Wates secured £2.4bn of new work in 2020 enabling it to end the year with a record forward order book of £6.6bn, up 13.5% from 2019.

Wates has been named as a provider on the new four-year, Fusion21 Workplace and Facilities Framework, worth over £1.1bn.

Wates launched a self-service, interactive and intelligent marketplace for sustainable innovation.

Wates has received a prestigious award at the 2021 National Social Value Awards winning the ‘Private Sector Leadership’ category.

We are proud to support the TerraCarta from HRH The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Terra Carta provides a roadmap to 2030 for businesses to move towards an ambitious and sustainable future.

Wates and SCAPE has announced that last year it delivered a total Social and Local Economic Value Add of over £58m.

Wates has taken the next step in its commitment to eliminating waste and carbon from its operations by 2025 with the delivery of its first fleet of electric commercial vehicles.

Wates commits to eliminating waste and carbon from its operations by 2025.

The Government is working with the construction industry to find more effective ways of delivering ‘faster, better, greener’ infrastructure that provides value for money whilst supporting a more stable supply chain. Steve Beechey, Group Public Sector Director responds on behalf of Wates Group to the Government’s Construction Playbook.

Wates has appointed Dan Sadler to the role of Offsite Manufacturing Director, to lead the expansion and development of its award-winning offsite manufacturing business in Coventry – Prism.

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a ‘once in a generation investment’ in infrastructure will be crucial as the country works to recover from the biggest economic contraction in the last 300 years. Steve Beechey, Public Sector Director responded on behalf of Wates Group.

Wates has launched a new service to help social landlords to prepare their housing stock to meet zero carbon obligations.

“We welcome the Government’s Social Housing White Paper and recognise its importance in shaping the way we as contractors can work alongside our social housing partners to improve the safety of residents’ homes.” Steve Jackson – Strategic Director, Wates Property Services

The Wates has signalled its continued commitment to social value announcing that every one of its business units will achieve Living Wage Recognised Service Provider (RSP) status within five years.

Baerbel Schuett joins Wates Residential as Development Director to support the growth of the business’ development activities across London and the South.

Wates has dedicated an entire month to promoting diversity and inclusion with October set to become an annual ‘Inclusion Month’.

Wates and Planet First partnership has made great strides over the past 12 months, delivering fantastic benefits in terms of commercial, environmental and social value.

Wates announced the appointment of Sam Hagans as Commercial Director.