Barnett Waddingham has acquired specialist advisory firm Risk Evolves, bolstering its risk and resilience offering across cyber security, data privacy, ESG and compliance.

The Cyber Monitoring Centre has categorised the disruption to retailers M&S and Co-op following the April 2025 cyber incident as a Category 2 systemic event. In its first live public assessment of a cyber incident's financial impact in the UK, the CMC estimates the ransomware attack on the two retailers and associated parties cost somewhere between £270m and £440m.

The 27th annual Business Continuity Awards took place last week at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square. Congratulations to all our finalists and especially to Business Continuity Resilience Manager of the Year, Helen Tang of SmartDCC, and Newcomer of the Year, Will Wingfield of National Grid...

FM has announced a strategic research partnership with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology designed to help businesses better anticipate climate and cyber risks. Leveraging LIST’s research in cyber security, digital twins, Earth observation and artificial intelligence, the collaboration seeks to better understand the chain reactions behind business interruptions.

Ongoing policy uncertainty, high inflation and global supply chain pressures continue to weigh on UK business sentiment, according to Dun and Bradstreet’s latest UK Business Optimism Insights report. Its UK Business Optimism Index fell by a further 1.0% in Q2 2025, extending the sharp decline recorded in the previous quarter.

Satellite monitoring provider ICEYE has added utility and energy organisations to its list of sectors supported by SAR-based disaster monitoring and response solutions. The new offering comes ahead of the 2025 hurricane season, which officially starts in June.

A series of National Occupational Standards for Resilience and Emergencies have been published by the UK’s Cabinet Office through its new standard setting body The Workforce Development Trust.

The Government has pledged to transform crisis training for thousands of public and private sector workers with its “cutting edge” Resilience Academy, launched this week. At least 4,000 people are set to be trained at the Academy’s North Yorkshire campus every year, it says, on business continuity planning, crowd management and crisis communications.

What price digital security?

Specialist insurer CFC has today announced the launch of a new cyber product designed for businesses with revenues up to £250m. Among the features of the new policy, Cyber Proactive Response offers interim payments for business interruption; income loss from lost or missed bids; and affirmative coverage for AI events. The policy also covers theft of physical goods and invoice manipulation; emergency continuity costs; and contingent bodily injury coverage.

The deadline for the 2025 Business Continuity Awards has been extended by two weeks. Celebrating achievement in business continuity, security and resilience, the Business Continuity Awards are the most anticipated and celebrated event in the business continuity calendar, providing unrivalled networking, alongside a night of entertainment and celebration.

There is no escaping it. Cyber security is no longer something that can just be passed to the IT department to deal with. Managing the risk is a team effort – from the frontline to the boardroom. This is a guide for members of the latter.

On the importance of being covered for IT downtime

The 2025 Business Continuity Awards are open for entries. Celebrating achievement in business continuity, security and resilience, the Business Continuity Awards are the most anticipated and celebrated event in the business continuity calendar, providing unrivalled networking, alongside a night of entertainment and celebration.

There are no shortcuts for buyers of governance, risk and compliance tools, who must navigate a complex and time-intensive process to identify and select the right tools for their businesses. This is the conclusion drawn by Gartner in its latest analysis of the GRC market, published this week.