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Yesterday I queried if the 7 July bombings could really be considered a “black swan” event.  In fact, much of the impressive IT resilience that firms demonstrated in the aftermath of the bombings was a direct result of steps taken in response to the Provisional IRA bombings of the Baltic Exchange (1992) and Bishopsgate (1993). […]

Yesterday I commented that, at least from my own personal experience, the 7 July bombings had not led to increased interest in business continuity.  That is not to say that the attacks did not have a lasting impact on the business continuity industry; and in today’s article I want to look at how the terrible […]

The forthcoming tenth anniversary of the 7 July bombings in London has attracted much media coverage.  Quite rightly, the TV and press have focused on the plight of survivors and the families of those who were killed; however, the focus of this series of articles is on what the lasting legacy has been for business […]

Takata’s latest estimate that the airbags fitted in 34 million cars are defective will lead to the largest ever recall of cars in the US.  The recall affects 11 car makers including Honda, Toyota, Daihatsu and Nissan.  This is the latest twist in a saga that has been going on since at least 2008; indeed […]

Hotel Chocolat and Cambridge Risk Solutions jointly received the ‘Business Continuity Strategy Through Partnership’ award in the 2014 CIR Business Continuity Awards.  We are particularly thrilled as this is the second consecutive year that Cambridge Risk Solutions have won this award. This award is for partnership, and the close working relationship between client and consultants […]

We are delighted to announce the successful ISO22301 certification for Care Monitoring 2000, also known as CM2000.  Having previously certified to BS25999, CM2000 had their transition audit on 10 April, and passed with flying colours, and no non-conformities. We have worked closely with CM2000 towards this transition, implementing a new Management System that will enable […]

We should very much like to congratulate Ark-H Handling on their achievement of ISO 22301 certification last week, making them our first client to achieve the prestigious international standard.   The company achieved certification to BS 25999 in 2010 and their successful transition to ISO 22301 now places them in an elite group of companies […]

We are delighted to announce that MRC Unit The Gambia and Cambridge Risk Solutions received the ‘Business Continuity Strategy Through Partnership’ award at last night’s CIR Business Continuity Awards held in London.  The award is in recognition of the significant progress that has been made over the last 12 months to safeguard the vital clinical research […]

I thought it was time for another fun example of incident management and our adventure on the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) yesterday fits the bill perfectly.  Setting off from Wansford we happily chugged West but, turning around at Yarwell Junction, the steam engine suffered a mechanical fault.  This would not normally be a major problem […]

A  major product recall is under way after London Fire Brigade confirmed that a Beko fridge freezer was the cause of a fire in a tower block in Bermondsey last week.  LFB went on to explain that they believe that this model of fridge freezer has caused 20 fires in London alone over the last […]