Preparing your business
Find out how to prepare your business for the unexpected.
The Sunshine Coast is a resilient and diverse business community, but severe weather and unexpected disruptions can impact your business operations, staff, supply chains and more.
Taking simple steps to prepare your business can reduce disruption, lead to faster recovery and help keep your business operating when it matters most.
Follow the steps below to help you strengthen your business resilience before, during or after an event.
1. Get prepared with Council’s Be Prepared Guide
Build your business readiness using Council’s practical Be Prepared Guide. Complete the ‘Storm readiness checklist’ on page 3, to ensure you’re disaster ready.
Download the Be Prepared guide - a guide for business continuity during weather events.
2. Create a simple continuity plan
Use Council’s Resilient Business Series to identify the risks to your business and create a simple continuity plan that helps you mitigate impacts, respond effectively during disruptions, maintain critical operations, communicate with staff and customers, and recover more quickly.
The Resilient Business Series | Sunshine Coast Council
3. Stay informed and ready to act
Stay up to date with local warnings, weather events and disruptions by accessing Council’s Disaster Hub. Being informed allows you to act early, protect your staff and minimise disruption to your business.
More tools to support your business preparedness:
Queensland Small Business Disaster Hub
Practical guidance and checklists to help your business prepare, respond and recover from disruptions. - Small business disaster hub | Business Queensland
Get Ready Queensland
Identify your risk, access additional tools and practical advice to prepare your business for severe weather. Get Ready QLD – Preparing your small business
ASBFEO Disaster Preparation Checklist
Check out the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman disaster preparation information for a practical checklist covering risks, insurance, data backup and recovery planning tools. Disaster preparation and recovery | ASBFEO
Council’s Disaster Hub
Visit Council’s Disaster Hub for real-time updates, local warnings and essential information to help you prepare for, respond to and recover from events affecting the Sunshine Coast. Disaster Hub - Sunshine Coast
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