Today is World Mental Health Day, a timely reminder that looking after our mental wellbeing is just as important as looking after our physical health – not only today, but every day. At Bloom Building Consultancy, we understand just how vital mental health is within the property and construction sector, an industry where the urgency […]

We’re excited to share that Bloom has now been granted B Corp pending status – an important milestone on our journey to becoming a fully certified B Corporation. Certified B Corporations are companies verified by B Lab UK to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Being a B Corp means […]

Bloom director Gareth Belsham MRICS joins experts in analysing what’s keeping the contractor insolvency rate stubbornly high in this piece in Construction News. Construction is the fastest-growing sector of the UK economy but contractor fragility can still pose a serious challenge to project success. Gareth cautions: “We need to see a sustained pick-up in demand […]

When the Government pledged to back “the builders, not the blockers”, who else did it mean but Britain’s property developers, investors and contractors? At Bloom we’re proud to count ourselves among the builders. On the construction front line, we’re seeing commercial schemes holding up well. But a raft of new data from the resi sector […]

We’re proud to have sponsored Hole 11 ⛳ at the 2025 Crosbee Cup which is being played today (Sept 5th) in the spectacular surroundings of The Warwickshire Golf & Country Club. The Crosbee Cup is an annual golf day which aims to raise £100,000 over 10 years for Mind, a charity which is close to our hearts. […]

As thousands of A-level students prepare to tear open their exam results the PBSA sector is booming and Bloom’s Phoebe Knight and Dominic Underhill have been hard at work at the stunning YourTRIBE scheme on St James Street in Walthamstow, East London. Working alongside Aitch Group, Bloom is serving as Project Manager, Employer’s Agent and […]

The sharp fall 📉 in construction output recorded in July is “tough to swallow”, Bloom director Gareth Belsham MRICS has told The Times. But while the housebuilding numbers are bad, things are brighter for commercial developers. To be green-lit in the current environment, Gareth says schemes must “be laser-focused on value and have a fully […]

The foundations are down and the only way is up at YourTRIBE’s Purpose Built Student Accommodation scheme on St James Street in Walthamstow. Bloom is serving as Project Manager, Employer’s Agent and Quantity Surveyor on the six-storey new build which will deliver 224 student rooms and 5300 sq ft of commercial space. 35% of the […]

Talk about a mixed bag. The construction downturn eased in June and housebuilding moved back into expansion territory – just. But as Bloom director Gareth Belsham MRICS tells The Guardian, there are warning signs in the June PMI data too. Gareth said: “Builders’ order books have got progressively thinner every single month in 2025 so […]

Congratulations to Bloom director Charlotte Whincup who successfully completed Trek26 in the Lake District at the weekend. Charlotte and her partner Nick Halstead covered 26 long miles around Ullswater, climbing nearly 1200m before finally finishing the course in just over seven hours. Together they’ve raised nearly £900 for Alzheimer’s Society, one of Bloom’s chosen charities […]

“Is the £2,400 service charge on a leasehold flat a red flag?” Gareth Belsham replies: On the face of it, £200 per month sounds reasonable but… Read the full story here

Bloom’s people aren’t just highly trained professionals. They’re also people who are good with people. That’s why our newest recruit Phoebe Knight joined director Charlotte Whincup to fly the flag for the property industry at the Modern Woman show in London. With Charlotte invited to speak as an expert panellist, Phoebe used the opportunity to build […]