Business continuity advice
Introduction
An incident, large or small, natural, accidental or deliberate, can cause major disruption to your business. This may result in a loss of income, customers, reputation, lead to legal or regulatory penalties, or even cause you to lose your business altogether.
Business continuity is a planning process which is put in place to manage the risks and ensure as much stability as possible in the event of disruption. Effective business continuity may also help in securing business insurance.
How councils can help your business
Local Authorities have a statutory duty under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to provide free advice and assistance with regards to business continuity for small and medium enterprises, and voluntary organisations. Using their advisors in order to be better informed and prepared to deal with emergencies has a wide range of benefits and is good business practice.
What do they offer?
- Advice and support in planning, developing and documenting systems to maintain business continuity.
- Help to identify the critical activities and resources needed to continue business.
- Help to assess the internal and external risks to these activities.
- Help to identify and prioritise services necessary to recover from disruption, set objectives for recovery time and determine the resources needed to achieve your objectives.
- Signpost you to relevant information/toolkits available.
Where can I find more information?
Advice and contact details can be found at the following pages:
Articles
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Events
15th February 20239:00 am - 5:00 pmFREE
15 Feb - Harrogate Co-Lab: Business Support Drop-In Session
This free drop-in service based in Harrogate can help answer your questions and direct you to relevant business support, resources and programmes.
22nd February 20239:00 am - 4:30 pmFREE
22 Feb - Pitching Perfectly - To win new business
Are you a small to medium sized food or drink business that wants to win more business and need to plan the perfect pitch? This full day workshop will help you understand what buyers are looking for and give you the confidence to pitch to them.
01st March 20234:00 pm - 6:00 pmFREE
1 March - Ian Howard- The Enterprise Growth Roadmap
In this two-hour session, Ian Howard will introduce The Enterprise Growth Roadmap. Regardless of where you are at right now, whether you are just launching your business, trying to make sense of the number of opportunities available to you or looking to attract external investment, the Enterprise Growth Roadmap Planning Workshop will help you create a framework to develop your own growth strategy together with some simple steps to help you implement it.
Resources
Glossary of Climate Change Terms for Businesses
A free digital glossary defining the key climate change terms relevant to businesses, to help you understand and engage with sustainability resources and support.
2022 Seminar Recordings
We have recently hosted a programme of in-person seminars and other events, some of which were professionally recorded and can now be viewed on our website.
Seminar Recording : Access to finance: Funding growth
This workshop will provide guidance on cost based pricing, calculating your costs before deciding an appropriate margin, as well as covering market based pricing asking questions such as: What value do you add? What are you worth? How do you position yourself?
