The City of London's Security and Contingency Planning Group is
available to assist businesses in the City with the development and
exercising of their business continuity plans.
Assistance is provided in such areas as
- Information on the major incident response arrangements within
the City
- Presentations to staff and management on any aspect of business
continuity
- The development of exercises and, if appropriate, participation
in those exercises
As an independent third party, the Group is also available to
discuss a company's plans and arrangements in strictest confidence.
For more information email
contingency.planning@cityoflondon.gov.uk
For organisations based within the City boundary there is no
charge for these services.
In addition to the services offered by our team, the
London 2012 website offers advice on how you
can prepare your business for the Games.
Recent events
For additional information on how the Police are dealing with
the current situation around St.Paul's visit
the City of London Police website.
If you own or run a small or medium sized business and have been
affected by the recent events you might find the
business continuity advice published by
Business Link helpful.
Guidance for small and medium businesses
What is Business Continuity?
Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a holistic management
process that identifies potential threats to an organisation and
the impacts to business operations those threats, if realised,
might cause.
Business Continuity provides a framework for building
organisational resilience with the capability for an effective
response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders,
reputation, brand and value-creating activities.
How can Business Continuity benefit your organisation?
The benefits of an effective BCM programme are the
organisation
- is able to proactively identify the impacts of an operational
disruption
- has in place an effective response to disruptions which
minimises the impact on the organisation
- maintains an ability to manage uninsurable risks
- encourages cross team working
- is able to demonstrate a credible response through a process of
exercising
- could enhance its reputation; and might gain a competitive
advantage, conferred by the demonstrated ability to maintain
delivery.
The Business Continuity cycle
To make a success of your business continuity programme there
are a series of steps identified by the Business Continuity
Institute (BCI). Following these steps on an annual basis
will assist in the creation of business continuity plans and
arrangements that are valid, fit-for-purpose and will
add value to your organisation.
- Understand the organisation
- Determine Business Continuity strategies
- Develop and implement a Business Continuity response
- Exercise, maintain and review Business Continuity
arrangements
- Embed Business Continuity into the culture of the
organisation
Some useful documents
Business Continuity checklist for
businesses (23kb)
Download the City of London's most recent
Business Continuity guidance booklet (335kb)