All General articles – Page 9
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Features
Coping With Extreme Threats
In a submission to the UK Defence Committee in April, David Gamble looked at how the private and public sectors could contribute in the face of an extreme national threat
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Terrorism Concerns
AIRMIC has criticised the Government for making slow progress to resolve concerns over the lack of adequate and affordable terrorism cover in the UK market.
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Features
Staying In Business
Maintaining business continuity in the face of a disaster has become a top-of-the-mind issue in an age of global competition, just-in-time delivery, single-source suppliers and lean-and-mean operation
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Features
Flooding – Britain Takes A New Approach
With global warming and continuing flood plain development, flood losses look set to increase. Simon Fullalove says that Britain, which suffered US$1.5bn flood damage in autumn 2000, has recognised
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Features
Safe Travel
Street crime is a bigger threat for business travellers than terrorism, says Jake Stratton
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Analysis
Hsc ready reckoner
The UK Health & Safety Commission (HSC) has introduced a ready reckoner for British businesses
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Analysis
Information security failing
According to a recent international on-line security awareness audit, companies are still failing to tackle their information security risks
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Analysis
Law firms fail to face up to risk
A recent study suggests that law firms are failing to identify their risk exposures
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Features
Test Your Emergency Response
How and when should you test your crisis plans - and why should you bother? asks Peter Power
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Analysis
Disclosure boosting pay deals
More disclosure is not a miracle cure for spiralling executive pay
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Analysis
Blowing the whistle
A fifth of employees in the UK would blow the whistle on malpractice if they could do so without fear of repercussions
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Analysis
Absence down, costs up
The annual cost to employers has risen by more than a billion pounds
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Analysis
Processes not people
Research by Ernst & Young’s real estate, hospitality and construction group reveals that the top 75 UK construction companies take risk management seriously
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Features
Nigeria And The New Scams
Recent evidence suggests that “419” frauds have got more sophisticated.
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Analysis
Managing people pays
US consultancy Watson Wyatt shows that superior human resources practices are a leading indicator of increased shareholder value.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Greater need for risk management
Risk management has never been so important, and AIRMIC members have never been so active
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Analysis
Flexible working
New UK government proposals will give parents the right to request flexible working
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Analysis
Pensions for fixed-termers
Confederation of British Industry warns that Government proposals give workers on fixed-term contracts the same right to a company pensions
