Company News

This is our area for journalists, the media and others with a specific interest in the following:

• Business continuity planning & management
• IT & business governance (including ITIL and Solvency II)
• Project delivery
• Executive support

Our latest press releases are shown below. If you can't find what you're looking for or would like expert opinion from a consultant or comment from an executive from please email our communications team and we'll do our best to help.

Latest News

1st May 2012 - Agility with Good Governance

Is it One or the Other? There are few people who would argue that agility isn’t a good thing for their business. Equally there are few people who would argue that good governance isn’t a good thing for their business. …

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1st May 2012 - Building for an Exit

Starting with the End in Mind The founders of many startup organisations have the dream of selling their organisation one day, perhaps to a big company like Facebook, Google or Microsoft, particularly if they’re a technology based company. The recent …

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30th Apr 2012 - Business Continuity the Business Advantage

Thinking Differently One of the biggest advantages that you can have in business is to have access to people who can think differently. For example, when we first start working with our clients on Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery, …

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27th Apr 2012 - Mid-Size Businesses and the Importance of the CIO

Spending More? As with the rest of the economy, IT spending has certainly reduced from it’s peak a few years ago, however it is on the rise again with Gartner predicting IT spend in 2012 to rise by 5.2% (excluding …

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5th Apr 2012 - What Use is a Virtual IT Director?

Virtual What Now? A Virtual IT Director or Virtual CIO is an outsourced IT executive who provides IT expertise to organisations that can’t find – or can’t justify – a full-time member of staff.  They allowing your organisation to benefit from …

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14th Nov 2011 - Solvency II - Keeping up the momentum

Fifth Step, the City-based compliance and governance specialist, has warned that insurers who delay their implementation programmes as a result of the FSA’s decision to defer Solvency II deadlines risk incurring severe penalties and losing out on valuable operational opportunities.

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1 November 2011 - Come and See Us

We'll be exhibiting with our strategic partner Crisis Commander on stand 17 at the forthcoming BCM World Conference on November 9th and 10th, why not come and see us in person. We look forward to seeing you there. Read More...

9 August 2011 - UK Riots Will Put Companies Out of Business

The recent disturbances in UK cities may have doomed many businesses to failure through inadequate business continuity planning. Read More...

27 July 2011 - News International's Troubles Highlight Poor Risk Control

Study shows many UK companies are seriously exposed to business failure due to inadequate reputation management strategies.Read More...

4 July 2011 - Fifth Step and Crisis Commander Team Up

Business continuity specialists Fifth Step and Crisis Commander join forces to deliver innovative software as a solution (SaaS) business continuity solutions.Read More...