Nearly a third are seriously at risk. Revealing the findings of Action 2000's latest survey, Flower said 28 percent of midsized companies had not taken appropriate action, and 13 percent of companies with 250 or more workers were not prepared for the date change. I would like to see them taking a more rigorous approach to their internal systems. She said there was nothing Action 2000 could do to force companies to upgrade their systems, but she urged them to put formal contingency plans in place. She said there was a dangerous belief among many that if there was going to be a problem, it would happen on Jan. 1, and that would be the end of it.
All business is in a trading relationship up and down.
They hold the key for Britain's trading pattern to be sustained. For most businesses, there will be a series of progressive degradations. For example, when they print out trading results or cash payment records. The hotel and restaurant industry, and the road transport and logistics sector came in at the bottom of the field in preparedness. If those guys let you down, your business may not be able to continue to trade to the same pattern.