Steelhenge to exhibit at the Museum and Heritage Show as a leading provider of museum business continuity and crisis management services
Having completed an extensive business continuity project for the Natural History Museum, Steelhenge will be exhibiting at the Museum and Heritage Show at Earls Court on 12th and 13th May


SALISBURY, UK, May 12, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Steelhenge Consulting, a leading provider of business continuity and crisis management services, is delighted to announce that they will be exhibiting at the Museum and Heritage Show on 12th and 13th May at Earls Court London. Following the successful implementation of an extensive business continuity project for the Natural History Museum, including crisis management training and the delivery of scenario-based exercises, Steelhenge will be showing their specialist knowledge of Museum business continuity at stand W4. For more information, visit www.steelhenge.co.uk or call 0845 094 2117.

"We're delighted to make this announcement as we have proven experience of working within this sector," commented Isobel Nicholas, Director of Marketing and Communications for Steelhenge. "This experience enables us to help other museums, galleries, libraries and heritage organisations in a variety of ways depending on their needs. We are able to act as trusted advisors reviewing plans they already have in place through to providing specific business continuity and crisis management support services such as training and emergency response exercises. If nothing is currently in place, we have the experience and capability to implement a full business continuity, crisis management and disaster recovery programme."

When asked what the business continuity project for the Natural History Museum involved, Isobel replied; "We took the NHM through all steps of the business continuity planning process, beginning with detailed business impact analyses of all aspects of the museum's functions in order to understand their critical operations. We then developed strategy options based on key business continuity scenarios, such as supply chain failure and loss of premises. From there we developed a plan to meet these needs, validating it through scenario-based exercises and training the museum staff in its implementation."

"Whilst a museum shares many standard business processes with any other organisation, there are some subtle differences in terms of the dependency it has on its collections and the facility that houses it," Isobel explained. "Not many recovery sites come complete with research laboratories and environmentally-controlled storage facilities to house priceless specimens! This adds obvious complexities to the business continuity planning process. The Natural History Museum, like many others, is housed in an exquisite, historical and by default, old building, creating its own challenges in continuity planning."

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has stated that all museums must have business continuity plans in place. "This can be a rather daunting prospect for museum facilities managers," said Isobel. "The Museum and Heritage Show will give us the opportunity to meet the attendees in person, discuss their needs and how we can help them. We're looking forward to the opportunity to extend our museum business continuity expertise to other museums and heritage establishments."

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