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Businesses 'failing in flu pandemic preparations'

A new survey from broker Aon reveals businesses see an influenza pandemic as a very real threat to their futures but are doing little to prepare for it. The survey, which follows the recent launch of Aon’s White Paper (Pandemic Influenza: Managing the Risks of an Invisible Threat), shows that 85.5% of respondents view a possible influenza pandemic as a threat to their business, but just 57% have put measures in place to protect themselves against such a risk.

Employee absence appears to be of greatest concern with 77% of those surveyed ranking this as a significant risk.

The Government has predicted that in the case of an influenza pandemic up to 25% of the

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