Dates announced! Book your place on free webinars to make your business 'risk ready'

Businesses can book now for a series of webinars to help them prepare for key risks like flooding, power outages and cyber attacks.

The ‘Risk Ready Businesses’ project, which is being led by the Local Resilience Forum (LRF) in partnership with industry experts, will give businesses access to free resources including three webinars to be held on the following dates:

  1. Cyber threats and information security 
    – Tuesday 24 February, 6 – 7pm
  2. Utility disruption, infrastructure failure and flooding 
    – Wednesday 4 March, 6 – 7pm
  3. Health disruption and pandemic preparedness 
    – Thursday 12 March, 6 – 7pm

These webinars will support businesses to cope with incidents that cause disruption like loss of staff, premises, IT or suppliers.

 Businesses will be able to:

  • Identify and prepare for key risks
  • Take the right action during an incident
  • Know who to contact in an emergency

Businesses will also get tools and support to develop a bespoke Business Continuity Plan, making them more resilient to disruption and forming part of a wider community response before, during and after incidents.

Taking time to prepare for unexpected events and understand how to access the right support is crucial for business resilience. As a BID Manager, I’ll be encouraging our high street businesses to join this programme so we’re in the best position to recover quickly and confidently from any type of incident.

Helen Crouch, Hinckley BID Manager

Kristy Ball, Chair of the LRF’s People and Communities group, said: “This project is about identifying the parts of your business you can’t afford to lose - like premises, staff and IT systems - and planning what you’d do if an incident occurs.  

“By creating a Business Continuity Plan, all businesses can put steps in place to prepare for the unexpected which will help them to respond faster and recover more quickly. It will also allow businesses to support each other and their wider communities in an emergency, helping us all to build a more resilient society.” 

To sign up or find out more, contact CommunityResilience@Leics.gov.uk