The thirteenth annual Business Continuity Awards took place last night at the Hilton on Park Lane, London. The Gala Dinner was hosted by comedian Kevin Bridges and attended by almost 600 guests.
SunGard Availability Services has announced the expansion of its Livingston Workplace Recovery Centre, increasing the volume of workplace recovery space for organisations within Scotland.
PwC has launched an advice manual to help businesses handle crisis situations, like the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that recently devastated Japan.
The office is now firmly the main source of business disruption, with almost three times as many problems caused by workplace incidents such as power and communication failures than by technology failures involving hardware or other IT issues
SunGard Availability Services has announced a shake up to its management team. Chris Higgins has been appointed customer services director and Declan Sharpe senior vice-president, sales and UK sales director.
Nearly two thirds of managers report that cyber security threats are now posing a serious risk to their business, with nearly a third of UK organisations having come under a cyber attack in the past 12 months, says CMI.
Business advisory, Deloitte, has developed a new smartphone application to help businesses handle disasters and crises. The new application, Bamboo, is the first app of its kind and is not reliant on mobile network connectivity to work.
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) continue to put their livelihoods at risk by not taking the time to prepare business continuity plans. This is the conlusion drawn by a report just published by Aviva.
The Government’s £200m cuts on flood defences could have a catastrophic effect on the commercial property market by making flood insurance unavailable. This warning came today from Bill Gloyn, partner, European real estate, JLT.