The BSA – The Business Services Association – is the body that represents UK outsourced service providers

Outsourcing

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 as they operate across the private

Private sector

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 and public

Public sector

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 sectors.

The BSA works closely with government, politicians, regulators

Regulator (economics)

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, the media

Media (communication)

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 and other stakeholders to promote the interests of the industry.

Its Chief Executive is Mark Fox.

Membership

Full members of the BSA provide business and outsourced services and have a combined worldwide turnover

Revenue

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 of around £80 billion and employ around 2 million people. In the UK these firms have a combined turnover of around £30 billion and employ around 500,000 employees. A full list of full members is available below.

Associate members are professional firms including accountant

Accountant

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s, lawyer

Lawyer

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s and consultant

Consultant

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s who advise in the sector; a full list of these is also available below.

The BSA also works with a number of 'strategic partners' with whom it tries to further the interests of their members.

Work

The BSA works to promote its members' interests by lobbying and advising governments, workers and trade unions

Trade unions in the United Kingdom

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, networking with other businesses and creating intelligence through analysis of government policies and compilation of statistics.

The BSA conducts considerable research work and is currently embarking on projects on the success of outsourced services in the UK, how outsourced services can fulfil the ‘military covenant’, and on where the industry can go from now, amongst others.

The organisation also publishes policy statements on government policies.

Full Members

Amey

ARAMARK

Babcock International Group

Balfour Beatty Workplace

Capita

Compass Group

Dalkia

Ecovert FM

Interserve

MITIE Group

Morrison FS

OCS Group

Pinnacle

Rentokil Initial

Sodexo

VT Group

Associate Members

3i

Barclays

Deloitte

Harvey Nash

KPMG

Lyceum Capital

Metzger

Odgers Ray & Berndtson

Pinsent Masons

Prudential

Reform

Serco Institute

Travers Smith

Trowers & Hamlins