{"id":6891,"date":"2020-09-24T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ie\/blog\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:00:24","slug":"business-continuity-manage-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ie\/blog\/business-continuity-manage-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Business continuity: Here&#8217;s what you can do to manage uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ie\/blog\/category\/strategy-legal-operations\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Strategy, Legal &amp; 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