We held the Business Archives Council of Scotland's 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the iconic Falkirk Wheel — the world’s only rotating boat lift — on Thursday 28 May, 10:30–13:00. It featured two engaging talks from Scottish Canals professionals, exploring the intersection of records,...
Our second business bites of 2026 took place on the 28th April around the topic of business archive hackathons. What can a hackathon—a format more commonly associated with technology and computer science—offer to business archives? We heard from Dr Hannah-Louise Clark (University of Glasgow) as she shared...
Our first Business Bites of 2026 took place on the 25th Februrary on the topic of Strengthening Data Protection in Cultural Collections: The London Library’s Audit with Naomi Korn Associates. The session discussed how the London Library had partnered with Naomi Korn Associates to undertake a...
Our 'Just the Ticket' conference with Business Archives Council took place on 13th November at the National Railway Museum in York. We were delighted this year to have the support of four sponsors this year to enable us to put on this conference with Soutron Global...
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Our June 2025 Business Bites session was held on Wednesday 25th June on the topic of 'Records at Risk'. Hosted by the UK Crisis Management Team in partnership with the ARA Section for Business Records. This session will hear from the UK National Archives about their records at risk support and...
In June 2025 BACS were delighted to host a one-off summer conference Raise Your Glass!, which explored all the incredible work happening within the drinks industry, and its wider use of heritage and archives in brand storytelling. Over 60 delegates attended at the wonderful Scotch...
In November 2024 we held our joint conference with the Business Archives Council on the theme of ‘Liquid Gold: realising the potential of your business archive collections’. Scotland’s most famous spirit and one of the nation’s greatest exports is affectionately known as liquid gold, and our conference explored the...
The theme of this event is – Commercial Opportunities for Cultural Heritage Organisations Where: Online – via ZoomWhen: 25/09/2024 12.30 – 13.30 What: The creative industries generate approximately £24 billion pounds worth of value to the UK economy. A substantial component of this will be the identification, management and optimisation of...
Business Bites: Environmental Sustainability Our June Business Bites event was on the topic of environmental sustainability. Theme: Environmental Sustainability Where: Online – via Zoom When: Wednesday 26th June 2024, 12.30pm – 13.30pm Last year, we hosted a Business Bites event on Environmental Sustainability. Alexandra Wade from the...