There has been extensive coverage this week of the ongoing power cuts at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; including an incident in March when a patient was under general anaesthetic when the power failed and the operation had to be finished by torchlight.  Intriguingly, in the course of commending the staff involved for completing the operation in [...]

After a relatively quiet start to the year, the news in the UK appears to be suddenly dominated by disruptions.  First there was the threat of strike action by fuel tanker drivers; then there was severe weather across the north of the country; today the hosepipe ban comes into force in much of England; and [...]

As is traditional in Business Continuity Awareness Week, the Chartered Management Institute have just released the results of their latest annual survey into Business Continuity Management.  One of the headline findings is that the number of companies responding that they have a Business Continuity plan has increased again from 58% to 61%.  Whilst this is [...]

Today marks the start of the annual Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) in the UK.  One of the hot topics for 2012 will undoubtedly be the release of ISO 22301 so we kick off our contributions to BCAW with an article comparing the new standard with the established BS25999.  The article is free to access [...]