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What is a Business Continuity Plan?

Importantly it’s more than just a backup of your data or having a plan should your IT system fail. It’s a documented process which provides plans for each key business area; so that in the event of a crisis the information required to get the business running again is to hand. Business Continuity is about anticipating events that could affect your business and planning for them by:

  • Drawing up clearly defined accountability for managing a crisis
  • Lists contingencies that enable key business activities to continue following a crisis
  • Setting out emergency procedures to ensure safety of your employees in the event of a crisis
  • Recording key information that your business will need to hand should a disaster strike, for example customer contact details; fixed asset register; register of IT software
  • Clear responsibilities for maintaining and testing the plan

Examples of why a plan is required:

  • A strategy for reducing the impact of the unavailability of the business’s normal worksite
  • A strategy for maintaining core skills and knowledge within the workforce
  • A strategy should a major supplier cease trading
  • A strategy should the IT be unavailable to the business

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