Furness Building Society (FBS)
Company typeBuilding Society (Mutual)
IndustryBanking and Financial Services
Founded28 October 1865
HeadquartersBarrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
Number of locations
10
Key people
Chris Harrison (Chief Executive Officer)
ProductsSavings, Mortgages, Investments,
Loans, Credit Cards, Insurance
£1.7 million GBP (December 2010)[needs update]
Total assets£813 million GBP (December 2010)[needs update]
Number of employees
177
Websitewww.furnessbs.co.uk

Furness Building Society is a British building society, which has its headquarters in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Established in 1865, it is the 18th largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £813 million as at 31 December 2010.[1] It is a member of the Building Societies Association.

The Society expanded its call centre in 2009 to deal with investments and insurance queries. The Society has two wholly-owned subsidiary companies: Furness Mortgage Services Ltd and Furness Independent Financial Advisers. In 2017, Chris Harrison was appointed as the CEO of Furness Building Society.[2]

Locations

Furness Building Society has 9 branches across North West England including one in Barrow-in-Furness and others in Dalton-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands, Kendal, Lancaster, Millom, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preston and Ulverston.

References

  1. ^ Building Societies Association - Asset List (PDF File) Archived December 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Chris Harrison appointed CEO

External links

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