• Event
• Audit & Taxation

Autumn audit series: Strategies for a modern mutual

Location: Webinar

• Event

NEDs Networking Dinner

Location: The Mercer Restaurant & Bar, London EC2R 8AY

• Event
• Conduct Risk & Regulation

Annual Update & Networking for Boards

Location: London

• Event
• Savings

Data protection implications on communicating rates to customers

Location: Webinar

• Event
• Audit & Taxation

Autumn audit series: Audit reform, corporate governance and accounting

Location: Webinar

• Industry Response
• Governance

FRC UK Corporate Governance Code consultation 2023

Our response to the FRC's consultation on changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code

• Blog post
• Governance

Guest blog: Essential approaches to Cloud Governance and Compliance for Building Societies and other Mutuals

Guest blog by James Fox, Director, Enterprise Cloud Transformation, Protiviti

• Blog post

Guest blog: Three Leicestershire building societies unite to tackle cost of living crises and support local communities

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society, Market Harborough Building Society and Melton Building ...

• Blog post

Guest blog: Kinder Banking: How a building society made the world a kinder place

Guest blog by Nigel Taylor, Head of Marketing, Cumberland Building Society. This article f...

• Blog post

Guest blog: The need for ‘value-add’ from mutuals in a competitive market

Guest blog by Andrew Holden, Managing Director of BSA Associate Member, Parliament Hill Ltd.

• Blog post

Building society success at the Moneyfacts Consumer Awards

BSA members were well represented in all relevant categories with winning success for buil...

• Blog post
• People

Inspiring the next generation of mutual leaders

The benefits of growing internal talent was behind the establishment of the BSA/Loughborou...

• Blog post

Mutuals' role in financial education

Andrew Gall, Head of Savings and Economics showcases the work that building societies and ...

• Blog post

Guest blog: Mental health at Coventry Building Society

Ahead of Time to Talk Day on 2 February, Coventry Building Society share their journey to ...

• Blog post

Guest blog: Becoming the first Plain Numbers Practitioner in the sector

Guest blog by Sarah Hemmings, Senior Marketing Communications Manager at the West Brom.

• Blog post
• Thought leadership

Mutual responsibility for current and future generations

Robin Fieth, BSA CEO, talks about how leaders steward mutuals and how they can help their ...

• Press Release

Building Societies Act update welcomed as part of Chancellor’s Edinburgh Reforms

BSA comment on the Chancellor's Edinburgh Reforms.

• Event

Building Societies Annual Conference 2024

Location: Manchester

• Industry Response

Amendments to the Building Societies Act 1986

The BSA welcomes the Government's proposals to amend the Building Societies Act 1986, and ...

• Industry Response

Responses to the HM treasury consultation & call for evidence on money laundering & terrorism financing, 2021

The BSA's response to HM Treasury on the two AML/ terrorism financing-related consuultatio...

• Blog post

Guest blog: The future of cash - the vinyl of the banking industry

Ahead of his appearance at the BSA's Digital Mutual on the 3rd and 4th November 2020, Wayn...

• Research & Reports

The UK Corporate Governance Code: BSA Guidance for Building Societies

BSA Guidance to Building Societies on the UK Corporate Governance Code.

• Industry Response

BSA response to Green Paper on Corporate Governance Reform

The BSA response, which highlights points of differentiation between our sector and PLCs a...

• Research & Reports

Building societies and financial education

This comprehensive study by MyBnk demonstrates the expertise and energy that many building...

• Industry Response

Regulatory references

This requirement could be a burden in some instances for societies.

• Industry Response

Reporting on regulatory capital: choices for assurance

We see no benefit for building societies in these PRA-driven proposals. 

• Industry Response

Bank of England Bill

The BSA welcomes the Government’s commitment to achieving strong, sustainable and balanced...

• Industry Response

Our response to the consultation, The PRA Rulebook: Part 2 – CP 25/ 14

We welcome the opportunity to comment on this latest consultation on revising parts of the...

• Fact Sheet

Your Rights as a Building Society Member

As a member of a building society you are more than just a customer; unlike a depositor wi...

• Industry Response

Our response to the supplementary FRC consultation paper: Guidance for Directors of Banks on Solvency and Liquidity Risk Management and the going concern basis of accounting

Introduction The Building Societies Association represents mutual lenders and deposit ...

• Fact Sheet

The Building Societies Act 1986 - A BSA Summary Sixth Edition

A brief summary of the Building Societies Act 1986 (revised in July 2009).

• Research & Reports

Risk in Recovery - Research by the University of Huddersfield

This research, undertaken by the University of Huddersfield, is concerned with understan...

• Research & Reports

Promoting Corporate Diversity in the Financial Services Sector

A research report by The Oxford Centre for Mutual and Employee-Owned Business, Kellog Coll...

• Research & Reports

Building societies at the heart of their communities

Based on a survey of societies conducted earlier this year, the BSA has written a report e...

• Research & Reports

Conversations with members

This is the fourth edition of this report from the BSA, and it seeks to investigate curren...