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"Countless" interruptions make business continuity plans crucial

09 March 2010

Businesses in the UK lost an estimated £13,800 each during January's snow days on average, a survey shows.

Despite the clear financial implications of unexpected days off, only 33 per cent of companies polled had any kind of business continuity or disaster recovery plan in place for such occasions.

The report from Ramsac reinforces the fact that a lack of continuity planning is bad news for companies, regardless of size.

Ninety-four per cent of the organizations surveyed confessed that while staff worked hard during the snow, many were unable to sustain expected service levels. This January's snow left 60 per cent of companies with at least half their staff stranded at home.

Companies like Eurostar and Toyota state they have none or inadequate business continuity plans in the event of adversaries, so the need for great business contingency plans is clear, Tim Armit recently highlighted in an article for Continuity Central.

Robert May, Managing Director of Ramsac, added: "Pandemic illness, child care problems, power failures, floods, fires - the list of possible interruptions to the modus operandi are countless - so it is essential to plan for these potential problems."

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