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 (external link) - keep informed and review your business readiness with advice from Businesslink
HPA advice for local businesses on Swine Flu (pdf 30kb)
NHS guide for businesses on Pandemic Flu (pdf 531kb)
General crisis management and business continuity planning (external link) from Businesslink.
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.
Business continuity toolkit (external link) - help on implementing Business Continuity Management from Directgov.
Sussex Resilience Forum (external link) A multi-agency group which responds to emergencies impacting on the communities of Sussex. Includes downloadable advice.
Other useful links
UK resilience (external link ) Resource for civil protection practitioners, supporting the work which goes on across the United Kingdom to improve emergency preparedness.
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