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Wates adopts company-wide flexible working

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Wates to become Building a Safer Future Charter Champion

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Annual results 2020

Results demonstrate Group's resilience and adaptability

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2020 Wates annual accounts and reports

A WIN-WIN FOR NET ZERO AND BUILDING BACK GREENER:

Dr Zainab Dangana on how we're helping to build back greener

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Wates launches online innovation portal to boost industry transition to net zero.

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National social value award win for Wates Group

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

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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

Wates continues successful partnership with Network Homes for further five years

Wates continues successful partnership with Network Homes for further five years

23 JUNE 2021

 

Wates Living Space has been reappointed by Network Homes to continue the maintenance of the housing association’s 14,000 properties.

 

Wates adopts company-wide flexible working

Wates adopts company-wide flexible working

22 JUNE 2021

 

Wates Group has announced the adoption of company-wide flexible working as it looks to enhance the Group’s high standards of customer service by improving staff wellbeing and productivity.

Flexible Working

Flexible Working

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Wates has become one of the first construction companies to support flexible working across every part of our business, including for site-based employees.

The in-store experience has never been so important

The in-store experience has never been so important

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Richard Evans, Key Account Director at Wates Smartspace, shares his predictions for the future of retail and the increased emphasis on in-store experience for retail fit-out.

Proposal for new homes in Romford gets green light

Proposal for new homes in Romford gets green light

18 JUNE 2021

 

Proposals for 1,380 new homes at Waterloo and Queen Street in the heart of Romford have been approved by Havering Council’s Strategic Planning Committee to bring the creation of an exciting new community one step closer for local people.

#FlexTheUK Campaign

#FlexTheUK Campaign

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Wates has partnered with Working families’ #FlexTheUK campaign, which aims to drive national conversations about flexible working and to ‘build back better’ for working parents.