Advice for your business following a serious incident such as fire or flood.
If your business had a fire, flood or ICT failure, have you considered how you would set about finding temporary premises, meeting your deadlines or making sure your staff and suppliers are kept informed?
Many small firms never return to 'business as usual' after a serious crisis. Making a business continuity plan can help your business survive and carry on.
The council must offer business continuity advice to small and medium-sized businesses (under The Civil Contingencies Act 2004).
If you require more information about how a business continuity plan can benefit your company, school or community group contact our Emergency Planning & Resilience Team.
The government has produced a Business Continuity Management Toolkit to help guide you through the steps needed to implement business continuity in your organisation.
The Business Continuity Institute offers advice on best practices, self-assessment tools and a business continuity consultancy register.
Business Continuity is defined as:
the capability of an organisation to manage the recovery or continuation of business activities at acceptable, pre-defined levels following a disruptive incident.
Business Continuity Management is the process any company, small, medium or large, should undertake to:
The Business Continuity Plan is the 'living' document from this process.
The Sussex Resilience Forum produced the Community Risk Register which outlines the main risks in Sussex. Find details of the main business continuity risks they have considered.