Advice and Assistance

• Promoting Business Continuity 141.31 KB - Guidance produced by the Greater Manchester Local Authorities to help you develop your own Business Continuity Plans.

• A 10 minute self assessment (checklist)  to determine how much business continuity planning your organisation has already carried out. Source: London Prepared website. 

• A 5-step guide to business continuity planning  (tailored to the number of employees: less than 10, 10-50, 50-250, 250 or above). Source: London Prepared website. 

• On-line toolkit  - to help small/medium-sized businesses prepare a business continuity plan and risk analysis. Also information and guidance on preparing community and family emergency plans. Source: Norfolk County Council in partnership with NORMIT (Norfolk Major Incident Team). 

• 'Protecting against Terrorism', a 38-page booklet published by the Security Service, M15, which focuses on protective security planning and includes business continuity advice. It may be downloaded from the MI5 website  security advice section. 

• Business Contingency Planning Guidance  to help identify potential risks, make preparations for emergencies and to test how your business is likely to cope in a disaster situation. Source: Business Link website. 

• Preparing for Emergencies  – provides information for businesses and voluntary organisations about business continuity management (BCM) - ensuring that your organisation can handle an emergency, continue to function, and can recover effectively afterwards. 

• The Business Continuity Institute  – promoting the highest standards of professional competence and commercial ethics in the provision and maintenance of business continuity planning and services. 

• Continuity Central  – providing a constantly updated one-stop resource of business continuity news and information.