Here Antony Collet, Managing Director for our facilities management business, gives his perspective to FM Journal.

Our recently appointed MD for Facilities Management (FM) Antony Collett sat down with FMUK to discuss sustainability and all things FM.

Helen Bunch, Executive Managing Director, sat down with Property Week to discuss how we are making diversity and inclusion a top priority.

Wates Sustainability Director, John Dunne was interviewed by leading sustainability media, edie.net, as part of a series of sustainable business podcasts.

With Liz Truss having confirmed her spot in No 10 and Parliament having returned from its summer break, it’s time now for the government to focus on what it’s meant to be doing: to govern.

Nikunj Upadhyay, writes this week in People Management, discussing the impact of microaggressions in the workplaces.

We have recently completed a fit-out project at Winchester’s Royal Hampshire County Hospital.

David Morgan, Executive Managing Director of Wates Property Services, shares his thoughts on some of the challenges around delivering retrofit to scale.

John Dunne spoke to Construction News on the steps Wates has taken to tackle the stigma of mental health in the workplace.

Danielle Buckley and Sophie Paterson, from Wates’ 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.

Client Relationship Director, Ben Williams and Partnership Director, Amy Smith were guest speakers at Inside Housing and Housing Today events

Bekir Andrews, Environmental Sustainability Director at Wates, speaks to Construction Manager about how he is responding to the challenge of net zero, both professionally and personally.

Sir James Wates has underlined the importance of family businesses to the UK’s long term economic success, as Family Business Week gets underway.

In this article which first appeared in Building in June 2021, our Chairman, Sir James Wates CBE, reflects on issues surrounding recruitment.

Stuart Jones, Principal Design Manager has been interviewed by Construction Manager about our partnership with Cardiff Council.

Wates’ Public Sector Director Steve Beechey reflects on the findings of a Wates-led research project where all 339 Local Authorities in England were asked about the impact of COVID-19.

On 31 March 2021, Su Pickerill, Wates Group Community Investment Manager, was a guest speaker at ICRS discussing ‘The New Social Value model’.