Advice and Assistance

• Guidance on Business Continuity Planning . Source The BCI.
• Promoting Business Continuity 647.07 KB Guidance produced by Tameside MBC in partnership with Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service to assist businesses and other organisations to be better prepared in the event of a disruption to normal working.
• 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. 
• 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.
• Cabinet Office Pandemic Influenza Checklist for Businesses  provides a checklist of important and specific activities organisations can do to prepare for a pandemic as well as more general guidance.