Archive for the ‘Business Interruption News’ Category

Small business crisis plans few and far between

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

New Zealand small and medium-sized firms are highly unprepared for a future crisis similar to the Christchurch earthquakes, a study has found.

Massey University’s annual BusinesSMEasure canvassed 1000 companies across the country. It found only a small proportion of the firms surveyed had a formal continuity plan in place and fewer than 10 per cent had a written crisis management plan.

Read the full article here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/small-business/news/article.cfm?c_id=85&objectid=10803946

Japan Earthquake – Before and After

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Some amazing photo’s of the Japan Earthquake have just released by ABC.

Slide your mouse left and right over the images to reveal the before and after scenes. Click here

Business Interruption – Water pipe burst evacuates 3500 from Sydney’s AMP Tower

Friday, February 25th, 2011

A real life example of a business interruption incident today. A burst water pipe in the AMP Building in Sydney caused 3500 staff to be evacuated.

For the businesses without water damage, hopefully access can be restored and everyone is back to work on Monday morning. If any businesses sustained significant damage to their floor, it may be a while longer. This is an example of when having an alternate recovery site location ready to invoke may be necessary.

Read more on Sydney Morning Herald news.. http://t.co/DxhLGrO