Airbus has become the first aerospace manufacturing firm to achieve certification to BS 25999, the business continuity management system standard. The certification is for its wing manufacturing site in North Wales.

Strategic Thought Group (STG) has introduced business continuity capabilities into its Active Risk Manager software. Active Risk Manager Business Continuity Management (ARM BCM) addresses the need for assured business continuity and recovery in the event of major incidents.

The first non-physical all risks supplier cover for supply chain has been bound by Zurich Global Corporate. A global information technology firm has become the first to purchase.

Analysis of invocations at SunGard Availability Services throughout 2009 has found that, for the first time ever, more business interruptions are being caused as a result of workplace disruptions rather than by technology.

This year's Business Continuity Awards Gala Dinner was hosted by Ruby Wax at the Park Lane Hilton on May 12, and was attended by some 600 representatives from the business continuity and risk management profession. Read on for the results...

The future of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) could be at stake as too few members are active in promoting the organisation, claims Grant Scott ACII, president of the Insurance Institute of Leicester. He says that too many larger organisations are not pulling their weight when it comes to promoting membership of the professional body.

Broker Marsh has issued business continuity, supply chain and insurance advice to organisations affected by continued air traffic disruption following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and subsequent ash cloud covering European airspace.

Renewable energy provider Infinis has deployed Double-Take Availability business continuity software across its critical applications and business data, ensuring that email systems, job scheduling application and database servers are all protected against the risk of downtime.

A statement issued at 15:30 Monday by NATS updates the situation following Iceland's volcanic eruption and subsequent air traffic disruption thus: "The volcanic eruption has reduced and the volcano is not currently emitting ash to altitudes that will affect the UK. Assuming there are no further significant ash emissions we are now looking at a continuously improving situation..."

Edward Sankey has been elected as new chairman of the Institute of Operational Risk (IOR), the operational risk body. An independent consultant in corporate and operational risk, Edward Sankey is a fellow of the Institute, has been a member of its council since 2005 and as a member of the executive committee has been leading the IOR's events programme.

The Business Continuity Awards, the industry's most anticipated event, gets ready once again to recognise the very best in your sector. This year's Awards Gala Dinner, which will be hosted by Ruby Wax, takes place on 12 May 2010 at the Park Lane Hilton. Find out who this year's finalists are...

The Business Continuity Awards 2010 are to be hosted by Ruby Wax. Now in its twelfth year, the Business Continuity Awards present the best opportunity for organisations and individuals to gain the prestige of public acknowledgement as being the leader in their field.

SunGard has acquired 365 Hosting Limited, a Dublin, Ireland-based cloud computing and data centre services company. Privately-owned Hosting 365 has built a strong presence in Ireland delivering both data centre managed IT services and on-demand computing services within its cloud computing environment.

UK Ministry of Defence and the National Policing Improvement Agency have both appointed VEGA Consulting to advise on their business continuity management. Under the first contract, VEGA is supporting the MOD's secure Public Key Infrastructure service, which is responsible for managing the encryption keys required for ensuring secure communications across the MOD in the UK.

COOP Systems has announced an agreement with MIR3 to integrate its inEnterprise Intelligent Notification and Response platform into COOP Systems' myCOOP Business Continuity system, allowing users access to MIR3's notification and response software and initiate any necessary communication without leaving the myCOOP Business Continuity system.