Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 114 (15th July 2022)
Published May 2022 – The Heatwave Plan for England is a guide to protect the population from heat-related harm to health. The aims of the plan are to prepare, alert and prevent the major avoidable effects on health during periods of severe heat in England.
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Friday Reading Edition 114 (15th July 2022)
Global warming means extreme heat events are more likely to increase in frequency, intensity, and duration. Organisations should prepare to protect people and ensure business continuity.
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Friday Reading Edition 113 (8th July 2022)
The CBI has worked with members to identify four areas of action businesses take to manage rising costs in their workforce. Within each section there are three areas you can focus on to have the biggest impact.
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Friday Reading Edition 113 (8th July 2022)
Businesses should prepare for a rise in civil unrest incidents as the cost-of-living crisis follows hard on the heels of the Covid pandemic. What can we learn from the protests we saw during the height of the pandemic and what role could social media play in intensifying future disruption?
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Friday Reading Edition 113 (8th July 2022)
[Webpage] Brings together the latest news on industrial action in the UK this summer all on one page.
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Friday Reading Edition 106 (13th May 2022)
After months and weeks of tension, the Russian government’s invasion of Ukraine has elevated concerns for cyber security incidents and the resilience of critical business functions. While there remains a significant amount of uncertainty around the conflict, including the duration, scale and reach, there are some key considerations that can help to evaluate cyber security preparedness levels.
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Friday Reading Edition 104 (29th April 2022)
Even before the Ukraine-Russia conflict, political risk had been rising ever higher on company risk registers. Despite this awareness, the impacts of political or geopolitical shocks to business have often been perceived as limited or localised. Some impacts appeared to be beyond the control of business leaders to manage. The catastrophic events in Ukraine have shattered such assumptions, and left businesses no option but to respond quickly and decisively.
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Friday Reading Edition 103 (22nd April 2022)
On the erosion of organisational culture and social cohesion, declining productivity, and the inability to experiment and iterate.
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Friday Reading Edition 101 (8th April 2022)
Outlines some of the key strategies that businesses can use to stay one step ahead of ransomware extortionists in light of their evolving approaches to targeting and extorting victims.
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Friday Reading Edition 101 (8th April 2022)
Ransomware and warning shots about risk aggregation have added a big dose of complexity into an already complicated cyber risk landscape. Insurers are weighing the delicate balance of growth vs discipline in the face of surging claims and deteriorating profitability.
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