In honor of National Backwards day why not keep your business prepared before disaster with and ERP with SERVPRO.

1/31/2018 (Permalink)

Be backwards! Prepare for disaster now, before it strikes.

Today is National backwards day, and a great way to celebrate is by doing things backwards to benefit your business.  An Emergency Ready Plan (ERP) is preparing your business for disaster before it strikes.

Here are some facts you may not know about business disasters:

• Nearly 40% of small businesses close after a disaster, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

• 75% of small businesses do not have a disaster recovery plan in place,according to a 2015 survey of 500 small business owners conducted by Nationwide.

• 52% of small businesses say it would take at least three months to recovery from a disaster, according to the same survey.

• Only 18% of companies surveyed that have fewer than 50 employees have a disaster recovery plan, according to the same survey.

• 51% of the hundreds of businesses surveyed for the 2014 Disaster Recovery Preparedness Benchmark Survey received a failing gradewhen it came to disaster recovery preparedness.

• 60% of respondents surveyed for the same report said that in spite of their best efforts, their disaster recovery plans were not useful during their during their worst events.

• Only 25% of businesses that close due to a major disaster ever reopen, according to the Institute for Business & Home Safety.

Don't let your business be a part of these statistics!  Work your disaster backwards, before it happens, by calling SERVPRO of Alachua County West for your ERP Today!