It’s very easy for small business owners to get caught up in the daily life of business. After all, business as usual activities can pretty much fill the day. There’s always some paperwork and administrative functions that need doing and you may have a team of people supporting you who need to be organised and managed. Add to that a focus on business growth and there’s more than enough to deal with.

However, if you haven’t already done so, it’s important that you take a step back and give some serious consideration to putting a plan in place to deal with disaster recovery. How would you cope if a disaster struck your business? How quickly could you get back up and running? Research shows that the faster a business is able to get back up and running, the better its chances of long term survival. Having a plan in place is a big step in the right direction to helping with business survival.

Your disaster recovery plan should focus on your immediate priorities following a disaster. This will include making sure all your employees are safe and accounted for, stabilising the situation and finding an alternative place to work as quickly as possible. This may all seem quite daunting and feel like it could be an expensive exercise but fortunately help is at hand in the form of First Recovery.

First Recovery is a disaster recovery specialist with a team of experts experienced in assisting businesses in a disaster situation. Once they receive the phone call requesting help, First Recovery deploy a Disaster Event Manager to co-ordinate the recovery process. If the call comes in in the morning they will be on site before the end of the day, bringing with them the reassurance of their experience in handling a crisis in a calm and focused way.

Within 24 hours of receiving the call, the Disaster Event Manager will have set the business up in alternative premises within a 5 mile radius of the original offices. They will have got the IT system in place, including the website, email and other online services. They will also have got the telephony systems working again, with contact numbers diverted to the new number. With essential administration and communication systems back up and running, the business can get back to working as normal, presenting a slick, efficient face to the outside world. To all intents and purposes, it’s as if nothing has happened. The speed in which this is done could mean the difference between a business failing or surviving.

You may be wondering what this service costs. If you think it sounds expensive, we’re hoping you’ll be pleasantly surprised. First Recovery was set up with the small and medium sized business in mind; products have price tags to match. For small businesses employing between one and 20 people, there is a recovery product designed for six people at a cost of £625 + VAT. If your business is a bit bigger and you employ between 10 and 100 people, the cost of a package for 12 people is £895 + VAT. Rather like insurance, these packages are annual and the service can be renewed each year. Unlike insurance, there’s no underwriting, no assessment of risk. It’s a flat cost based on business size.

The service provided by First Recovery compares very favourably to other disaster recovery specialists. Typically these are designed by large corporates, such as Deloittes and IBM, for large multi-nationals and their services have price tags to match.

If what we’ve described has piqued your interest, why not get in touch with First Recovery to find out more? You can also get more information on the support we provide on our website. So why not take the first step and give your business the protection it deserves?