Coronavirus COVID - 19
Is your business equipped to deal with the impact of Coronavirus? After discussion with several other major MSPs we are releasing the attached document. This is a "non-health" outlook on how Coronavirus will impact your IT and business operations. Traditionally we keep our advisory documents to vCIO customers, but this is an important matter that impacts us all.
Please find the document below. Contact us for further information or insight.
Document Introduction
You will all have undoubtedly seen more and more news articles regarding the Coronavirus COVID-19 and its spread across the world.
The virus now affects 74 countries including almost all of Europe1. The UK infection has gone from 19 cases to 39 cases in the past 5 days and if it continues to grow at its current rate then there is a risk that within 2-3 months as infections peak it will affect a significant number of the UK population2.
In addition to the health risks, there are business-risks stemming from international absences from work, restrictions on international travel and the risk of up to 20% of UK workers being absent from work – simultaneously2. Even if colleagues are not infected, the 2-week “self-isolation” recommendations may lead to employees being forced to remain at home in a “limbo state” – where they do not know whether to claim their time as sick-pay or holiday pay.
While there is no denying that what is happening around the world is worrying and very uncertain, there are many experts providing valuable insight daily to help with understanding the Coronavirus and how to try to and minimise personal risk.
This document looks to concentrate on the business aspect of employees and employment and asks the question, “Could your business continue to function, if you and your colleagues had to work remotely or from home?”. We also look at how the supply-chain will be affected, how hackers are taking advantage, how the EPX service-delivery may be affected and some practical things you can do to ready your business for what is to come.
