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UK's financial sector conducts disaster recovery drill

Britain's financial sector is conducting a market-wide business continuity test today that will assess firms' readiness for dealing with a major crisis such as a natural disaster or a terrorist attack.

28 November 2005

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City financial firms given priority access to telephone network

Large financial firms in the City of London are to be given access to priority telephone networks following the terrorist bombings on 7 July.

02 November 2005