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

27 APRIL 2020

The Wates Group is using the combined expertise of its construction division and specialist engineering business, SES Engineering Services (SES), to help boost the number of hospital beds available in London for patients with Covid-19.

Wates pledges local mental health support

Wates Construction, currently building the new purpose-designed mental health hospital off Haxby Road in York, has launched a campaign to promote positive mental health as part of the project.

Construction starts on new mental health hospital in York

Wates Construction has been excavating and preparing the site to build a specialist 72-bed hospital, which is now ready for building to commence.

Leading construction companies appointed to build PHEs £400 million public health science campus at Harlow

Three of the UKs leading construction companies have been chosen to create Public Health Englands new state-of-the-art public health science campus and headquarters at Harlow in Essex.

Donors and fundraisers thanked as Wiltshire childrens hospice opens

Julias House, the Dorset and Wiltshire childrens hospice charity, has paid tribute to all the people who have made the opening of its new Wiltshire hospice a reality.

BAE Systems and Wates join forces to develop world class apprentice complex

Wates Construction is set to build BAE Systems new Central Training Facility in Barrow, which will cater for the companys growing number of apprentices.

Building work begins on new Wiltshire Childrens Hospice

Work has begun at the site of the new Julias House Wiltshire Childrens Hospice in Devizes.

Childrens hospice given a charitable boost by Wates Construction

Martin House Childrens Hospice, a local charity that provides care for children with life limiting illnesses across West, North and East Yorkshire, has received a large donation from Wates Construction after employees took part in a gruelling challenge.

Wates rolls out largest ever not-for-profit scheme at childrens hospice in Devizes

Wates Living Space has revealed the extent of its positive contributions to Birmingham as the business extends its contract to deliver housing repairs and maintenance across the city on behalf of Birmingham City Council.

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