Photographs of staff of the Cardiff branch of the London City and Midland Bank in 1918. Courtesy of HSBC Group Archives.
IMPORTANT UPDATE 2008
Katey Logan was appointed in April 2008 to deliver a business development stratey for England and Wales, building on the work that was started by the Business Records Development Officer. Katey is employed by a consortium of fund holders which includes the Council. To find out more about take a look at the article by Katey in the Summer 2008 edition of the newsletter.
IMPORTANT UPDATE Q1 2006
The Council was pleased to announce that in late 2005 all funding requirements for the post of Business Records Development Officer were met and in early 2006 an Officer was appointed. More information will be available in the soon to be published 2006 Spring Newsletter (May 2006).
IMPORTANT UPDATE - May 2005:
At the last meeting of the Round Table there was a concensus that solutions to many of the problems could only be found through the creation of a dedicated post. Consequently, in December 2004 the Round Table wrote to The National Archives (TNA) requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of creating a two year, full-time post for a Business Records Development Officer, based at Kew. TNA welcomed the approach and a meeting was then held in April 2005 to discuss the objectives, governance and funding for such a post. The mood of the meeting was very supportive and encouraging and the creation of such a post has moved from a possible to a probable position. The final pieces of the funding jigsaw are now being put in place and we hope to be able to bring you more definite news in the near future.
Background to the Round Table:
It was decided at the BAC 2003 AGM that a Round Table [RT] should be established involving representatives of the business archives community and The National Archive [TNA]. The RT met for the first time in March 2004.
UPDATE:Archives Awareness Campaign – Can you help?
The BAC is working with the Business Records Group of the Society of Archivists in devising a campaign to promote the keeping and exploitation of archives by businesses. The campaign hopes to tap into current business concerns such as Corporate Social Responsibility, accountability and the importance of reputation in order to get the message across. The campaign working party is hoping to set up links with business organisations such as the CBI and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries so the campaign can be targeted directly at key decision makers in a company. The campaign needs case studies and examples to build its case. If you have been involved in using archives to support marketing, product development, litigation, compliance, or CSR work of any kind we would be grateful if you could contact Sara Kinsey on +44 (0)1291 620266, or email to sara@kkinsey.fsnet.co.uk.