Prepare your business
If you manage a business in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, it is important that you are aware of the local risks that could disrupt your service delivery.
An incident such as flooding or a cyber attack could happen at any time, so it is crucial that you assess how you can be prepared for and respond to any unexpected situation.
How your business could be affected
Without careful planning, many businesses would find it difficult to manage the impacts of a disruptive event. Carrying out a risk assessment and planning for the worst-case scenario will help your business respond to and recover from an emergency with minimal impact. This forms the basis of a Business Continuity Plan.
Preparing for emergencies
We encourage businesses to create a Business Continuity Plan as a strategy to strengthen resilience by identifying the elements that are vital to your organisation, such as information, stock, premises, staff, equipment, utilities and cash flow, while ensuring service delivery if a disruptive event takes place.
What you should do
- Find out about the local risks that could affect your business
- Consider options to lower the risk
- Create, review and maintain a Business Continuity Plan
- Test your Business Continuity Plan
- If there is immediate danger, call 999
- Follow your Business Continuity Plan
- Stay updated on local incidents by following emergency services on social media
- Reflect on the incident, review and update your Business Continuity Plan
Further advice and information
The Cyber Resilience Centre for the East Midlands - collaboration between police, business and academia to support and protect micro, small and medium-sized businesses against online crime
The Business Continuity Institute - empowers organisations to advocate for business continuity and resilience and provides education, training, membership, thought leadership and events to help drive impactful change