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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 YBS’ property portfolio.
Wates will deliver FM services at 110 YBS branches; 120 agency sites; the building society’s Bradford headquarters; three main offices in Leeds, Peterborough and Huddersfield; and its Yorkshire data centre.
This is the first time Wates has worked for YBS and significantly grows the Group’s project pipeline in the banking sector, which is worth over £50 million a year.
The contract will be managed by a dedicated team of nine, supported by a national mobile team alongside key supply chain members.
Antony Collett, Managing Director of Wates’ FM business, said: “We are really excited to be working with Yorkshire Building Society for the first time. We can already see that our working relationship will be collaborative, something that we will really embrace as we look for new ways to get the very best out of YBS’ estate and its assets.”
