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How aware is your board of the adequacy of its business continuity arrangements?

Have you assessed these recently?  Well help is at hand. 
Download the Free Self Assessment Tool and see how your organisation’s business continuity arrangements measure up.

Why does it matter?

Well Gartner estimates that two out of five enterprises that experience a disaster will go out of business within five years. Enterprises can improve these odds – but only if they take the necessary measures before and after the disaster.

So have a go with the free self-assessment and if your score is less than 80, contact Arc Solutions to discuss your requirements.

The self assessment tool has been written by Michael Gallagher and was first published in a recent issue of Accountancy Ireland, the Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

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The recent heavy rain and flooding brings back memories of the flooding in 2007 when the M1 and M5 motorways were shut and many businesses and homes were evacuated due to flooding.

At this time, Arc Solutions were working at a client’s offices when the local river burst its banks forcing the closure of the office.  The  resulting mayhem while staff were re-assigned to  offices in other parts of the country and inadequate business continuity arrangements were invoked showed that the plans were inadequate.  The firm had to put a brave face on a serious challenge to its business.

This experience reflects the findings of the 2008 BERR report that more than a quarter of UK companies do not have a disaster recovery plan in place and nearly half of those that have plans (48%) had not tested them in the last year.

So if you need support in running a test of your business continuity / disaster recovery arrangements why not contact Simon Wright  to see how Arc Solutions can lighten the load for your management team and give you the reassurance you need that your business is prepared.

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