Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery IT Services
AMVIA delivers this service as part of our managed IT portfolio for UK businesses. Fixed monthly pricing, no hidden fees, and a team that understands your business.
Business continuity planning ensures your organisation can maintain critical operations during a cyberattack, system failure, or natural disaster. AMVIA's business continuity service covers risk assessment, recovery time objective (RTO) planning, backup infrastructure, and tested DR runbooks. Most UK SMEs can recover from a major incident within four hours with the right plan in place.
Why This Matters
What's Included
Everything you get with this managed service.
Proactive Protection
Continuous monitoring and threat detection to prevent incidents before they impact your business.
Expert Management
UK-based engineers handle configuration, updates, and incident response — so you don't have to.
Regular Reporting
Monthly reports on security posture, incidents handled, and recommended improvements.
Dedicated Support
Direct access to your account team for questions, changes, and escalations.
How We Build Your Continuity Plan
From risk assessment to tested recovery — your business is protected within weeks, not months.
Business Impact Analysis
We identify your critical systems, acceptable downtime thresholds, and recovery priorities with your team.
Recovery Design
We architect backup, replication, and failover solutions tailored to your RPO and RTO requirements.
Implementation
Backup systems, cloud replicas, and disaster recovery runbooks are deployed and documented.
Testing & Drills
Regular recovery drills verify your plan works under real conditions — with results reviewed and plans updated quarterly.
Why Choose AMVIA for Business Continuity
UK-based specialists delivering measurable results for businesses of every size.
Sheffield-Based, UK-Focused
Our engineering and support team operates from Sheffield. We understand UK compliance requirements, network infrastructure, and the specific challenges facing British businesses.
Accredited & Certified
AMVIA holds Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, and Microsoft Gold Partner status — giving you confidence that our services meet the highest UK security and quality standards.
1,200+ UK Businesses Protected
We manage IT and security for over 1,200 UK businesses across sectors including legal, finance, healthcare, and professional services. Our track record speaks for itself.
Fast, Responsive Support
Critical issues are responded to within one hour. Our helpdesk is available by phone, email, and portal — with dedicated account managers who know your environment.
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Fixed monthly pricing. No lock-in contracts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) defines the maximum acceptable downtime after a disaster, whilst Recovery Point Objective (RPO) specifies the maximum tolerable data loss measured in time. For example, an RPO of one hour means you could lose up to one hour of data. 43% of UK businesses experienced a cybersecurity breach or attack in the past year (DSIT 2025), making clearly defined RTO and RPO targets essential for every organisation.
AMVIA recommends testing your DR plan at least twice per year, with tabletop exercises quarterly. Testing reveals gaps in documentation, outdated contact lists, and configuration drift that could prevent successful recovery. Each test should simulate realistic scenarios — from ransomware attacks to hardware failures — and results should be documented with remediation actions tracked to completion.
A business impact analysis (BIA) identifies your critical systems and processes, ranks them by priority, and quantifies the financial and operational impact of downtime. It forms the foundation of your continuity plan by determining which systems need the fastest recovery. SME IT support costs typically range £35–£65/user/month for fully managed services (industry benchmark), but the cost of unplanned downtime without a BIA far exceeds ongoing investment.
Cloud DR replicates your critical servers and data to a secure cloud environment, enabling rapid failover if your primary infrastructure fails. Unlike traditional DR, which requires a second physical site, cloud DR scales on demand and charges only for the resources consumed during normal operation. AMVIA configures automated replication to UK-based data centres, with failover tested and documented as part of your continuity plan.
With a well-designed DR plan, most UK SMEs can restore critical systems within two to four hours. Cloud-based failover can reduce RTO to under one hour for virtualised workloads. Without a plan, recovery can take days or weeks. AMVIA's continuity service includes pre-configured recovery runbooks, automated backup verification, and regular DR drills to ensure your business meets its defined recovery objectives.
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