Useful Links & Contacts

The following page seeks to provide sources for further information and advice about business continuity, as well as contact for support available from associated consultancies.

Please note that the information provided below to other websites/organisations are provided to assist you, and do not imply our endorsement of them and we take no responsibility for their content, or advice provided.

General Business Continuity Links

• Preparing for Emergencies - Government information for businesses on how to prepare for emergencies
• The Cheshire, Halton And Warrington Community Risk Register - highlights potential hazards in the county and how local services would respond in the event of an emergency
• Business Continuity Institute - Institute representing Business Continuity professionals (information and best practice)
• Business Link - Resources to assist in preparing your business for disaster
• Business Continuance Group - association for business continuity staff in companies with financial service interests
• Continuity Forum - Independent forum for all sectors to promote best practice and build skills
• Continuity Central - Business continuity news and information resource
• Continuity, Insurance and Risk (CIR) - Leading journal on Continuity, insurance and risk and information resources
• Global Continuity - Information resources for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• UK Resilience - Cabinet Office, a central reference point and directory for use during wide-ranging national emergencies.
• Office of Government Commerce (OGC) - Business Continuity and Contingency Planning toolkit

Flooding Links

• Environment Agency - Flood preparation guide for business - Flood Preparation Guide for Business

Terrorism / Security Links

• MI5 – Security Advice - UK Security Service threat information and advice

Business Continuity Publications & Downloads

• This aims to provide a selection of downloads to guide you through the business continuity process.
• The Business Continuity Institute have provided a set of Good Practice Guidelines.
• MI5 have written information on Protecting Against Terrorism.
• London Prepared have provided a chesklist to asess the risks to your business in a Ten Minute Assessment.