Each year nearly one in five businesses suffer a major disruption.
Could your business cope with a disaster such as fire, flood, storm or even terrorist attack?
Will you be ready if the Swine Flu pandemic affects your staff and that of your suppliers or distributors?
The aim of the links on this page is to help you put together a business continuity plan which will help your business to survive any unplanned disruption.
Swine Flu Influenza (external link). Up to date information from the Health Protection agency plus some frequently asked questions. The NHS have also created a simple guide for businesses on Pandemic Flu (pdf 531kb)
Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning (external link). Excellent help from Businesslink, the governments chosen business advice provider.
Business Guidance for specific disruptions (external link)
Dealing with reduced staff in an emergency (external link). Staff may need to be absent for a number of reason: you need to plan around this.
Sussex Resilience Forum (external link) A multi-agency group which responds to emergencies impacting on the communities of Sussex. Includes downloadable advice.
London prepared (external link) Includes documents, templates and advice for creating an effective business continuity plan plus an online risk assessment tool (external link)
Preparing for Emergencies (external link) Information on how you can help yourself and others in emergencies.
UK resilience (external link ) Resource for civil protection practitioners, supporting the work which goes on across the United Kingdom to improve emergency preparedness.
Business Continuity Institute (external link) The professional institute for Business continuity practioners.
Environment Agency (external link) Flood what you can do to prepare for floods. Environment Agency Flood Line – 0845 988 1188
Wealden District Council (external link) Emergency Planning Pages
MI5 (external link) Includes practical security advice and descriptions of current threats
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) (external link) Advice on reducing the vulnerability of the National infrastructure to terrorism and other threats