VIDEO: Wates Group & Streetwise

29 JUNE 2021

As part of our partnership with leading public procurement framework SCAPE, Wates Group maximises Social Value outcomes for every project we complete.

20 JANUARY 2021

Wates Construction’s North East Team, based in Durham, has announced that in the last 12 months it has delivered a total spend of £128,679 against a target of £93,000 to support social enterprises across the region.

12 NOVEMBER 2020

The Wates Group has signalled its continued commitment to social value announcing that every one of its business units will achieve Living Wage Recognised Service Provider (RSP) status within five years.

06 DECEMBER 2019

Wates has announced it has surpassed its target of spending £20m through SEs in its supply chain, a goal set four years ago.

04 DECEMBER 2019

New Social Enterprise helps in battle to cut carbon emissions. Wates is the first in the built environment sector to appoint an independent Social Enterprise – Planet First Energy (PFE) – to help it reduce CO2 emissions and meet long-term sustainability goals.

Louise Ratcliffe discusses the role social enterprises play in building successful, sustainable communities when part of a local supply chain.

Wates Construction in Birmingham underpins its commitment by spending £412,885 with the sector in the year to-date from its Birmingham base in Quinton

Ian Vickers discusses the role social enterprises play in building successful, sustainable communities when part of a local supply chain.

Wates Construction is encouraging businesses across Bedfordshire to join its nationwide drive to grow the SE sector, with its Luton office confirming £258,294 of spend with SE companies so far in 2018.

Wates Construction is calling for increased collaboration between organisations to achieve a lasting social value legacy for the North West.

Wates Construction is encouraging businesses across the East Midlands and the Northern Home Counties to explore building relationships with social enterprises (SEs) as it reveals it has recorded a spend of over £325,651 in the two regions’ SE sectors in the first half of 2018.

Seeing is Believing is ethos behind recent social enterprise tour hosted by Wates Living Space and Wates Residential to support local businesses.

To find the right fit for our projects, Wates takes into account specialist skills, services or materials needed and appointing contracts as locally as possible.

Wates has recorded a £744,000 investment within the West Midlands social enterprise (SE) sector in the past twelve months.

Josh Steiner from Wates Construction, looks at how small social enterprises can capitalise on business growth opportunities currently present in the construction sector.

Rachel Woolliscroft discusses the business merits on investing in social enterprise as part of your supply chain.

Report from NEF Consulting, commissioned by the Wates Group and Wates Family Enterprise Trust, examining the impact of our relationship with social enterprises.

Understanding the importance of social enterprises is vital for young people joining the construction industry, according to Zak Farnsworth, a commercial management trainee in Nottingham.