What is Strategic Business Planning?
Every business has goals and aspirations. Whether it be to increase profits, expand market engagement or to grow your audience, you know where you want your business to go. But do you know how to get there? And what will you do if an emergency arises and disrupts these plans? While you may have the vision in your head, strategically planning for how to get there is vital in ensuring that your team is aware of what the […]
Coles Checkouts: a quick lesson in business continuity and IT recovery
As a firm’s reliance on technology increases, so does its risk! Last Friday, shoppers were forced to abandon their shopping trolleys in Coles stores. Every one of the supermarket behemoth’s 800 stores was affected by a “technical issue” which disabled every single checkout terminal. Although Coles restored their checkout terminals by Saturday morning, this was […]
Is now the time for Business Continuity Planning?
Now is the perfect time to develop or amend a Business Continuity Plan Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, businesses have been forced to adapt quickly, without warning and the ability to prepare. Many employees now work from home. We have watched employers implement new technologies, software, and protocols. We have seen institutions creating physical barriers and marking floors seemingly […]
Reducing costs sustainably during COVID-19
Never let a good crisis go to waste. With firms continuing to work from home, office rationalisation will soon follow. Businesses and government departments have discovered that working from home arrangements have created efficiencies in many cases. Since March, employees have worked from home for health and safety reasons and to stem the spread of […]