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THE IMPACT OF OUR WORK ON SOCIETY:

Creating Opportunities: Wates launches five-year social value strategy with Group-wide commitment to real Living Wage

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New book launch to inspire builders of the future

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Wates Residential named as Harrow Council's development partner for c.£600m regeneration programme

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Our work in healthcare:

Delivering complex projects in live, operational hospital environments

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Organisational changes to intensify our focus on opportunities ahead in our key sectors

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Five step plan for managing the safe return to the workplace.

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Five step plan for managing the safe return to the workplace.

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Wates Group boosts the capital's coronavirus response with expansion of Royal London Hospital.

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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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Offices and workspaces to let

Offices and workspaces to let

Our managed workspace business, Needspace? provides quality managed workspace to the growing number of small businesses in Greater London and the South East. We offer a range of office, workshop and studio units to small businesses looking to grow in an entrepreneurial 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

Lockdown learning has given us lessons for the future

Lockdown learning has given us lessons for the future

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One of the areas that has been most drastically affected due to COVID-19 is one which will have the most significant impact on the future of our industry encouraging more young people into construction.

 

Breaking ground for ground-breaking new homes

Breaking ground for ground-breaking new homes

18 DECEMBER 2020

 

Cardiff Council and its partners, Wates Residential, have started construction on the largest development in the Cardiff Living scheme, that will deliver 214 new properties on the former site of Eastern high school off Newport Road.

What next for the high street?

What next for the high street?

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On December 3rd 2020, Kate Ives, Development Director for Wates Residential, joined a panel of industry specialists for one the first in a series of highly-engaging webinars, hosted by Cratus.

Construction phase begins on London’s £1.5bn regeneration project

Construction phase begins on London’s £1.5bn regeneration project

14 DECEMBER 2020

 

The construction phase on the first site of one of the biggest regeneration projects in London has begun.

Embracing a digital future

Embracing a digital future

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The construction industry has been on its own digital journey for some time now and significant progress has been made but if it is going to achieve some of its key aspirations in the years ahead around quality, efficiency and sustainability then much more needs to be done.

 

Wates' response to launch of Construction Playbook

Wates' response to launch of Construction Playbook

08 DECEMBER 2020

 

The Government is working with the construction industry to find more effective ways of delivering ‘faster, better, greener’ infrastructure that provides value for money whilst supporting a more stable supply chain. Steve Beechey, Group Public Sector Director responds on behalf of Wates Group to the Government’s Construction Playbook.