Jonty's jaunt

BBC business correspondent Jonty Bloom has left the building.

Jonathan Peter Bloom left King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, with just two A-Levels and joined an American bank in the City, re-sitting his exams via evening classes. He then went to Keele University, studying astronomy and international relations and working on student radio. His first job was providing business news for BT City Call in 1986. In 1988 he joined the BBC as business reporter.

Mrs Bloom - Karen Hoggan - is a business presenter for BBC World Service, on Newsday. The couple both act as volunteer guides at the Wimbledon Windmill Museum, not far from their home.