Phillippa Prongué has been appointed as the new Executive Managing Director of Wates growing Residential business. She will take up the position in the new year, taking over from Helen Bunch who is retiring after an esteemed 19 year career at ...

Tarem Services, a social enterprise dedicated to tackling in-work poverty and food insecurity, joined forces with UK construction company, Wates Group, last week (15 October) to bring essential food support to families in Kilburn Square through its Mobile Foodbank initiative. ...

Not-for-profit housing group, Orbit, has chosen Wates to undertake a retrofit programme for 410 homes. The contract award marks the start of a long-term partnership to help decarbonise Orbit’s homes and will see Wates deliver energy efficiency improvements to 160 ...

The Hyde Group, a provider of affordable homes across London and the South East, has appointed Wates Property Services to deliver a £4.3 million Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1 contract. The appointment further strengthens Wates’ position as a ...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight’s Fire & Rescue Service and Police & Crime Commissioner has appointed Wates for the delivery of facilities management services at approximately 150 sites. The new four-year, £1.6 million deal, which comes with an optional four-year ...

Wates has commenced its new partnership with South Derbyshire District Council to deliver planned and responsive housing maintenance works to the Council’s 3,000 properties. Under the terms of the agreement, Wates is responsible for carrying out a range of day-to-day ...

Paul Chandler has announced he will be retiring from a full-time executive role at the end of 2024, after a distinguished 42-year career in construction. Chandler has been Executive Managing Director of Wates’ Construction Group since 2017 and a member ...

Hertfordshire County Council has appointed Wates to carry out a range of planned, reactive, and minor works across the council’s 1,025 corporate buildings, libraries, fire stations, adult day care centres, youth centres, rural estates, open spaces and schools. Valued at ...

Wates has launched a new dedicated service designed to combat two of the greatest challenges facing social housing, disrepair, and damp and mould. The new Healthy Homes service, which boasts six customers in place already, will see Wates offer existing ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed Wates to carry out a Category B fit-out of 2 Ruskin Square in Croydon creating a centralised hub for civil servants. Wates will transform the 10-storey, 330,000 sq ft building, which forms part ...