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Weather with you

Posted by Ross Smith on February 12, 2009 3:06 PM | 

Yesterday NECC helped stage a seminar for businesses in how to make themselves more resilient against severe weather. The prediction is that events such as floods and heatwaves are likely to affect us more regularly due to climate change. As I look out of the window, it seems blizzards could fall into that category as well.

The North East does benefit from being the only region in the country with a dedicated business adviser, Gareth Williams, to help companies prepare for this. He shared helpful advice, including backing up data, clarifying insurance policies, locating equipment in safe places and signing up to early warning systems.

Sage UK's Business Continuity Manager Andrew Morkot also outlined how he prepares for such eventualities - emphasising that one of the region's most successful companies sees this as a sounf business investment.

The danger is that many people take the view that 'it won't happen to us'. The truth is it might - and if not you, it could be your major customer or supplier.

The good news is there are services available to help businesses take relatively simple steps which could make all the difference if the worst does happen.

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