The City of London's Security and
Contingency Planning Group is available to assist businesses
in the City with the development and exercising of their
business continuity plans.
Assistance is provided in such areas as
- Information on the major incident response arrangements within
the City
- Presentations to staff and management on any aspect of business
continuity
- The development of exercises and, if appropriate, participation
in those exercises
As an independent third party, the Group is also available to
discuss a company's plans and arrangements in strictest confidence.
For more information
email
the group.
For organisations based within the City boundary there is no
charge for these services.
What is Business Continuity?
Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a holistic management
process that identifies potential threats to an organisation and
the impacts to business operations those threats, if realised,
might cause.
Business Continuity provides a framework for building
organisational resilience with the capability for an affective
response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders,
reputation, brand and value-creating activities.
How can Business Continuity benefit your organisation?
The benefits of an effective BCM programme are the
organisation:
- is able to proactively identify the impacts of an operational
disruption;
- has in place an effective response to disruptions which
minimises the impact on the organisation;
- maintains an ability to manage uninsurable risks;
- encourages cross team working;
- is able to demonstrate a credible response through a process of
exercising;
- could enhance its reputation; and
- might gain a competitive advantage, conferred by the
demonstrated ability to maintain delivery.
The Business Continuity cycle
To make a success of your business continuity programme there
are a series of steps identified by the Business Continuity
Institute (BCI). Following these steps on an annual basis
will assist in the creation of business continuity plans and
arrangements that are valid, fit-for-purpose and will
add value to your organisation.
- Understand the organisation
- Determine Business Continuity strategies
- Develop and implement a Business Continuity response
- Exercise, maintain and review Business Continuity
arrangements.
- Embed Business Continuity into the culture of the
organisation.
Guidance for businesses
Business Continuity checklist for
businesses (23kb)
Download the City of Londons most recent
Business Continuity guidance booklet (1.7mb)