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The British Red Cross is calling for the law to be updated to give individuals and communities alike more say in how they’re treated and the support they receive during an emergency scenario. Currently, the Emergency Services, Government bodies and councils, who together are responsible for…

Research collaboration organisation Lighthill Risk Network Ltd (Lighthill) has announced its support for a major collaborative risk research project together with joint Government and insurance initiative Flood Re. The organisations have launched a report entitled ‘Flood Research Needs of the (Re)insurance Sector: Collaborating to Improve…

Data Centre construction is a complex business and, as Ian Dixon asserts, presents a unique collection of challenges compared to other buildings of a comparable size. A Data Centre provider’s reputation depends entirely on its ability to keep information safe and secure for as long as…

PerpetuityARC Training, which is part of the Linx International Group, has launched a distance learning option for its popular Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management BTEC Level 4 qualification. The new online course is said to be “perfect” for security, operations and facilities managers and all other executives with…

A number of devastating earthquakes and powerful storms rendered 2016 the costliest 12 months for natural catastrophe losses in the last four years. That’s according to a study conducted by the Munich Re Group, which shows that losses totalled US$175 billion, a good two-thirds more than…

Political risk, cyber security, bribery and oil price and financial market fluctuations are among the chief concerns for businesses being voiced by some of the UK’s leading risk experts as they look ahead to 2017. Nicola Crawford CFIRM, chair of the Institute of Risk Management…

Who’s running the data centres for your business? Where are they located and what applications and data are held in situ? When assessing the suitability of Disaster Recovery as a Service provision, Alex Rabbetts examines why security and risk professionals ought to be conducting health…