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 161 (14th July 2023)
Sir Richard Shirreff – former NATO Deputy Supreme Commander Europe, co-Founder and Managing Partner of Strategia Worldwide, and keynote panellist at the 2023 Airmic Conference in Manchester – warns that unless NATO increases its support for Ukraine, the West could get pulled into a direct conflict with Russia.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
Attack against pride parade foiled by Austrian police. Two individuals sentenced after plot to destroy 5G masts. New IRA collaborated with organised crime groups.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
As a result of the increasing number of incidents, businesses, schools, hospitals, and institutions are looking to evolve their risk management practices and enhance their financial protection from active assailant attacks.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
Experts from WTW’s Leisure and Hospitality and Special Contingency Risks (SCR) practices discuss the implications of the Protect Duty in the UK in terms of organisational culture and physical security.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
Following the 2005 London bombings, a novel public health programme was instituted to address the mental health needs of survivors. This article describes the rationale for the programme and the outcome data.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
In a global context of what some are calling a ‘perma-crisis’ or ‘poly-crisis’, businesses are increasingly witnessing, directly or indirectly, the impact of protest movements and civil unrest on their operations, a trend that is forecast to grow throughout this year.
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Friday Reading Edition 160 (7th July 2023)
The second in a two-part series on interagency coordination that examines the response to the 2005 London bombings. This article discusses the challenges faced by UK agencies in responding to the attacks and lessons that may be learned from them.
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
Channels 4 speaks to Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe – and keynote panellists at the Airmic Conference in Manchester last week – who was in Kyiv to help Ukraine prepare its case for joining Nato – something it will argue for at July 2023 Vilnius summit.
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
Now the immediate crisis has been averted, attention has turned to what Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short lived mutiny against the Russian miliary leadership has demonstrated and what it may mean for President Putin personally.
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
This report demonstrates why risk and internal audit professionals need to relook at the way they collaborate, as their organisations build resilience amid the maelstrom of geopolitical risks.
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