We’re enhancing  our paternity leave policy. Effective immediately, we are increasing fully paid paternity leave from 8 weeks to 12 weeks, reinforcing our commitment to supporting employees and their families.

This International Women’s Day, our Inclusion & Diversity Director, Nikunj Upadhyay, shares her thoughts on the importance of creating long-term sustainable change,

. In honour of UN International Women’s Day 2024, we sat down with Alice to find out more about her passion for driving gender equity both at Wates and across the industry.

We’re furthering our commitment to improving gender imbalances across the construction industry by launching our second STEM Returners programme.

We’re a Disability Committed employer. If you need any adjustments to the application process we’d be delighted to discuss this with you.

With less than a year to go to the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, we caught up with reigning world number one paralympic table tennis player and our long-time sponsorship partner, Will Bayley MBE, to find out his plans for next year and beyond.

We caught up with our Senior Design Manager, Sandra Weerasinghe, and Ada’s Director of Operations, Sophie Clifton, to reflect on the importance of shared values when working together.

We’re celebrating our fourth annual Inclusion Month, a major part of our programme to make Wates the most inclusive organisation.

In July 2023, Chief Executive Eoghan O’Lionaird joined an expert panel for the Fawcett Society’s ’Equal play’ webinar: ‘Unlimited Potential’, that delved into the impact of gender stereotypes on children’s career choices.

Amy Smith, Partnership Director and Co-Chair of the Parents and Carers Network tells Fawcett why the construction industry must avoid gender stereotypes, and encourage girls and young women to take up STEM subjects.

We’ve been named one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2023 in recognition of our commitment to addressing gender inequalities in the workplace

Today we are announcing a new partnership with the Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights, on a new Equal Play campaign to support parents, care givers and influential adults to challenge gender stereotypes with their children.

In this latest update, we report on how we are performing against our targets, the activities and initiatives we’ve been involved in over the last year.

A year ago, as part of our 125th Anniversary commemorations, and to mark International Women’s Day, we launched a special programme to bring more women into construction and roles within the built environment.

We’re committed to having a workforce that more accurately reflects society and providing an environment that positively encourages flexible working through working arrangements and benefits.

Our third annual Inclusion Month, a major part of our programme to make Wates the most inclusive organisation

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

Wates is a proud, long-standing supporter of the military dating back to World War II and our construction of the Mulberry Harbours.