Emergency Planning

• Emergency Planning
• Emergency Plans
• Guide to Major Emergencies
• Coping with Emergencies
• Emergency Contacts Sheet
• Bexley Emergency Planning Team

Business Continuity Advice

• What is Business Continuity
• Business Continuity Planning
• Business Continuity Process
• Business Continuity Promotions

Contact Details

• Emergency Planning Team
  Bexley Civic Centre
  Broadway
  Bexleyheath
  Kent DA6 6LB
• 020 8294 6061
• 020 8301 2661
• emergency.planning
  @bexley.gov.uk

For more information

• Business Continuity Institute
• Continuity Forum
• London First
• London Prepared
• UK Resilience
• The Emergency Planning Society
• Preparing for Emergencies - What you need to know
• London Churches Group

Business Continuity Promotions

Project Argus Event

22 January 2008

The Council’s Emergency Planning team and the Metropolitan Police from Bexleyheath and SO15 Counter terrorism Command jointly organised an event aimed at the Business Community. This event covered counter terrorism guidance and Business Continuity Promotion from the council.

The event was held at the civic centre on 22 January 2008 and was divided into two parts. The morning session dealt with the day time businesses with 20 attendees mainly from the Broadway shopping area. The afternoon session concentrated on the night time economy around the Bexleyheath Town Centre. This attracted another 20 attendees mainly from the licensing trade.

The event was opened in the morning by Superintendent Bagg from Bexleyheath Police and in the afternoon by Tony Plowright Bexley Council Emergency Planning Manager. The first speaker was from Scotland Yards Counter-Terrorism Command and gave the audience an up-to-date account of the threat from terrorism. He then went into the measures that the business should be taking to ensure their customers are safe and to ensure they have current emergency plans. Tony Plowright then gave a promotion on business continuity and highlighted the need for all businesses ,whatever the size, to assess their risks, develop a plan and train staff so they are prepared to deal with emergency incidents.

The attendees then broke out into workshop groups to engage with other business and highlight any areas where improvements to their existing plans could be made. The event concluded with a  plenary session for the panel to take questions.