CONTACT US ABOUT US SERVICES NEWS INSIGHTS CAREERS "THERE IS NO PLANET B" Designing, constructing and maintaining buildings in response to the climate crisis WATCH THE VIDEO 1234567 WORKING SAFELY DURING COVID-19 OUR 2020 FINANCIAL RESULTS OUR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PLAN OUR COMMITMENT TO ZERO WASTE AND ZERO CARBON OUR EARLY CAREER PROGRAMMES ARE NOW OPEN APPLY NOW CREATING TOMORROW TOGETHER The Wates Group was established in 1897 and is one of the leading privately-owned, construction, development and property services companies in the UK. We employ almost 4,000 people, working with a range of clients and partners from across the public and private sectors. FIND OUT MORE Our capabilities Construction We find the most innovative and creative ways to deliver outstanding buildings while working in true collaboration with our customers, consultants, supply chain partners and the communities in which we work to deliver projects on time and on budget. Find out more Residential Development Delivering land, planning expertise, contracting, development and joint ventures for both public and private sector. Find out more Housing Maintenance One of the UKs leading providers of planned and responsive maintenance services in the social housing sector, maintaining over 500,000 homes nationwide every year. Find out more Fit out and refurbishment Wates Smartspace is a national provider of high-quality fit-out and refurbishment solutions. We are a trusted partner for our customers, developing smart solutions tailored to their needs and optimising the performance of their estate. This allows them to focus fully on their core business. Find out more Facilities Management Working with over 85 customers across a range of industries and environments, nationwide, we use our engineering and technical excellence to deliver hard and integrated FM services; planned and reactive maintenance solutions to single and multi-site operations. Find out more Engineering services SES Engineering Services (SES) is recognised as one of the leading M&E partners in the UK, delivering for a wide range of customers by creating environments that our customers can excel in. The drive for excellence and innovation is part of our DNA, maintaining SES as the design and build contractor of choice in the built environment. Find out more A proud history since 1897 Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, Wates professional family shareholders are committed to growing the Wates Group in a sustainable way with a view to handing over to the next generation. VIEW OUR TIMELINE Watch a short video of the history of Wates WORK FOR WATES At Wates, we are driven by our purpose of inspiring better ways of creating the places, communities and businesses of tomorrow. Its a bold commitment and we need the right people from whatever background to help us make this happen. VIEW OUR JOB VACANCIES Latest updates Wates Smartspace expands DWP portfolio 26 NOVEMBER 2021 Wates Smartspace, is underway with a £4m refurbishment project on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Any government seeking to deliver on its promises is going to need a healthy family business sector to get anything done 25 November 2021 Sir James Wates has underlined the importance of family businesses to the UK’s long term economic success, as Family Business Week gets underway. Wates Residential appointed for award-winning development 19 NOVEMBER 2021 Blackfriars in Battle, an initiative led by Rother District Council’s housing company, Alliance Homes to provide 200 new homes, has named Wates Residential as the partner contractor to build the development. Wates & JLL win silver green apple environment award for energy management system 19 NOVEMBER 2021 An environmental partnership between Wates FM and JLL has received a silver International Green Apple Environmental Award as part of a campaign to find the greenest technologies. Wates appoints new environmental sustainability director to drive net zero target 18 NOVEMBER 2021 The Wates Group today announces the appointment of Bekir Andrews as Environmental Sustainability Director, expanding its environment team to accelerate progress towards its bold environmental targets by 2025. John Dunne - Green TV's Decarbonisation Summit 2021 at the COP26 climate conference BLOG COP26 saw the last-minute agreement of the Glasgow Climate Pact to accelerate action on climate change. But, with so many of us wondering whether this deal is enough, it is clear there is no time to lose in swiftly addressing the impacts that we ourselves are having on the environment. © Copyright Wates 2021 To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Website Privacy Policy. Settings Yes, I agree