About Us


In OCTO we are committed to excellence. Our collective abilities span risk management, business management, HSE regulation, corporate governance, security, military command and blue light response.

All of our consultants have been there and done it and perhaps more importantly are specialists in transferring their experience to you.

OCTO is a specialist crisis and emergency management consultancy with a long and honourable provenance in training and tutoring crisis and emergency managers in Blue Chip corporate, UK public sector and UK and overseas Government clients.






Why Octo

  • Europe's foremost authority on the leadership and management of crisis and emergency situations
  • Stimulating, inspirational training
  • Comprehensive range of supporting products
  • Innovative facilitation
  • Committed to excellence

When reputation meets reality.

  • Construe your Board for crisis survival
  • Prepare your organisation to react
  • Protect and even build your reputation
  • Plan for business survival
  • Prepare your people to 'perform under pressure'
  • Be current in recent crisis case studies
     
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Why failure is not an option.

  • Benchmark your emergency arrangements
  • Plan effective and compliant response
  • Train and assess individual performance
  • Design your emergency facilities
  • Research and development
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Where integrity, purpose and people prevail.

  • Select your leaders of the future - accurately
  • Develop leaders to 'perform under pressure'
  • Recover failing projects
  • Coach top executives for sensitive, high-pressure roles
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Where resilience means survival.

  • Corporate resilience strategy
  • Ensure business survival
  • Civil resilience planning
  • Multi and single agency response
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Our Services

  • Exercises

    Our experienced team can support you develop, plan and conduct the full spectrum from live national crisis to single agency tactical table top exercises.

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  • Training

    We deliver a comprehensive range of bespoke training services and products, from Board level to the sharp end, including accreditation of personnel in crisis roles.

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  • Consultancy

    We offer crisis, leadership, resilience and emergency management services with first class experienced consultants. We will work with you to deliver world class preparedness.

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  • Crisis Communications

    We field highly experienced media professionals and provide a wide range of services to protect and even build your reputation in crisis.

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  • Software Support

    We have developed a wide range of software products that will enhance or simplify the process of incident management, including exercising and simulation.

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  • Audit and Review

    Use our benchmarking model for major hazard emergency management - EMPIRE, which stands for "emergency management performance indicators and risk evaluation".

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To discuss any of our Products or Services call us on

01244 405270