diff --git a/src/Dev/CsvBulkLoader.php b/src/Dev/CsvBulkLoader.php
index be6ea4c9c..3b95fa2fd 100644
--- a/src/Dev/CsvBulkLoader.php
+++ b/src/Dev/CsvBulkLoader.php
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class CsvBulkLoader extends BulkLoader
             $filepath = Director::getAbsFile($filepath);
             $csvReader = Reader::createFromPath($filepath, 'r');
             $csvReader->setDelimiter($this->delimiter);
+            $csvReader->stripBom(true);
 
             $tabExtractor = function ($row, $rowOffset, $iterator) {
                 foreach ($row as &$item) {
diff --git a/src/Security/Group.php b/src/Security/Group.php
index 403f92819..eb72fbfe3 100755
--- a/src/Security/Group.php
+++ b/src/Security/Group.php
@@ -83,15 +83,6 @@ class Group extends DataObject
 
     private static $table_name = "Group";
 
-    public function populateDefaults()
-    {
-        parent::populateDefaults();
-
-        if (!$this->Title) {
-            $this->Title = _t(__CLASS__ . '.NEWGROUP', "New Group");
-        }
-    }
-
     public function getAllChildren()
     {
         $doSet = new ArrayList();
@@ -105,6 +96,16 @@ class Group extends DataObject
 
         return $doSet;
     }
+    
+    private function getDecodedBreadcrumbs()
+    {
+        $list = Group::get()->exclude('ID', $this->ID);
+        $groups = ArrayList::create();
+        foreach ($list as $group) {
+            $groups->push(['ID' => $group->ID, 'Title' => $group->getBreadcrumbs(' » ')]);
+        }
+        return $groups;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Caution: Only call on instances, not through a singleton.
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class Group extends DataObject
                     $parentidfield = DropdownField::create(
                         'ParentID',
                         $this->fieldLabel('Parent'),
-                        Group::get()->exclude('ID', $this->ID)->map('ID', 'Breadcrumbs')
+                        $this->getDecodedBreadcrumbs()
                     )->setEmptyString(' '),
                     new TextareaField('Description', $this->fieldLabel('Description'))
                 ),
diff --git a/tests/php/Dev/CsvBulkLoaderTest.php b/tests/php/Dev/CsvBulkLoaderTest.php
index 8885e58a9..f00f15f32 100644
--- a/tests/php/Dev/CsvBulkLoaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/Dev/CsvBulkLoaderTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Dev\Tests;
 
+use League\Csv\Writer;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\Tests\CsvBulkLoaderTest\CustomLoader;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\Tests\CsvBulkLoaderTest\Player;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\Tests\CsvBulkLoaderTest\PlayerContract;
@@ -300,6 +301,20 @@ class CsvBulkLoaderTest extends SapphireTest
         $this->assertEquals($player->FirstName, "John. He's a good guy. ");
     }
 
+    public function testLoadWithByteOrderMark()
+    {
+        $loader = new CsvBulkLoader(Player::class);
+        $loader->load($this->csvPath . 'PlayersWithHeaderAndBOM.csv');
+
+        $players = Player::get();
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, $players);
+        $this->assertListContains([
+            ['FirstName' => 'Jamie', 'Birthday' => '1882-01-31'],
+            ['FirstName' => 'Järg', 'Birthday' => '1982-06-30'],
+            ['FirstName' => 'Jacob', 'Birthday' => '2000-04-30'],
+        ], $players);
+    }
 
     protected function getLineCount(&$file)
     {
diff --git a/tests/php/Dev/CsvBulkLoaderTest/csv/PlayersWithHeaderAndBOM.csv b/tests/php/Dev/CsvBulkLoaderTest/csv/PlayersWithHeaderAndBOM.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93a871931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/php/Dev/CsvBulkLoaderTest/csv/PlayersWithHeaderAndBOM.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FirstName,Biography,Birthday,IsRegistered
+Jamie,"Pretty old\, with an escaped comma",1882-01-31,1
+Järg,"Unicode FTW",1982-06-30,1
+Jacob,"	Likes leading tabs in his biography",2000-04-30,0