Business continuity plans likely to reduce insurance premiums
February 16th 2012
New research has suggested that insurers are happy to provide premium discounts to companies that have business continuity plans in place.
The joint survey by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) and the Cabinet Office found that 83.3% of insurers questioned would give a discount or improve terms to a business interruption policy if a business continuity plan was in place.
Biba said that the aim of the survey was to develop a clearer picture of the benefits of having resilience measures in place identifying them as: improved competitiveness, continuity of service during common disruptions and more serious emergencies along with reduced insurance premiums and excesses.
The survey of brokers and insurers also found that 61.6% of respondents felt that businesses with a business continuity plan in place would benefit from doors opening in new markets, a premium discount or a reduced excess.
However, respondents felt that only a small number of small and micro businesses had such plans in place.
But for those businesses that struggled to secure cover, the sentiment was that a business continuity plan could make an unacceptable risk more palatable to an insurer.
For more information on how your business could benefit call now on 0845 094 0220
DSM generates awareness of Business Continuity planning during the Olympics 2012
February 6th 2012
If you're traveling over the next few weeks chances are you'll see one of our Business Continuity awareness guys at the train stations. This includes Kings Cross …. If you spot us please come over for a chat and take one of our energy sweeties!!
Keeping your business alive during the 2012 Olympics
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Businesses look to DSM for support during the Olympics.
January 24th 2012
London based businesses are planning how they are going to minimise possible disruption to operations during the Olympics 2012.
A number of DSM's customers have looked to extend their current Disaster Recovery plan in order to cover their London offices against unforeseen occurrences. They believe that DSM's facility is ideally placed being less than one hour from Kings Cross.
Have you considered working arrangements in the case of displacement from your premises? DSM offers a number of solutions to ensure business survival.
View our Business Continuity during the Olympics article now for more details.
DSM joins Opportunity Peterborough to support local youngsters.
January 4th 2012
DSM joins forces with Opportunity Peterborough to actively encourage and support local young people to prosper in their chosen careers. The Peterborough Skills Vision aims to build skills and competence in the workplace to help city business thrive.
For more information on the program please visit the Opportunity Peterborough website.
White Concierge Continue Business with DSM ...
December 6th 2011
WhiteConcierge has been providing the highest standards of white-labelled and branded concierge and lifestyle management for more than a decade.
Head of Security at WhiteConcierge said ...
'We have been using DSM as our Business Continuity partner for over three years and have been so pleased with their service we recently renewed our contract with them for another three year period. We have found them to be highly responsive to our requirements and to deliver an excellent level of service which is essential for the sustainable operation of our organisation. For example, we recently experienced an issue with our external Internet connection which meant we suffered the loss of some operationally required services including e-mail. DSM was able to assist us by rapidly ramping up our bandwidth outgoing via their gateway so that availability of these applications was restored. This service was outside the normal scope of our contract and a large contributing factor in keeping our company running as closely as possible to 'business as normal' while the main line was repaired.'
To find how DSM can support your Business Critical systems call us now on 01480 446480
