Business Continuity Management Report by the Chartered Management Institute - May 2006. The Institute's seventh report on Business Continuity Management since 1999 reveals that many UK organisations are failing to prepare for disruption, despite evidence outlining the business benefits of continuity planning. Although a majority of managers (77 per cent) believe business continuity is viewed as important by their senior management teams, less than half (49 per cent) say their organisation has a business continuity plan in place.
Organisations are also failing to rehearse plans as often as they should - only 37 per cent of those with plans test them at least once a year, compared to 52 per cent in 2005. This is made more worrying by the fact that where rehearsals have taken place, the majority (79 per cent) have revealed shortcomings in their plans.
