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Could You Cope in a Disaster? New Research Suggests Not


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10 Mar 2004 11:04AM

UK organisations are failing to prepare for disaster, according to research published this week by the Chartered Management Institute and the Business Continuity Institute. Only 47 per cent have a business continuity plan, meaning that - according to the press briefing - over half are "displaying a dangerously cavalier attitude towards confronting disruption".

Complacency remains a major issue despite recent scares from incidents as
diverse as flooding, power cuts, terrorism and rapidly spre... (196 more words)



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