Wates has secured £107 million of Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1 contracts on behalf of 17 social landlords. The milestone comes eight months after the Government allocated its latest round of SHDF funding, a total of £778 million ...

Chey Godfrey has been appointed to the position of Support Services Operations Manager of Wates facilities management business, a new role that will increase the focus on compliance for the company’s growing customer base. Godfrey’s previous position was Assurance Compliance ...

Wates has secured a place on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Taxi Rank Framework for fit out projects ranging from £3 million up to £10 million across Northern England, Scotland, and Wales. Work will be allocated through a ...

Building and property maintenance company, Wates, has accelerated plans to decarbonise its commercial van fleet with a major investment to replace 45 small diesel, supervisor vans with new electric cars, which will be used across the Group’s UK-wide fit-out, refurbishment and ...

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has awarded Wates FM a five-year deal for the provision of facilities management services across its UK-wide estate. Valued at around £7 million, the contract, which commences in August includes hard FM and compliance services across ...

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has appointed Wates to deliver three large-scale fit-out contracts at its stores in Dundee, Uckfield, and Guildford. With a combined area of over 80,000 sq ft, the three contracts form part of M&S’s major investment to ...

Eight SEs have won a spot on a unique business support programme led by Wates Group and Impact Hub London, giving them an opportunity to expand nationally and secure larger contracts. The seven-month Assisting Social Enterprises to Succeed (ASSETS) programme ...

Having delivered retrofit improvements to nearly 900 social housing properties across the country in 2022, Wates has been honoured with three leading zero carbon industry awards. The first award, Most Innovative Retrofit/Refurbishment Scheme at the Housing Digital Innovation Awards 2023, ...

Wates has announced the appointment of two senior level directors to lead its facilities management and southern planned housing maintenance businesses.  Antony Collett joins as Managing Director of the company’s facilities management business. He brings more than 20 years’ experience ...

Wates and Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds) are launching a competition to find sustainability innovations that can help Lloyds tackle its hybrid working and travel emissions and enhance biodiversity. Green tech innovators and providers of sustainable solutions are invited to showcase ...