Crisis Planning & Communications

Protecting reputation, managing risk

BECG’s expert team has a proven track record in leading the response to some of the UK’s most high-profile crises and issues in the built environment – from leading large fire response incidents and tackling live building safety issues, to dealing with data and cyber issues and national customer service outages.

Our dedicated crisis and issues unit is a senior team made up of former broadcast and broadsheet journalists, crisis communications experts, sector and industry leaders, and political experts operating across the UK.

Working with clients, our dedicated crisis and issues unit leads planning and preparation work to help businesses mitigate risks and avoid issues escalating into crises.

When a crisis incident does occur, BECG’s national team provides senior expertise, on-the-ground leadership and support, and helps organisations minimise reputational damage.

For immediate crisis counsel, please call BECG’s crisis hotline on 020 3697 7630, or contact us at crisis.team@becg.com.

Our offering includes:

Crisis response
Strategy and support to lead the organisational response to real situations, 24/7 both onsite and back office.

Crisis audit and needs analysis
Reviewing your existing crisis management procedures and identifying areas for improvement

Risk register development
Establishing all risks, probability, likely impact, warning signs and responsibilities and developing live risk registers.

Crisis management planning and business continuity planning
Defining and developing action plan for high risk events to achieve effective resolution – mitigation, transfer, avoidance, acceptance.

Immersive scenario testing
Live simulations of crisis events to stress-test effectiveness of crisis management plan and individual / team / organisational performance, and apply key learnings.

Media handling
Proactive and reactive press office support, including press conferences and media handling.

Spokesperson training
Ensuring organisational representatives are confident, competent and on message.

Contact our Crisis Team

Our case studies

Welborne

Raising political profiles

Anglian Water – Managing Odour

National media relations and influencing policy

As the UK has now moved from a “delay” to “suppression” phase, what should businesses do to prepare?

What to prepare for next: Covid-19 and business planning

As the UK moves from a “contain” into a “delay” phase businesses, public institutions and households across the country must now prepare for coronavirus (COVID-19) to become a new reality that will affect the way we go about our everyday lives.

Don’t 'delay' your preparation

This new coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic has sparked a global crisis, and it's set to affect us all. But this virus isn’t just targeting individuals – neither businesses, governments nor society at large are immune to its effects.  

Is your business coronavirus ready?

Please get in touch to discuss how BECG can help your organisation achieve its goals

Crisis Planning & Communications

Protecting reputation, managing risk

Our offering includes:

Our case studies

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As the UK has now moved from a “delay” to “suppression” phase, what should businesses do to prepare?Plus

As the UK moves from a “contain” into a “delay” phase businesses, public institutions and households across the country must now prepare for coronavirus (COVID-19) to become a new reality that will affect the way we go about our everyday lives.Plus

This new coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic has sparked a global crisis, and it's set to affect us all. But this virus isn’t just targeting individuals – neither businesses, governments nor society at large are immune to its effects. Plus

As the UK has now moved from a “delay” to “suppression” phase, what should businesses do to prepare?

As the UK moves from a “contain” into a “delay” phase businesses, public institutions and households across the country must now prepare for coronavirus (COVID-19) to become a new reality that will affect the way we go about our everyday lives.

This new coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic has sparked a global crisis, and it's set to affect us all. But this virus isn’t just targeting individuals – neither businesses, governments nor society at large are immune to its effects.  