Welcome to episode 8 of ContinuityTalk! Tonight we talk with Chris Batten the Managing Director of Acumin

• How do I get into the industry;
• You need to know your IT as well as contingency;
• Are consultancies still recruiting graduates?
• Whats a good rate for a contractor?
• Whats a good rate for an employee?
• What should companies look for in a recruitment company?
• Markets are opening wider overseas for UK professionals
• Educating users now a big role
• Contractors versus employees
• Which standard will dominate in the next 5 years?

Useful link to great site for business continuity training courses, ContinuityShop. Independent forum of training providers.

This weeks music is from Laura Clapp, and the track is called Let it Rain. You can buy it from the Podsafe Music Network.
Thank you to 6 Alpha Associates who have kindly sponsored this show.

We are currently looking to put together a list of questions/topics that will be covered in the upcoming show, so if you havea burning question or topicthat you would like to seeincluded in the “Q & A” session, then please let us know.If we want to cover your topic on the show, I will contact you beforehand to check whether you are happy to be quoted- i.e.”Mr Jones, from ABC Bank asks “Which qualifications are most desirable nowadays, from a BC perspective?”

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Welcome to Episode 7 of ContinuityTalk!
Tonights show features an interview with the secretary for membership services, Lorraine Darke from the Business Continuity Institute
During the interview there is a call for help with BCI work. Enquiries can be emailed to Lorraine Darke or Chris Green

Links from this weeks news include:

• Boy starts bushfire
• FEMA carry out sham press conference and disgrace themselves
• San Jose Earthquake
• Over 50% of companies have deployed virtualisation solutions

Continuityjobs this week has news of great jobs that are available through RCS Corp .
4 banks are is looking for business continuity analysts, a financial services firm is looking for a director of business continuity and security and a consultancy is looking for experienced business continuity consultants . If you want to take these further then get in touch with Owen Jobling or a member of his team at

This weeks music is from:
Amy Kuney who sings So Help Me God and;
David Usher with The Music
If you enjoy the tracks, follow the links and purchase them DRM free from the Podsafe Music Network.

Thank you to Evolve Business Consultancy who have once again kindly sponsored this show.

Welcome to episode 6 of ContinuityTalk!
Tonights show features an interview with disaster recovery veteran Dennis Thomas from NDR
The interview makes reference to the brilliant recovery operation by Epson following the Buncefield incident
Links from this weeks news include:

• Essex County Council and the Cabinet Office produce a new video on the Civil Contingencies Act
• Sungard open a new workplace recovery centre in Leatherhead, UK
• IBM open a new business continuity centre in Cork, Ireland
• The Canadian securities industry carry out a large exercise

Once again some of our news was harnessed from the excellent business continuity news website, ContinuityCentral.com.

Continuityjobs this week has news of great jobs that are being fielded by RCS Corp. Congratulations to Mark Newsome on joining Northern Trust Bank as the EMEA Head of BCM and Vince West on joining Marsh as a Management Consultant in Business Continuity.
RCS currently have 26 business continuity positions, 7 Risk position and 9 security roles live for this week. If you want to take these further then get in touch with Owen Jobling or a member of his team at o.jobling@rcs-corp.co.uk

This weeks music is from:

• David McMillin who sings Goodbye Southern Skies and;
• Angelique Kidjo with Salalah (featuring Peter Gabriel

If you enjoy the tracks, follow the links and purchase them DRM free from the Podsafe Music Network.

Thank you to Evolve Business Consultancy who have once again kindly sponsored this show.

Welcome to Episode 5 of ContinuityTalk! This weeks news stories include:
The start date for the offence of Corporate Manslaughter
VMWare update their software to meet new demand
BCI hold flooding workshop in November 2007
This week we meet with Georgine Thorburn of Document SOS to talk about document recovery and salvage.
This weeks music is from Lee Coulter, and the track is called Booty Voodoo. You can buy it from the Podsafe Music Network.
Thank you to Evolve Business Consultancy who have once again kindly sponsored this show.
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