Bloor Homes
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Private company | |
Industry | Housebuilding |
Founded | 1969 |
Headquarters | Measham, Leicestershire |
Area served | UK |
Key people | John Bloor (owner) |
Parent | Bloor Holdings |
Website |
bloorhomes |
Bloor Homes is an English housebuilder based in Ashby Road, Measham, Leicestershire, although it has a Derbyshire post code.[1]
History
The company was founded by John Bloor in 1969.[2] In 2002, housing sales reached 1,870 making Bloor Homes then the largest housebuilder to be owned by one person.[3] As of 2016, Bloor Homes is now one of the largest privately owned housebuilding groups in the UK. The combined group is worth around £725 million.[4]
Operations
As of 2012, Bloor Homes builds circa 1,800 homes a year.[5] In 2015, this increased at a rate of 2,000 a year thanks to the upturn in the UK economy.[6]
References
- ↑ "Rich List profiles". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "Top Track 100". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ Wellings, Fred: Dictionary of British Housebuilders (2006) Troubador. ISBN 978-0-9552965-0-5.
- ↑ "Rich List". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ↑ "Triumphant year at Bloor Holdings". Insider Media. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "Triumph in rich list as John Bloor becomes county's second billionaire". Hinckley Times. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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