Merrycon regularly produces papers on Business Continuity topics for the benefit of both Business Continuity professionals and Merrycon’s clients.

To receive copies of any of the papers listed below, send a request by email to: info@merrycon.co.uk

Merrycon’s Approach to Business Continuity Management (BCM)
All too often, the time, complexity, and cost of introducing Business Continuity Management and developing a Business Continuity Plan are seen as disproportionate to the benefit. To overcome these obstacles, Merrycon has developed a package of structured consultancy and software aimed at enabling organisations to introduce the discipline and deploy an effective Business Continuity Plan quickly, easily, and at an affordable price. This document describes Merrycon's Business Continuity package and provides potential clients with an idea of the costs and time that will be involved.

Have you tested the recovery of your critical systems?
An example of what might happen when an organisation develops IT recovery plans and fails to take that extra step in actually testing the recovery of its critical systems..

Why Business Continuity
All organisations, be they a small corner shop, a large company, a government department, or a charity, are continually faced with decisions about how their resources should be deployed, and quite rightly ask the question “Why should we invest in Business Continuity?” This paper provides answers to that question.

Business Continuity Planning - How Long Should It Take?
One of the most frequent questions asked by potential clients is “How long will it take to produce a Business Continuity Plan, and what will it cost?” The cost is specific to each organisation and depends on many things, but the answer to the first part of the question is “It should take about three months, and never more than six.” This paper explains why we say this.

Business Continuity and SMEs
It is a well-known and much publicised fact that very few small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a business continuity plan (BCP). Most of the publicity laments the fact and encourages SMEs to take action to rectify the situation. This paper analyses the reasons why, and proposes a strategy for change.

How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan
This paper provides a simple step-by-step approach to developing a Business Continuity Plan.

How to Test a Business Continuity Plan
This paper provides a simple step-by-step approach to testing a Business Continuity Plan.

Why did the Risk Manager cross the road?
A lighthearted look at the pitfalls of Risk Management.

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