Business Continuity

Northumberland County Council and all other Local Authorities in the United Kingdom are required to continue delivering key services to the community during emergencies and business interruptions.  Local Authorities must also promote the value of business continuity to businesses and voluntary organisations within the local community.

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a management process through which potential threats to an organisation and the impacts to business operations those threats, if realised, might cause are identified.  This safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, reputation and brand.

The benefits of Business Continuity to an organisation are that it:

• Is able to identify the impacts of an operational disruption;
• Has in place arrangements and procedures to allow it to continue it’s business during a disruption ;
• Maintains an ability to manage uninsurable risks;
• Encourages staff to have a better understanding of how the organisation operates;
• Is able to validate their arrangements and procedures through a testing and exercising programme;

Please see the attached leaflet for further information and guidance on how to implement a business continuity programme and how to develop a Business Continuity Plan.

For further support please contact:

Business Link North East:

Telephone:     0845 600 9006

Email:          enquiries@businesslinknortheast.co.uk

Website:      http://www.businesslinknortheast.co.uk/