20% of medium-sized businesses will experience a major disaster within the next five years.
	80% of all companies which undergo a major fire never actually recover (National Audit Office).
	Flooding can be equally as devastating and can lead to hazardous contamination and structural damage.
	92% of businesses do not have any Business Continuity Plan whatsoever. Of those that do, more than fifty percent of their plans prove inadequate when faced with the realities imposed by a disaster (Recent Survey).

Through, accurate vulnerability and criticality risk assessments, implementation of measures to eliminate or reduce the risks at source and the adoption of appropriate contingency measures, the chances of your business surviving a disaster are considerably improved.

The purpose of a business continuity and disaster recovery programme is to make sure that your business is resilient to any disaster and that, following the event, you remain in business. With effective planning your client base can be protected.

Principles

Our services, and the principles involved, apply to large scale concerns and small businesses alike.

All Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans are unique to the individual company for which they are developed. There are no shortcuts and no ready-made plans. Your plan is exclusive.

Developing Your Plan

Working closely with your staff at every stage, Britrisk consultants will conduct the assessments that determine and how your business is vulnerable to disaster and develop a programme that will reduce that vulnerability and optimise your ability to respond rapidly and effectively should disaster strike.

Developing the plan with your employees ensures that they are fully conversant with the actions required to safeguard the business in the event of a disaster. You have ownership of the plan from the very start.

Stage 1

Our assessment will include identification of the perceived threats such as interruptions of raw material supplies, loss of services etc, the vulnerability of the business to disaster and the critical business areas that it is most important to protect.

Stage 2

Our assessment of your state of readiness will commence with a review of the emergency response procedures that you already have in place. Effective emergency response procedures will greatly assist in limiting the damaging impact of the event on your business activity.

Stage 3

A Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery programme will be developed based on the detailed assessments in stages 1 and 2. This will ensure the most cost-effective deployment of resources and the best chances of success in dealing with a disaster.

Stage 4

It is essential that, once completed, the plan is tested. Conducting emergency exercises will ensure familiarity with the actions to be taken in the event of an emergency and sharpen the responses of your Business Survival Team.

We at Britrisk have extensive experience of planning and conducting exercises. Our team of specialists can assist and guide you in their preparation and implementation.

Additional Benefit

In addition to identifying the procedures and resources to help your company face any given disaster, establishing a credible Business Continuity Plan may constitute grounds for a discounted insurance premium.