without the right insurance you’ll have your claim knocked back. If you can’t estimate precisely, with some proof, your level of stock, your fixed assets (like your computers) or your furniture you’ll only get part of your claim. And by the way don’t expect your claim to be settled within a few days if there’s any question with it. A lot of disaster claims can take months to get through. You Can Go Out Of BusinessYou can usually predict that many businesses will go to the wall. Think of the small businesses in Royal Exchange in Manchester after the IRA bomb there. How many are still trading? What about the businesses that were trading in Hemel Hempstead when the Buncefield Oil depot exploded into a huge fire. How many do you think managed to survive that? Could your business cope with being excluded from your building? Because when there’s a major disaster travel into the disaster area, even to unaffected buildings can be limited for weeks. So what can you do so you can avoid these sorts of nightmares? Check out "Prepare For Disaster", in the next section. Prepare For DisasterThere are many things that can really help your company pull back from the brink of disaster, even if a natural disaster has devastated your premises. For example do you know which route the emergency services will use to get to your area? Trying to use that route to escape from a disaster is a recipe for going nowhere fast. Email Bombox at 47tips AT Bomboxuk dot co.uk today to get your FREE copy of 47 tips to reduce any disaster’s impact on you and your business. Don’t delay because another day could mean you’re one step closer to a disaster. LiveJournal tags: disaster preparedness, disaster planning, disaster insurance, disaster claims, disaster recovery, Moyra, Bombox
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And did they know what to do when they were evacuated because of a major fire incident? Possibly, possibly not. Here’s a list of things they should have done, keep it near you so if you’re a close neighbour to a major fire incident next time you know exactly what to do.
Just checking those tips will help you get through the major incident. Also recognise that you may be unable to return to your business that day, or even that week. What would you do then… Also notice how major incidents affect communications – Hackney Wick railway station was closed down and the bus station couldn’t be used because the heat and fire was affecting it. The result is that people are hanging around waiting to get buses, or walking. If the business had asked the simple question what would happen if we had a major disaster everything a business needed to do could have been worked out. This is the beginning to disaster preparedness! LiveJournal tags: Major fire, major incident, natural disaster, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, London Olympics site Fire
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Not only was I the victim of a double mains burst but also of a blocked mains drain, as you can see from the picture above. So these types of disaster don’t just happen to those who live next to the coast, on a river bank or in the Norfolk Broads! Technorati tags: Floods, Natural disasters, flood warning, flood insurance, BIBA, British Insurance Brokers Association, Disaster recovery, disaster preparedness
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When you see them listed down they seem obvious. However, when you’re under pressure and water is cascading down your street having a plan to execute saves you time and inevitably money too. Having been the victim of a double Manchester ring main burst a few years ago I speak with experience on what needs to be done when such a flood occurs. Technorati tags: Floods, Natural disasters, flood warning, flood insurance, BIBA, British Insurance Brokers Association, Disaster recovery, disaster preparedness
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Natural disasters are happening all over the world all the time. Fire, flood, earthquake, volcano. We don’r hear about them all unless thousands are involved. But what if you were one of 5 offices flooded by a burst river or canal bank? A disaster if you couldn’t get in to run your business? Disaster recovery preparedness is the key to implementing a And of course one key part of that is the data we all have stored Creating data backups is absolutely vital and yet only one The other component is to ask whether you keep the data you’ve Because if you’re hit with a flood or a fire wipes out your And natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and fires are In which case the key to recovery is to buy a tough, watertight It’s also important that you can see it in the murk as it could The best colour to see in bad conditions is not white as everyone The other thing to think about is whether you’ve a computer to And finally, how do you know the plan will work and demonstrate Rehearsal. Yes you need to rehearse the disaster recovery plan del.icio.us tags: natural disaster, disaster recovery planning, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery plan, key employee, disaster rehearsal
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