Continuity Plan for Business

Rules Based Order or Common Sense? – An Operational Resilience Perspective

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

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Case Study: Strengthening Operational Resilience through rigorous testing background

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

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Success is Failure but Failure is Success

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.

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HR’s role in Crisis Management

Running scenario testing under the UK’s Operational Resilience framework is challenging. Designing severe, plausible and meaningful scenarios is not straightforward and can be a daunting prospect for firms both caught within the framework and the many more outside it who want to be seen to be doing the right thing.

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How to run a severe but plausible crisis exercise - Unlocking the value of scenario testing.

When it comes to scenario testing under the UK’s Operational Resilience framework, the challenge isn’t just running a test, it’s designing one that’s truly severe, plausible, and meaningful.

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