Wates secured £31.4m underlying pre-tax profit on turnover of £2.40bn in 2024. Find out more.

At Wates, we’re proud to celebrate Green Careers Week, an annual event organised by National Careers Week and supported by the Department for Education (DfE) and The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC). Running from 3–8 November 2025, the week aims to inspire young people to pursue careers that contribute to a more sustainable future.

Martine Corbett, Social Value Manager, shares her thoughts on how our programme is helping develop future generations in the built environment industry.

As part of developing the future generation in the built environment, we caught up with Cynthia Lakos, who is currently completing a placement at Wates Construction.

As we go through T-Levels Week, find out how Matthew at SES has reimagined his career journey.

As we go through T-Levels Week, Gary Campbell-Dykes shares his insights on how we are reimagining opportunities for young people at Wates.

The financial sector unites to help drive the sector’s journey to net zero through green tech and sustainable innovations.

Wates Group has been featured in The Guardian, following the release of a new report from the Green Finance Institute and WWF-UK.

Our WPS division has appointed Lee Shone as Technical Services Director for Facilities Management, marking a significant milestone in an ongoing commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and self-delivered engineering solutions. 

We’re proud to support The Centre for Construction Best Practice, which has launched a major research initiative focused on Early Contractor Involvement.

Our CEO, Eoghan O’Lionaird, was a main guest on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake up to Money programme, with host Sean Farrington.

We’ve joined Stepnell, Morgan Sindall, Kier, and BAM as Gold Corporate Partners of the new Centre for Construction Best Practice.

Sir James Wates CBE, former Chairman of Wates Group, has been appointed as Chair of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) Board.

Pat Fitzgerald will join Wates Group on 1 September 2025 as Chief Commercial Officer, following the retirement of Simon Potter earlier in the year.

This morning, our CEO, Eoghan O’Lionaird, was interviewed by Sean Farrington on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 to discuss public-private funding of infrastructure.

Discover how Wates Wildscape is reimagining landscapes with nature-based solutions and high-quality habitat ecosystems.

View our white paper, calling for the government to rethink its position on private finance to deliver real growth for the UK economy.

We launch a white paper calling for the government to rethink its position on private finance to deliver real growth for the UK economy.