• Event
• People

Women's Leadership Programme - "The Becoming Journey®"

Location: Online

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: 160 years of Hinckley & Rugby – embracing our past, thriving in the present, and committed to our future

The core values held by Hinckley & Rugby’s founders have not changed in those 160 years: s...

• Event
• Prudential Regulation

Updates to SS3/19: Changes for banks, building societies and insurers

Location: Webinar

• Event

Equipping business leaders: Geopolitical risks & economic strategies

Location: London

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: Digital-first strategies in business banking for building societies

Ian Merlino, Head of Business Development at Sandstone Technology, highlights how digital-...

• Press Release
• Prudential Regulation

PRA consultation paper proposes the retirement of the Building Societies Sourcebook

The BSA supports the PRA consulting on this important topic

• Press Release
• Mortgages & Housing

Bank Rate cut is welcome but more needs to be done to help aspiring first-time buyers

Even though rates are slowly reducing, many first-time buyers will still struggle to achie...

• Press Release

New Chair elected at the Building Societies Association

Julie-Ann Haines, Chief Executive of Principality Building Society, has been elected as th...

• Press Release

Building Societies Annual Conference starts in Birmingham where the story began 250 years ago

The Building Societies Annual Conference started today in Birmingham

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: Building Society Pioneers

Carl Chinn MBE, Social historian, shares a fascinating insight into 18th century Birmingha...

• Research & Reports
• Banking & Payments

Building Societies Report 2025

Whitecap Consulting, in collaboration with the Building Societies Association (BSA) and a ...

• Fact Sheet

Building Society assets

Assets is one measure of the size of a building society.   Societies have many different y...

• Blog post
• Savings

Guest blog: Empowering Young Minds: Nationwide's Money Lessons Programme

Sam Fielding, Learning & Development Manager & Leader of Money Lessons at Nationwide Build...

• Press Release
• Audit & Taxation

New audit policy proposals from trade bodies aim to boost growth, investment, and competition across the UK economy

Leading trade bodies call for proportionate reforms to audit and reporting rules

• Research & Reports
• Mortgages & Housing

First-Time Buyers: The Missing Millions

Update report into the challenges facing first-time buyers

• Research & Reports
• Audit & Taxation

Audit for Growth: Proportionality in Audit and Reporting

A new policy paper outlining proposals to modernise the UK’s audit regime.

• Press Release
• Mortgages & Housing

Building Societies Association finds that more than two million first-time buyers are missing from the housing market

A new report from the BSA has found that a significant number of potential first-time buye...

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: Is AI really in the Roadmap for Building Societies?

AI is the latest buzzword, but should it be part of a short-term roadmap for building soci...

• Press Release

Raising the Bar: Cheers to 250 Years of Building Societies!

The BSA has teamed up with co-operatively-owned Hesket Newmarket Brewery to craft a specia...

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: Driving economic growth, the co-operative and mutual way

James Wright, Policy and Development Lead at Co-operatives UK, outlines their Co-operative...

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: Adapting with purpose: how building societies can thrive in a digital-first world

Jonathan Stallard, Regional Director, UK and Ireland, for Backbase, outlines how building ...

• Press Release

Cash ISA Transfer Performance Q1 2025

Collectively, the industry can report that 93 per cent of cash ISA transfers were complete...

• Press Release
• Mortgages & Housing

Joint Industry Statement on Cladding

The joint industry statement on cladding has been updated to address the use of EWS1 forms...

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: Mutual and Cooperative Sector Business Council: Uniting to find mutual and cooperative solutions

Chris Bose, head of policy and public affairs at Nationwide, outlines the purpose and goal...

• Press Release
• Mortgages & Housing

Consumer confidence in the housing market declines

Just 17% of people agree now is a good time to buy a property, a decline from 20% just thr...

• Fact Sheet

List of UK members and associates

A list of BSA members and associates.

• Blog post
• Mortgages & Housing

Guest blog: Forward Flow Funding – a way to reach more customers?

Many building societies will be aware of various sophisticated financing structures design...

• Event
• Mortgages & Housing

AI-Powered Digital Transformation for Building Societies Webinar

Location: Webinar

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

At a golden crossroads

As the Building Society sector celebrates 250 years, Robin Fieth, Chief Executive of the B...

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Guest blog: Attracting tomorrow’s members - Strategies for reaching new demographics

Peter Toole, Head of Financial Services and Insurance at Paragon, reveals crucial strategi...

• Research & Reports
• Thought leadership

Harnessing the mutual sector's potential for growth

Removing the barriers to secure economic, societal and environmental benefits

• Press Release
• Thought leadership

Mutuals Group urges action to realise huge growth and social dividend from Labour’s ‘doubling’ ambition

New Independent Report shows removing financial barriers will unlock growth for mutuals an...

• Industry Response
• Mortgages & Housing

Reforming the Energy Performance of Buildings Regime

The BSA responded to the government’s consultation on reforms to the Energy Performance of...

• Industry Response
• Conduct Risk & Regulation

BSA response to PRA CP17/24 and FCA CP24/28 on operational resilience: operational incident and outsourcing and third party reporting

The BSA has issued a combined response to PRA CP17/24 Operational resilience: Operational ...

• Society Matters
• Mortgages & Housing

A steadfast purpose helping to drive our collective future

Celebrating the history of building societies and the potential for growth of the mutual sector. 

• Event
• Financial Crime

Financial crime prevention seminar

Location: Leeds

• Event

Building Societies Annual Conference 2025

Location: Birmingham

• Event

Media training for PR Managers

Location: London

• Fact Sheet

What to do if you can't pay your mortgage

If something happens and you can't make your mortgage payments help is on hand.  Find out ...