CBI Chief Says Business Must Review Security and Safety

CBI Director General, Sir Digby Jones, has urged firms to re-assess their vulnerability to security and safety threats in January 2006.

He said that everyone in business needs to spend some time this January re-assessing their business risk after a year that has seen a major increase in UK mainland terrorism and a major incident at the UK’s fifth largest oil and petrol distribution depot.

The CBI has identified six main areas where companies need to concentrate their efforts. These include:

• Controlling Entries & Exits;
  
• Physical Security Technology;
  
• Physical Security Basics;
  
• Validation of Staff.

Sir Digby concluded, "Having the right plan and the right people in the right places can ensure that your business survives no matter what. It is a vital self-help insurance policy that everyone in business must have."

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