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Got the sniffles? Get a tissue

Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 10:34
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Verdant looks at the communications around the flu epidemic

Andrew Lansley's decision to pull the Flu advertising campaign in the run up to Christmas has caused a huge amount of debate and criticism targeted at the Government who have been accused of putting the nation's health at risk in order to save money. 

EU Flood Command to improve EU response

Submitted by Guest on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 17:22
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EU FloodCommand is a new UK-led, EU co-funded project to improve cooperation between member states as they plan and implement a joined-up response to coastal flooding disasters. Coastal flooding has been a cause of major loss of life and destruction of property over recent decades across Europe, and the problem is due to get worse with global warming and predicted rises in sea levels. The EU has agreed to fund the project up to 80 per cent of its overall eligible costs.
 

Today's Wikileaks revelations are just the start

Submitted by Guest on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 14:27
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Verdant looks at the issues the Wikileaks scandal has thrown up

The Wikileaks story is surely going to be as painful as the MP’s expenses scandal with a drip feed of information as the journalists analyse and read material.

Is that a ‘larger’ gun in your pocket...?

Submitted by Guest on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 12:37
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The implications of the UK police force's new training regime
 
Earlier this month, Verdant asked how useful raising the terror threat level was in preparing the public for potential terrorist activity and concluded that such announcements need to be surrounded by a sound communications framework to have the necessary impact in preparing citizens accordingly.

DEFRA announces £2M for flood rescue capability

Submitted by Guest on Thu, 11/25/2010 - 08:19
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The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced a total of £2million to improve flood rescue capability. Grants totalling approximately £650,000 have been awarded from the fund today.

Civil Contingencies 2011 Conference Programme

Submitted by Webmaster on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 14:05
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Civil Contingencies 2011 Programme 
 
 

Seminars at Civil Contingencies 2011

Submitted by Guest on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 13:38
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Conference Seminars available at Civil Contingencies 2011- 18 Jan 2011


A careful selection of one-hour seminars running in the morning and afternoon will allow delegates to understand complex areas of specific interest. You will have the opportunity to attend two seminars in total. These sessions will open up into an interactive discussion, giving you the chance to contribute and debate the hot topics of the day.

Breach of national security at UK airport

Submitted by Guest on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:53
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Several cargo planes were grounded at separate US airports after suspicious packages were found on board planes in London and Dubai. Security has been stepped up at UK airports for flights to the US following the incident.
 

Annual flood damage costs £1 billion - but could rise to £27 billion by 2080

Submitted by Guest on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:49
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While there has been a significant real increase in real terms for flood defence spending since 1997, in order to maintain existing levels of flood protection to 2035, spending on asset maintenance and construction would have to increase by 80% to over £1 billion per year.
 

The importance of Effective Stakeholder Consultation

Submitted by Guest on Mon, 11/15/2010 - 12:27
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Will Popham identifies best practice, potential pitfalls and the importance of careful planning when consulting with stakeholders

With the publication of the Strategic Defence Review (the first of its kind since 1998) and the news of the extensive cuts to the UK’s armed forces, the importance of stakeholder consultation and effective engagement has never been so apparent.  

Continuity 2.0 Launched

Submitted by Webmaster01 on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 08:49
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Last week the Continuity Forum saw the launch of our new service Continuity 2.0 at the Business Continuity Management World Conference in Hammersmith, London.

Over the course of two days the Forum provided  overviews and demonstrations of the new systems capabilities and the reactions were absolutely fantastic.  

If you would like to know more about how Continuity 2.0 can change the way you reach the sector, please contact Sara McKenna on 020 8993 1599 or mail her on sara.mckenna@continuityforum.org.

 

New Partner Service Launch

Submitted by Webmaster01 on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 13:33
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We are just a few days away from announcing a major new service for our partners utilising a lot more of the power and capability of our New Website. We are calling it Continuity 2.0
 

Metropolitan Police Camden Counter Terrorism Roadshow hits the spot

Submitted by Russell Price on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 09:11
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Camden Counter Terrorism and Continuity Roadshow

Business Continuity, support advice guidance

On Friday 30th July the Continuity Forum was delighted to support a Metropolitan Police initiative organised by the Camden Division aimed at providing practical advice and guidance to local businesses and organisations across their area to help combat terrorist threat and boost community continuity and resilience. 

The event was held at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury near Russell Square, yards from the scene of the Russell Square Bombing on 7/7. 

Thoughts on our new Commanding the Crisis Workshop

Submitted by Russell Price on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 08:17
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business continuity forum event commanding the crisis management

In a few weeks we'll be running our new “Commanding the Crisis” workshop in London, it's on 29 June for those of you that have missed the notices, and I think it is only fair to share what I suppose is a little concern. It is the title that worries me.

A day in the War Rooms

Submitted by Russell Price on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 09:00
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Business Continuity Forum BCM

On May 18th we took over the Churchill War rooms in Westminster for our Managing Risk event.   

 

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