Business Continuity

The FM (facilities manager, or facilities management) is usually expected to play a key role in emergency and disaster planning. They may have to develop business continuity plans (BCPs) that cover all aspects of the continuity cycle. About 40% of businesses have no strategy for business continuity management (BCM) in place. Continuous business success requires top management responsibility and commitment to a BCP. There are several sources of information on agreed standards in business continuity, in addition to the Good Practice Guidelines provided by the professional body for business continuity, the Business Continuity Institute. The impact of COVID‐19 has required all organisations to review and update their BCP. The policy statement should outline the framework of BCM and will require commitment from the top of the organisation to get the support and resources to implement it.