BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN
Plan it – Don’t Panic
Your Business Name:
Your Business Address:
Business Continuity Management is:
A planning process for all businesses, small or large, to help reduce the
impacts caused by disruptions and emergencies that can threaten business
survival.
This document is your record of information and actions you can take to
help you ensure your business is prepared for emergencies or serious
business disruptions and can recover as quickly as possible afterwards.
This Business Continuity
Plan is the property of:
Activation of this Plan is
the responsibility of:
This Plan was last
reviewed on:
This Plan was reviewed
by:
This Plan was last
exercised / tested:
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PLANNING ACTIONS
List here the types of emergencies which could affect your business
operations, we have given you a few examples to get you started
Loss or disruption to your:
Staff
IT and Data
Building (s) you work from
Suppliers
Customers
Utilities
Equipment
EMPLOYEE CONTACTS
List here the staff that you may need to contact to make them aware of an
emergency or serious business disruption
Contacts:
Name
Work
Home
Mobile
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BUSINESS CONTACTS
List here your key customers and suppliers; this will assist you to contact
them in the event of an emergency or serious business disruption
Client/Supplier
Company
Contact
Telephone No.
ALTERNATIVE CONTACTS / SUPPLIERS
List here other businesses you could use in event of your normal supplier
being unavailable
Company
Contact Name
Telephone No.
INSURANCE DETAILS
List here your insurance provider(s) details
Company
Contact Name
Telephone No.
OTHER USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Company
Contact Name
Utility companies etc
Maintenance Providers
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Policy Ref.
Telephone No.
RECOVERY ACTIONS
In this section pre-plan the actions you may need to take to get your
business operating again
RECOVERY OF ESSENTIAL BUSINESS RECORDS
We have given you a few examples to get you started
Business Records
How will you recover the records? Identify any
Computer records /
data and location
Diary
alternative measures in place
Back-up records held and stored at an alternative location
Financial Records
Critical paper records /
information and location
Consider preparing a grab
pack of essential
information (including this
business continuity plan)
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RECOVERY KEY EQUIPMENT NEEDED
List here the essential equipment you may need to replace if lost, or if you
had to move to an alternative site, we have given you a few examples to get
you started
Essential Equipment
Critical IT records and Data
Specialist equipment
RECOVERY ACTIONS
List here the essential actions you will take to keep your business operating;
we have given you a few examples to get you started
Recovery Actions
Activation of Business Continuity Plan
Inform and allocate actions to staff
Inform key suppliers and customers and provide a recovery timescale
Activate alternative suppliers, premise, equipment
Review diary and customer commitments
Advise insurance provider
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Recovery Actions
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RECOVERY LOG
Use this to record of all the events, actions and decisions you have taken
Date/Time Action
Action By
Complete
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Notes
Further information:
Doncaster Council Business Continuity, including an electronic version of this template
http://bit.ly/2j46L6n
Business Continuity Institute http://www.thebci.org/
and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/expecting-the-unexpected
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