Editing Godfrey Bloom (section)

==Professional career==
Bloom worked as a [[financial economist]].<ref name = MEP/><ref name = Firstseat>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/3803065.stm | title = UKIP wins first seat in region | work = BBC News | date = 14 June 2004 | access-date = 22 January 2010 | archive-date = 28 November 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101128061151/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/3803065.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> In 1996 he was part of [[Francis Maude]]'s regulatory consultancy panel from which he later resigned. In his last position, he worked as the director of the investment company TBO in which he is a major shareholder.<ref name="times">{{cite news | url = https://www.thetimes.com/article/ukip-mep-godfrey-bloom-pays-assistants-who-also-work-for-his-investment-firm-6jrxnmndqlw | title = UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom pays assistants who also work for his investment firm | newspaper = [[The Times]] | date = 30 May 2009 | access-date = 26 March 2013 | archive-date = 10 August 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130810061704/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article2028406.ece | url-status = live }}{{subscription required}}</ref>