Resilience Toolkit

Small and medium-sized businesses often face significant barriers when it comes to planning for future risks—primarily due to limited time and capacity. Research by the Enterprise Research Centre shows that many are underprepared when crises strike, even though businesses that engage in advance planning tend to recover more strongly.

The  Resilience Toolkit is designed to help business leaders reflect on the strengths and vulnerabilities of their operations and identify their most likely future risks. It offers a structured and accessible process to make crisis planning more manageable and effective.

Author(s): Enterprise Research Centre and NICRE.

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