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Overview
Lobbying Costs
125,000€
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Building Societies Association (BSA)
EU Transparency Register
924933110421-64 First registered on 24 Jan 2013
Goals / Remit
The Building Societies Association (BSA) represents all 44 UK building societies. Building societies have total assets of over £325 billion and, together with their subsidiaries, hold residential mortgages of over £240 billion, 19% of the total outstanding in the UK. They hold nearly £240 billion of retail deposits, accounting for 19% of all such deposits in the UK. Building societies account for about 28% of all cash ISA balances. They employ approximately 39,000 full and part-time staff and operate through approximately 1,600 branches.
The BSA was established in 1869. It has two principal functions - to act as the central representative body for building societies and other mutual lenders and deposit takers and to provide information to its members. The BSA puts forward the industry view to government, parliament, regulators, the media and other interested bodies. It also provides information and advice to building societies on a range of relevant subjects.
There was substantial change in the building society sector in the mid to late 1990s, with a number of large societies giving up their mutual status and becoming banks, owned by shareholders. Mutual societies have only the interests of their member-customers to consider and have no shareholders to whom they need to pay dividends. Paying dividends generally adds about 35% to the overall costs of running a savings and mortgage business. Generally, this means that committed mutual building societies can offer more competitive rates of interest on mortgage and savings products.
The BSA offers advice and assistance on the whole range of issues affecting the operation of building societies. The BSA is not a regulator - that is the role of the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority, nor does it deal with complaints about building societies - which are looked after by the Financial Ombudsman Service, if they cannot be resolved by the society itself.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Kingsway
London WC2B 6UJ
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People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 31 Jul 2014
Name Start date End Date Mr Jeremy Palmer 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Ms Hilary McVitty 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Ms Kate CREAGH 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Mr Robin Fieth 21 Nov 2015 19 Nov 2016 Mr Jeremy Palmer 04 Nov 2015 29 Oct 2016 Ms Hilary McVitty 04 Nov 2015 29 Oct 2016 Ms Kate CREAGH 31 Oct 2015 29 Oct 2016 Ms Hilary McVitty 01 Aug 2014 30 Jul 2015 Ms Sharon Chapman 01 Aug 2014 15 Jan 2015 Mr Jeremy Palmer 01 Aug 2014 30 Jul 2015 Mrs Hilary McVitty 01 Aug 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Rene Kinzett 01 Aug 2014 30 Jul 2015 Mr Robin Fieth 14 Jan 2014 10 Jan 2015 Ms Sharon Chapman 30 Jul 2013 27 Jul 2014 Mr Jeremy Palmer 23 Jul 2013 20 Jul 2014 Mrs Hilary McVitty 23 Jul 2013 20 Jul 2014 Mr Rene Kinzett 23 Jul 2013 20 Jul 2014 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mrs Hilary McVitty (Head of External Affairs)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade, business & professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
125,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 14 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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