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’.

From the outset, the Anthology Hale project had a focus to eliminate the need for scaffolding or mast climbers and saving on costs whilst doing so.

Building magazine has recently launched a new editorial initiative called ‘delivering social value’ to find better ways for the construction industry to make a real difference to society. Su Pickerill, Head of Social Value and John Dunne, Group SHEQ Director, were among the social value specialists featured in the article: ‘Delivering social value: How to…

Building.co.uk interviews industry leaders about what is ahead for Construction in 2020. Sir James Wates, Chairman of Wates Group, was among those featured and remarks that he is approaching 2020 with great optimism.

Nikunj Upadhyay, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, was interviewed about how company culture, flexible working and the right environment can be a catalyst for change.