Our Construction business has proudly delivered a landmark achievement in sustainable building design with the construction of Wellington Place, becoming the first new building in the country to achieve a certified NABERS UK Five-Star Energy Rating.

At Wates, our purpose – reimagining places for people to thrive – underpins our commitment to shaping a more sustainable built environment. Innovation sits at the centre of that ambition.

On Monday 17 November 2025, we joined the University of Oxford to mark the opening of the Life and Mind Building (LaMB), a landmark research and teaching facility that brings Biology and Experimental Psychology together under one roof.

In a world increasingly shaped by climate urgency and technological possibility, the question is no longer whether we innovate, but how we measure the impact of that innovation.

Join WPS at Housing 2025! Meet us alongside Liberty and NetZero Collective and learn from our experts about social housing.

On day 2 of UKREiiF, we attended a fascinating session on unlocking the potential of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.

Join our Chief Executive Eoghan O’Lionaird, Chairman Tim Wates and members of our Executive Board and senior leadership teams in Leeds for this year’s UKREiiF.

Dr Zainab Dangana explores how our support for sustainability innovations is stepping up, through the 2025 sustainable innovations call out.

19 million homes in the UK are in need of significant upgrades to become low carbon and energy efficient, with more than 13 million in England alone needing to be upgraded to attain an EPC rating of C or higher by 2025.

We are delighted to present this Project Impact Report, highlighting our achievements over the course of the Strategic Construction Partnership (SCP) with Wolverhampton Home

Protecting lives, preserving care: fire
compliance solutions for NHS healthcare estates.

Join our Chief Executive, Sir James Wates CBE and members of our Executive board and senior leadership teams during this exciting three day event.

Download our whitepaper proposing a streamlined, plan-led system to tackle the UK’s housing crisis, ensuring certainty for all stakeholders.

We’re proud to have been chosen by Lloyds Bank Corporate and Institutional business to feature in their ‘Sustainability Voices’ campaign, which profiles examples of best practice in ESG among their clients and partners.

We‘re marking the completion of its 3,000th social housing retrofit property by launching a campaign to find innovative and sustainable technology products to help customers meet net zero carbon targets.

Geraint Sewell on how we can work with local authorities and delivery partners to build a more sustainable future together.

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

Our Group Public Sector Director, Steve Beechey has today welcomed the Chancellor’s Spring Budget today.