The Arndale Centre was the largest covered shopping centre in Europe when it opened in 1979. By 1996 it had 130 000 square metres of retail space with over 230 individual stores laid out on two levels. The centre was owned and managed at the time of the bombing by P&O Properties. Its tenants included […]
As we recalled yesterday, the Manchester City Centre bombing was the largest explosion on the UK mainland since WWII. Reports of possible secondary devices continued for some time after the explosion and Police initially established a cordon at the Inner Ring Road; by Saturday evening the cordoned area had been reduced to an area of
On the morning of 15th June 1996 many people in Manchester were enjoying the fine weather and England’s progress in Euro 96. The City Centre was busy with people last-minute shopping for Father’s Day, but that was about to change… At 11.17am a bomb containing 1500kg of home-made explosive detonated in a van parked outside
Today marks the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fires, and we join with the nation in remembering the victims and survivors of that tragedy. However, this week also marks the 25th anniversary of the Provisional IRA bomb attack on Manchester City Centre in 1996. Miraculously nobody was killed in that attack but: Over 200 people
There has been a lot of activity on the Electrical Safety First website this year. Even discounting the unprecedented 25 product recalls announced in January, UK recalls have been running at an average of five per month over the last four months. This compares to a total of 36 recalls for the whole of 2020,
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So it’s the final day of Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) 2021: what have we learnt this year? Undoubtedly, BCAW 2021 has been dominated by high-profile ransomware events, with a combination of: Continued fallout from the DarkSide attack on Colonial Pipeline earlier in the month; Ongoing disruption to the Irish Health Service following an attack
In a very rare move, the CEO of Colonial Pipeline has confirmed that the company paid a $4.4m ransom to the criminal gang who targeted the company. Whilst survey data suggests that many companies do pay ransoms, it is almost unprecedented for a business leader to be so candid about the issue. Acknowledging that is
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The most recent annual “Causes and Impacts of Data Centre Outages” report by the Uptime Institute gives a fascinating snapshot of the industry. Key findings include: The frequency of data centre outages continues to be a source of concern for both customers and operators: Power issues remain the most common cause of disruption but constitute
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As ever, it has been a busy start to Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) 2021… Over the weekend, Santander in the UK suffered major technical issues affecting branch, telephone, online, app and card services. Sadly, according to figures compiled by the Financial Conduct Authority, this seems to be part of an ongoing problem, with Santander
