Useful Links

Business Archive Specific

Business Archives Council of Scotland – independent archive body for the preservation of business archives in Scotland.

http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/bacs/default.html

The National Archives – advice to corporate and institutional owners

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives/advice-corporate.htm

Society of Archivists Business Records Group – specialist interest group representing the interests of business records within the Society of Archivists.

http://www.archives.org.uk/thesociety/specialinterestgroups/businessrecordsgroup.html

Researching Business History

Access to Archives (A2A) – catalogues from archives in England and Wales

http://www.a2a.org.uk

British Library Business Information Service

http://www.bl.uk/bis

Companies House – United Kingdom company information exchange

http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk

International Centre for Business History

http://www.rdg.ac.uk/business/Research/Centres/bus-CIBH.asp

The National Archives – National Register of Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra

The National Archives – Research Guide: Business History

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=375&j=1

SCoRe (Search Company Records) – catalogue of printed company reports held in United Kingdom libraries

http://www.score.ac.uk

Business History Societies

Association of Business Historians

http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/abh/

Economic History Society

http://www.ehs.org.uk/

The European Association for Banking and Financial History e.V.

http://www.eabh.info/

Data Protection and Freedom of Information

The UK Information commissioner

http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk

The Lord Chancellor's department

http://www.lcd.gov.uk/foi

The National Archives Pages on data protection, which includes a guide to download for archivists and records managers

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/policy/dp

Corporate Social Responsibility

The UK government gateway to corporate social responsibility
http://www.societyandbusiness.gov.uk

Business in the Community
http://www.bitc.org.uk/

Community Archives

http://www.communityarchives.org.uk/

Corporate Governance and Accountability

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators publishes guides on all aspects of corporate governance and issues a guide to the duties of a Company Secretary which includes care for company archives and statutory records, and a guide to document retention

http://www.icsa.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60

Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

http://www.accountability.org.uk/

Social accountability international

http://www.cepaa.org/

Business Archives Council discussion list

A discussion list for those concerned with Business Archives was set up in July 1998 and hosted by the University of Glasgow. The web archive of the discussion list by thread can be found at http://www.gla.ac.uk/External/BusArch


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