17 years ago today, London was shaken by a series of terrorist bombings on public transport that left 56 people dead and hundreds injured. As well as remembering all those affected by the tragedy, it is timely to reflect on the lasting legacy of that day. Although living and working in London at the time, […]
The Manchester Arena Inquiry Volume 1: Security for the Arena was published last week. It is now over four years since the attack, and the proceedings of the Inquiry have been widely reported as they happened; but this volume brings together all the evidence about security prior to 22nd May 2017 and, crucially, provides a
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In this final blog post looking back at the 1996 Manchester bombing, we discuss the recovery of the hundreds of small businesses caught up in the devastation. Those affected by the attack included: 100 shops in the Royal Exchange; 150 shops in the Corn Exchange; 40 small offices; 15 pubs/cafes; and 1 clairvoyant. The impact
The Arndale Centre was the largest covered shopping centre in Europe when it opened in 1979. By 1996 it had 130 000 square metres of retail space with over 230 individual stores laid out on two levels. The centre was owned and managed at the time of the bombing by P&O Properties. Its tenants included
As we recalled yesterday, the Manchester City Centre bombing was the largest explosion on the UK mainland since WWII. Reports of possible secondary devices continued for some time after the explosion and Police initially established a cordon at the Inner Ring Road; by Saturday evening the cordoned area had been reduced to an area of
On the morning of 15th June 1996 many people in Manchester were enjoying the fine weather and England’s progress in Euro 96. The City Centre was busy with people last-minute shopping for Father’s Day, but that was about to change… At 11.17am a bomb containing 1500kg of home-made explosive detonated in a van parked outside
Today marks the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fires, and we join with the nation in remembering the victims and survivors of that tragedy. However, this week also marks the 25th anniversary of the Provisional IRA bomb attack on Manchester City Centre in 1996. Miraculously nobody was killed in that attack but: Over 200 people
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).
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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
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