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Wates is proud to sponsor Fawcett's Society's landmark study

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Wates Group wins prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise

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Wates Group wins prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise

2021 ANNUAL RESULTS

Wates achieves highest ever operating profit

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Annual Results : Wates achieves highest ever operating profit

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Wates appointed to new Construction Works and Associated Services 2 / ProCure23 framework

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Wates launches programme to bring more women into construction.

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Wates Innovation Network grows

Wates helps Lloyds Banking Group meet zero carbon targets

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Build your future with an apprenticeship:

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Wates Group celebrates 125th Anniversary

Wates Group 1897-2022 - looking back with pride, forward with excitement

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Wates appointed to build £450m car battery gigafactory, Sunderland

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Wates and Turner & Townsend to design and project manage build of £450M North East car battery gigafactory

WATES STRIKES GOLD AGAIN:

Wates Group has retained its Gold Investors in People (IiP) accreditation

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"There is no Planet B"

Designing, constructing and maintaining buildings in response to the climate crisis

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The Wates Group is one of the leading privately-owned, construction, development and property services companies in the UK.

Creating tomorrow together

The Wates Group was established in 1897 and is one of the leading privately-owned, construction, development and property services companies in the UK. We employ almost 4,000 people, working with a range of clients and partners from across the public and private sectors.

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Our capabilities

Construction

Construction

We find the most innovative and creative ways to deliver outstanding buildings while working in true collaboration with our customers, consultants, supply chain partners and the communities in which we work to deliver projects on time and on budget.

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Residential Development

Residential Development

Delivering land, planning expertise, contracting, development and joint ventures for both public and private sector.

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Housing Maintenance

Housing Maintenance

One of the UKs leading providers of planned and responsive maintenance services in the social housing sector, maintaining over 500,000 homes nationwide every year.

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Fit out and refurbishment

Fit out and refurbishment

Wates Smartspace is a national provider of high-quality fit-out and refurbishment solutions. We are a trusted partner for our customers, developing smart solutions tailored to their needs and optimising the performance of their estate. This allows them to focus fully on their core business.

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Facilities Management

Facilities Management

Working with over 85 customers across a range of industries and environments, nationwide, we use our engineering and technical excellence to deliver hard and integrated FM services; planned and reactive maintenance solutions to single and multi-site operations.

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Engineering services

Engineering services

SES Engineering Services (SES) is recognised as one of the leading M&E partners in the UK, delivering for a wide range of customers by creating environments that our customers can excel in. The drive for excellence and innovation is part of our DNA, maintaining SES as the design and build contractor of choice in the built environment.

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A proud history since 1897

Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, Wates professional family shareholders are committed to growing the Wates Group in a sustainable way with a view to handing over to the next generation.

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At Wates, we are driven by our purpose of inspiring better ways of creating the places, communities and businesses of tomorrow.

Work for Wates

At Wates, we are driven by our purpose of inspiring better ways of creating the places, communities and businesses of tomorrow. Its a bold commitment and we need the right people from whatever background to help us make this happen.

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Latest updates

A sustainable future goes beyond buildings

A sustainable future goes beyond buildings

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James Gregg, Managing Director of Wates FM, shares his insight on the vital role FM has to play in shaping the future of the built environment and the industry’s secret to a more sustainable future.

Landmark Study: Menopausal Women Let Down by Employers and Healthcare Providers

Landmark Study: Menopausal Women Let Down by Employers and Healthcare Providers

03 MAY 2022

 

The Fawcett Society is today releasing findings of the largest ever survey of menopausal women. This landmark study, sponsored by the Wates Group, reveals a shocking lack of basic support and damaging stigma which mean the needs of menopausal women are being ignored in the workplace and by healthcare providers.

New MD Jon Dickman aims high at Needspace?

New MD Jon Dickman aims high at Needspace?

28 APRIL 2022

Needspace?, the affordable, flexible workspace specialists based in London and the South East have today announced the appointment of Jon Dickman as Managing Director.

Attracting talent with a new work experience model

Attracting talent with a new work experience model

WATES IN THE NEWS

 

Danielle Buckley and Sophie Paterson, from Wates Residential’s Social Value team, write in Construction Management about the shortcomings of many work experience placements and how Wates has adopted a new model in the London Borough of Wandsworth called The Beacon Programme.

Wates Smartspace completes second fit-out at Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Wates Smartspace completes second fit-out at Royal Hampshire County Hospital

25 APRIL 2022

Wates Smartspacehascompleted its second fit out project at Winchester’s Royal Hampshire County Hospital, providing substantial upgrades to the Pathology Department. 

Wates Group wins prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise

Wates Group wins prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise

21 APRIL 2022

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned construction, residential development, and property services businesses, has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category.