Given the total chaos we have seen in just the first two weeks of 2026; (Venezuela, pub taxation, Tankers, pub taxation, Iran, pub taxation, Greenland, pub taxation, ICE,  pub taxation and Storm Goretti, it would be very tempting to write my first missive of the year by jumping on the bandwagon and warbling on about handling a crisis. At Aldbury after all, we believe we are pretty good at helping firms put their Crisis Management Teams in a strong position to do this. I’m not

Aldbury International was approached by a financial services firm following an FCA review of its Operational Resilience Self-Assessment. 

In the world of Operational Resilience, failure isn’t something to avoid - it’s something to learn from. This article explores why regulators such as the FCA and PRA expect firms to test beyond the point of failure, how effective crisis management teams respond under pressure, and why true resilience is built through challenge, not comfort.