Business continuity and emergency management

Find out about business continuity planning and emergency management.

Business continuity

Our Business Continuity team supports businesses to prepare for, and respond to, incidents that can cause unplanned disruptions such as loss of staff, premises, IT or suppliers.

By having a Business Continuity Plan, you can identify key business risks in advance and put strategy in place that allows you to act faster and recover more quickly from events like power cuts, cyber attacks, flooding and health emergencies, limiting any financial or reputational damage. 

The Risk Ready Businesses | Local Resilience Forum page provides information and resources to help you strengthen your business resilience.

For more advice and information, please contact the Business Continuity team:

Email: businesscontinuity@leics.gov.uk
Phone: 0116 305 5400

Emergency management

The Emergency Management team is part of the LLR Resilience Partnership team. It is responsible for ensuring that all local authorities within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are able to respond to major incidents and meet their responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004

This includes producing and maintaining the following plans:

  • Major Incident Plan
  • Emergency Centre Plans
  • Evaluation Plans
  • Pipeline Plan
  • Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Plans

The Local Resilience Forum website provides more information on preparing for and responding to emergencies.

For more information, please contact the Emergency Management team:

Email: communityresilience@leics.gov.uk
Phone: 0116 305 6101