What is Business Continuity?

Business Continuity entails planning what you would do to keep your business functioning in the event of a crisis. The crisis could be internal such as widespread staff sickness in a pandemic, or could be external such as being affected by a power cut.

Business continuity is about knowing the key parts of your business and planning to make sure you have the resources you need to keep them going. These resources could include staff, suppliers, premises, equipment or data.

Examples of what your plan may contain include contact lists of key staff, suppliers and customers, details of an alternative location you could work from and roles and responsibilities for who will do what in a crisis.