The following links provide more information on business continuity:

• Cabinet Office
  Security, intelligence & resilience advice from the Cabinet Office
  
• UK Resilience
  Advice for civil servants on preparedness
  
• UK Financial Sector Continuity
  Central point for continuity planning for the Treasure, Banks and FSA
  
• British Standards Institute
  Information regarding the British Standard BS25999
• Tripartite Resilience Benchmarking Paper 2008
  Download the Tripartite Resilience Benchmarking Paper
• Pitt Report on summer 2007 floods
  Read the Pitt report recommendations

A business’ failure to prepare for crisis correctly can result in reputation damage, as the following examples demonstrate:

• BBC News
  Reporting on the Northern Rock crisis
  
• Times Online
  Investigates the after effects of the rogue trader crisis
  
• Guardian
  Reporting on the power shortage in South Africa
  
• Telegraph Online
  Reporting on the internet blackout that effective the Middle East and Asia