Championing Archaeological Businesses
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Direct and Grassroots Advocacy for Associations
Amanda Stratton (ACRA), took FAME members through how ACRA advocates with politicians and some methods that we could adopt as…
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FAME H&S Standards Advice – life after CSCS
Luke Brannlund (Cotswold Archaeology), the chair of the FAME H&S group, gave a presentation at the FAME Forum about our…
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Buried Archaeology & Solar Farms: a talk on the new practice guide
Rob Sutton, from Cotswold Archaeology, discussed the new Archaeology & Solar Farms at the FAME Forum and provided some insights…
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Buying Business Continuity at PCA
We record and publish the talks from our FAME Forum, whenever we can, to ensure as many people can benefit…
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Collaborative Approaches to Bioarchaeology and Biomolecular Archaeology in Commercial Archaeology
At the FAME Forum, we had a workshop on the range of Bioarchaeology and Biomolecular Archaeology techniques that could be…
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Ground Truths: commercial archaeology in 2026
A presentation from our former CEO on some of the findings of the recently published State of the Archaeological Market…
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Meet FAME members – SUMO Geosurveys
At the FAME Forum, FAME members give small presentations about themselves to tell us about the work they do. At…
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Political Outlook for Archaeology
At the FAME Forum Rob Lennox (CIfA) presented on the ‘tea leaves’ of UK politics for archaeology. This presentation was…
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H&S Notice: Lyme Disease and Autumn Tick Peak
FAME H&S Notices are real-world examples of incidents, provided anonymously by FAME members, that highlight learning opportunities for the sector…
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2024-25 State of the Archaeological Market Report
We, with the support of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), have conducted another State of the Archaeological Market survey,…
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Our Past, Our Future Call for Case Studies: Heritage, History and Wellbeing in Scotland Demonstrator Programme
A request from HES: “Historic Environment Scotland and the University of Birmingham are gathering examples of organisations, projects and individuals…
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Radiocarbon Training: New Radiocarbon Database for Britain & Ireland
There is an opportunity for free training on the new, live radiocarbon database for Britain and Ireland; the first repository…
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FAME: a platform for collaborative improvement
Our secretariat and chair have recently written an article for CIfA’s The Archaeologist publication, which we are happy to share…
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Developing resources to support historic environment sector apprenticeships
If you’re an employer in the historic environment sector and you’re wondering whether you could take on an apprentice, but…
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Call for reasonable adjustments at work images
Sarahjayne Clements, a doctoral candidate at the University of Hertfordshire is seeking help from individuals and employers to provide images…
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Development-led archaeology Health and Safety statistics 2024-25
This is FAME’s 8th Health and Safety Injury Survey, which we have undertaken annually since 2018-19. This report covers the…
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Have your say: help shape archaeology’s standards and guidance
CIfA is working on a new project, with funding from Historic England, to make the UK’s archaeological standards and guidance…
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FAME welcomes new board members Dr Candy Hatherley & Dr Fiona Moore
At the FAME AGM on June 18th, two new board members were elected to the FAME Board, and one stepped…
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Solar developers get clearer path through archaeological planning
We are proud to announce that the archaeology and solar development guidance has been officially launched. Solar energy developers can…
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Commercial Archaeological Geophysics Seminar
After a 12-year break, CAGS returns to Bradford on 9–10 July 2026 — hosted by FAME member Magnitude Surveys. Please…