2025 conference

Just the ticket! Changing tracks and bridging the gaps in core archival practices - BOOKING NOW OPEN!

A Business Archives Conference, 13th November 2025, York

In 2025 the Business Archives Council and the Business Archives Council of Scotland will hold their joint annual conference in York. The conference will take place on Thursday 13th November 2025 at the National Railway Museum with online attendance also available.

Our theme is Just the Ticket! Changing tracks and bridging the gaps in core archival practices. This conference theme will explore the idea of going back to basics in our modern world and share new approaches to core archival activities such as appraisal and cataloguing, collections care and access to archives. As well as innovative ways in which archivists have advocated for their service, positioned themselves in their organisation or delivered outreach activities.

For a look at the full conference programme, please click here#mce_temp_url#

Booking:

  • Booking for the conference is now open, please book via our website page here#mce_temp_url#

Conference bursaries:

The Business Archives Council and the Business Archives Council of Scotland make available up to four bursaries to attend their joint annual conference. Bursaries are open to members and non-members of the BAC and BACS. Applicants for the bursaries needed to meet one of the following criteria:

  • Be a student or
  • Be a recent graduate (in the last 3 years) or
  • Be a qualified archivist, currently out-of-employment (this excludes consultants and freelancers) or
  • Be retired from the archives profession or retired with an interest in business history

The bursary covers full conference attendance, including up to £150 for travel & accommodation expenses (receipts will be required ahead of reimbursement.) The following should also be noted:

  • Applicants must confirm that any costs they claim will not be paid by their employer, and that their employer has not already registered them as a delegate at the Conferences.
  • Successful applicants will be asked to provide a short report on their experience at the conference to be used in various BAC & BACS communications and encouraged to contribute to the reporting of the conference through social media while the conference is taking place.

To apply for a bursary, please contact Business.Bites.Contact@gmail.com.


Additional Information

The National Railway Museum is just a few minutes away from York Railway Station which is one of the best connecting train stations in the country with a direct line to London (only 2 hours away), Edinburgh (only 2.5 hours away), Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham.

Further information can be found on the BACS websitehttps://busarchscot.org.uk/events/ and the BAC website https://businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/activitiesobjectives/conference/

Any questions should be directed toBusiness.Bites.Contact@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.