• 46% of FTSE 250 companies said it would take less than a day
      for a serious disruption to impact significantly on their business

• A Department of Trade and Industry survey suggests that 70%
      of small businesses would go out of business within a year if they
      experienced a major disaster; 40% of businesses do not reopen;
      and another 40% fail within eighteen months of the event

• 58% of UK businesses were disrupted by September 11th, of
      which one in eight were seriously affected

• 90% of businesses who lose their data are forced to close down
      within two years

• The Home Office estimates that, on average, nearly one in five
      businesses suffer a major disruption every five years and a
      business without a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) has only a
      low chance of survival

• 80% of businesses without a Business Continuity Plan close
      within 18 months of a major incident    

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A business without a
Business Continuity Plan
has a very low chance
of survival and may
leave Partners, Directors
and Business Owners
personally liable

Sources: British Standards Institute, Home Office, DTI