The archive service at the Bank of England worked with academic Michael Bennett to research the links between the Bank and the transatlantic slave trade and supported Museum colleagues to communicate a difficult history.
Barclays Group Archives worked with the University of Liverpool to offer two Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentships, whose research has offered new perspectives on how company archives support current business priorities and demonstrated a new approach to archivist and academic collaborations.
Boots Archive collaborated with academics to add a new dimension to the ‘memory box’ concept by featuring smells to engage people living with dementia. In doing so it supported the business’s social responsibility aims and supported pharmacists to have ‘Dementia Friend’ training.
The planned deposit of the archives of E & A Wates, retail furnishing and interior design business, with Special Collections at London Metropolitan University became a successful rescue mission. The Special Collections team is now using the collection to engage students.
M&S Archive developed its capacity to preserve born-digital and digitised records, with its IT Director acting as a key supporter to progress this crucial work.
How Nationwide established and developed its archive service, becoming an accredited service under the Archive Service Accreditation scheme within six years.
The Sainsbury Archive supported the 150th anniversary celebrations of the business and the positive impacts this has had on the profile of the archive service.
Unilever’s archive service worked closely with fashion and communications students from Liverpool John Moores University by providing access to, and understanding of, archival material in their collections.
How Reckitt’s Heritage and Stakeholder Engagement Advisor initiated and led on securing internal support to improve management of its archive collections, enabling the business to better utilise its history.
Working in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture, Transport for London’s archive service has brought its collections to a wider audience online through a series of exhibitions.
West Sussex Record Office has preserved and made accessible the archive of airline entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker.
How The Bus Archive secured support and funding to re-house its collections.