The Business Services Association (BSA) is the leading UK

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for business and outsourced

service providers A service provider (SP) is an organization that provides services, such as consulting, legal, real estate, communications, storage, and processing services, to other organizations. Although a service provider can be a sub-unit of the organization t ...

across the

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and

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sectors. It has a focus on policy and research work related to

facilities management Facility management or facilities management (FM) is a professional management discipline focused on the efficient and effective delivery of logistics and other support services related to real property and buildings. It encompasses multiple dis ...

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and

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

services,

business process outsourcing Outsourcing is an agreement in which one company hires another company to be responsible for a planned or existing activity which otherwise is or could be carried out internally, i.e. in-house, and sometimes involves transferring employees and ...

information and communications technology Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, ...

(ICT) and digital services and managed

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s. It has 74 members who have a combined UK turnover of £30 billion and employ 500,000 employees in the UK. Its

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is Mark Fox.

Work

The BSA has commented publicly on a range of topics including transparency in business,

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levels for public service providers, and the role of outsourcing in delivering public services. It publishes an Annual Review of the business services sector which outlines the economic and social contribution of the sector to the UK. The BSA submits statements to government ahead of the Autumn Statement and Spending Reviews and responds to consultations from the Scottish and UK Governments. It is a signatory of the

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Corporate Covenant, Let Britain Fly, and makes annual statements to the

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on sustainable

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. In 2015, the Business Services Association launched the Responsible Cleaner Scheme for companies of the

contract cleaning Commercial cleaning companies are contracted to carry out cleaning jobs in a variety of premises. Cleaning techniques and equipment Commercial office cleaning companies use a wide variety of cleaning methods, chemicals, and equipment to facil ...

sector. It promotes the welfare and development of cleaners and the professionalisation of the industry. The BSA commissions research by Oxford Economics which has shown that the business services sector accounts for 8 percent of all

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and supports 3.3 million jobs the UK.{{cite web, title=The size of the UK outsourcing market, url=http://www.oxfordeconomics.com/my-oxford/projects/128836, website=Oxford Economics, accessdate=2 October 2015

References

Business services companies of the United Kingdom Trade associations based in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the City of London Organizations established in 1993