{"id":8152,"date":"2020-03-19T16:26:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T16:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavendishconsulting.com\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2020-03-19T16:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T16:26:03","slug":"what-to-prepare-for-next-covid-19-and-business-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cavendishconsulting.com\/article\/what-to-prepare-for-next-covid-19-and-business-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"What to prepare for next: Covid-19 and business planning"},"content":{"rendered":"
The UK has now moved from a \u201cdelay\u201d to \u201csuppression\u201d phase in its attempt to halt the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
As the Government ramps up its response to COVID-19 it seems likely that London may be put on some form of lockdown over the coming days, with new measures put in place to ensure people stay at home and reduce the people-to-people spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
The usual crisis mantra of \u201cprepare, adapt, respond, recover\u201d is now being challenged as never before. COVID-19 will prove to be one of the most complex crises that mankind has \u00a0experienced for generations, and the challenges facing the UK \u2013 and the rest of the world – will evolve and change as the weeks pass.<\/p>\n
The UK has the benefit of being able to see what the future of COVID-19 holds by looking abroad \u2013 to mainland Europe and further East, to countries that are two days, one week, or one month ahead of the UK\u2019s trajectory.<\/p>\n
Organisations should not be planning for the UK to be able to buck the trend and contain the virus imminently, but instead focussing on making sure that they are prepared for what is yet to come.<\/p>\n
Over the next two days, organisations should be actively and quickly planning ahead. Three key areas of business planning should include:<\/p>\n
For further information please contact jenny.riddell-carpenter@becg.com<\/a> and visit our Covid-19 response page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the UK has now moved from a \u201cdelay\u201d to \u201csuppression\u201d phase, what should businesses do to prepare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_expertise":[],"post_service":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n