Which building society has kept its mutual status despite the being three votes on the subject (the last in 1998)?
Britannia Building Society became Chief Executive of the enlarged CFS. Coincidentally, the competitor and largest remaining building society, Nationwide, was itself formed in 1884 as the Co-operative Permanent Building Society to provide services to members of the co-operative movement. The Britannia group of companies includes the following principal subsidiary undertakings: A former member of the Building Societies Association and the Council of Mortgage Lenders, Britannia also subscribes to the Financial Ombudsman Service. In 1999, Britannia was one of seven building societies unsuccessfully targeted by so-called carpetbagger Michael Hardern. To fight this threat to its mutual status, in 1998, the Society announced that new
The Melton Building Society Melton is a mutual organisation owned by its more than 40,000 members. The Society is a member of the Building Societies Association. The Melton Building Society The Melton is a building society based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire in the East Midlands. The Melton was established in 1875 and is one of the oldest surviving building societies in the United Kingdom with over 65,000 members. It provides mortgages, savings, insurance and investment products from its principal office and three branches in Melton Mowbray, Oakham and Grantham. The society has a subsidiary, named MBS Lending Limited, which provides mortgage finance to customers