A family-owned UK housebuilder based in Measham, Leicestershire, started by John Bloor in 1969.
Bloor Homes builds houses and apartments across the UK and describes itself as one of the country's most trusted and respected housebuilders. Wikipedia calls it Britain's largest privately owned housebuilder, with around 3,200 completions a year in 2018. That is an older figure. The company says it builds communities where people feel they belong, not just houses.
The company states its values as honesty, high standards, responsible conduct, quality, integrity and accountability. Its line is "Quality shouldn't be an upgrade. At Bloor it comes as standard." It says it takes the extra time a well-built home needs, chooses high-performance materials, works only with partners it trusts, and leaves room in its plans for greenery, connection and everyday community life.
John Bloor built the first Bloor home in 1969, and the family still owns and runs the business more than 50 years later. The company is headquartered in Measham, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands, and was known as J.S. Bloor (Newbury) Limited from 1987 to 2010. Wikipedia gives annual sales of 1,870 in 2002 and about 1,800 in 2012, rising to about 2,000 around 2015. The pages we read do not name its regions or divisions, so we cannot say which areas it builds in today. The company website lets visitors search homes by location.
The company describes its teams as planners, designers, tradespeople and customer services staff who all aim to build homes they would be proud for their own families to live in. Being family-owned means decisions rest with a small group of owners rather than a large group of shareholders, though that does not by itself say what the culture is like. We found no staff survey or culture page and no headcount.
A housebuilder of this scale employs site managers, assistant site managers, trades and labour, quantity surveyors, engineers, land buyers, planners, design staff, sales advisers, customer service teams, and people in finance, legal, marketing and human resources. The values it lists suggest it looks for people who are careful and honest in their work. Subjects like maths, geography, design technology and business studies can all lead here. See Bloor's website for current vacancies.
Website: bloorhomes.com
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