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Family-owned UK #construction , development & property services company - committed to making lasting difference to our communities.

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@WatesGroup
Wates Group
5 years
Thank you to the family who wrote this lovely letter in the Maidenhead Advertiser about our #SouthernHomeCounties construction team working on @RBWM 's Braywick Leisure Centre. We're really pleased and proud of everyone on site that day. @Scape_Group
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Good luck to @willbayleytt for tomorrow's night #Strictly #Halloweenweek performance from all of us at Wates! Don't forget to vote for #TeamPocketRacket !
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
We're really proud to confirm that our Chairman, James Wates, has been honoured with a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of his services to business and charity!
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
A huge congratulations to our group chairman, Sir James Wates who received his Knighthood from HRH the Prince of Wales yesterday for services to business and charity! This is the second honour to be bestowed on Sir James, following a CBE in 2012.
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@WatesGroup
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7 years
A warm welcome to Lilly Boulton, who is our first Brick Laying Apprentice of 2018! Lilly is completing her #workexperience with our site team at @AtamAcademy #work4wates #womeninconstruction
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@WatesGroup
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4 years
The health, safety & wellbeing of our people & the public has always been our top priority, and with that in mind, we have decided to pause activity on all our construction, engineering, fit-out, housebuilding & planned maintenance projects for 48 hours from the end of today. 1/2
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@WatesGroup
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7 years
So many women have the ideal skills for a successful construction career - don't assume it's not for you because of your gender #LikeAGirl
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7 years
Happy Friday!Thanks to @CNAwards17 for a great do. Proud as punch to be named Contractor of the Year! #FridayFeeling
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@WatesGroup
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4 years
Congratulations to our chairman, Sir James Wates who was awarded @theCIOB President's Award at last night's #CMYA ! "Sir James’ bold leadership has committed Wates to reflect society more fully by 2025." - Professor Charles Egbu FCIOB, CIOB Past President 2019/20. #CIOB
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
Today we remember all those who lost their lives in both World Wars & all conflicts that followed. Particularly those who were part of Operation Neptune during World War II, known as D-Day, as 2019 marked 75 yrs since the D-Day landings. #RemembranceSunday
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@WatesGroup
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4 years
We are proud to be helping @RoyalLondonHosp boost the number of hospital beds available in London for patients with COVID-19. #coronavirus #construction
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
Today we are pleased to announce our Annual Results for 2018. Our profit before tax is up 1% on last year at £35.9m and we headed into 2019 with a cash balance of £114.2m and a record order book of £5.4bn. #Work4Wates #Construction #Housing
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@WatesGroup
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8 years
We're delighted to have won Major Contractor of the Year (over £300m) at the #BuildingAwards
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8 years
Congratulations to @WatesGroup ! Winner of Major Contractor of the Year (over £300m) sponsored by @Ecobuild_Now #BuildingAwards
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@WatesGroup
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4 years
From everyone at Wates, we want to wish all our followers, colleagues, customers, clients and supply chain partners, a very merry Christmas! 🎄 #HappyChristmas
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@WatesGroup
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3 years
In one of the most challenging years in its 124-year history, 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. #financialresults #construction #ukhousing #covid19
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@WatesGroup
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7 years
Proud to open the new garden with @ysgolbryncoch & @FlintshireCC in memory of Ewan Parry.Big thanks to @joshuatreekids & the #Mold community
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
An amazing win last night for Number One @KirkstallForge which was named Best Commercial Workplace at the National @BCO_UK awards! Huge congratulations to all involved, it was a fantastic project to build & a great team to be a part of. #bcoawards2018 #Leeds @turnertownsend
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Wates Construction has been appointed to build a 200-bedroom, upscale hotel by @lpoolcouncil as part of the city’s major waterfront regeneration project. The project was procured via Major Works UK, part of @Scape_Group ’s National Construction framework:
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6 years
We are very proud to announce that our Living Space team has been shortlisted for two Celebrating Construction awards in the #WestMidlands !
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@WatesGroup
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Five years on from our #construction of Selby Leisure Centre & we're still so proud to have built such a great #leisure facility for the community, which brought tonnes of opportunities for #training in partnership with @YORhub . A fantastic project delivered by a fantastic team!
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7 years
Very proud to once again be shortlisted for @BuildingNews @BuildingAwards Major Contractor of the Year (over £300m) award! #
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
At Wates we’re so proud to be supporting @WillBayleytt . Over the last six weeks, Will has demonstrated inclusion in action – that we should focus on abilities, not disabilities. We wish Will a speedy recovery and onward to #Paralympic success in Tokyo. #Strictly #teampocketracket
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@WatesGroup
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4 years
Carl Wales is a H&S manager at Wates Smartspace. 4 years ago, Carl lost his 17-year-old son, Rowan, to #suicide . In this blog, Carl discusses how talking can help #savelives . Read the blog: #worldsuicidepreventionday #wspd @PAPYRUS_tweets
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
We love looking back on our favourite projects & as the school holidays get into full swing, what better time to remind ourselves of the amazing leisure centres we've helped to create, including @BrioNorthwich & @BrioEPSV , delivered with the fantastic design team at @EWArchitects
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
It's #SocialEnterpriseDay ! Wates has pledge to spend over £20m with the #SocEnt sector by 2020. Today we are joining @SocialEnt_UK 's #WhoKnew campaign, with employees from across our business tweeting throughout the day about the great work they've been doing with SEs.
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
As we're in the final phase of #construction at @TheQuadram , it is amazing to see how the build has developed over the past year.
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Out of respect for those affected by #Grenfell , this is our only post on social media today. As a signatory of the new Building Safety Charter we are committed to safeguarding the people living in our buildings and ensuring they are safe places to live now and in the future.
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4 years
Wates Group announces a complete overhaul of its family friendly policies. It will now offer a number of industry-leading benefits to staff after committing to making a number of significant changes. #WatesTogether #diversityandinclusion
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To mark #WorldSuicidePreventionDay , Wates Group has launched a campaign to encourage colleagues to ‘take a minute’ to help break the stigma of talking about #mentalhealth : @iaspinfo #wspd @PAPYRUS_tweets
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4 years
All our #construction sites are operating, with colleagues adjusting to new ways of working. See a few examples of how Wates sites are applying the 2m #socialdistancing rule: #backtowork #returntowork #Covid19UK
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7 years
We work with Community Wood Recycling as part of our #socialenterprise and #Sustainability initiative. #socialsaturday2017
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4 years
Wates is proud to sponsor Paralympic table tennis champion @WillBayleytt . Watch his special birthday message for the #NHS . #ThankYouTogether @togethercoalit #NHSbirthday
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2 years
Huge congratulations to the new Para Table Tennis World Champion @WillBayleytt ! Will has retained his title as World no.1 at the #AndaluciaWPTTC22 in #Granada . We’re very proud sponsors! #WPTTC2022
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7 years
We have raised over £80k so far this year to help @PrincesTrust transform young lives through education, training and jobs #CharityTuesday
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Wates Group are delighted to have exceeded £10m spend with #SocEnt Supporting our supply chain to deliver social value #BuySocial !!!
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
A huge well done to our team of volunteers from Wates & @TCVtweets who planted 1,000 trees today in Luton, as part of the #WatesTreeathlon ! They did it in record time with 2 hours left to spare. #plantatree #15000trees3years
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@WatesGroup
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9 years
Most of the team are Ready to go! Outside our newly completed HOME project!! Running for @PrincesTrust ! Go Team!! http://t.co/GjObU9OcBL
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@WatesGroup
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4 years
David Allen, Chief Executive, Wates Group outlines how Wates is open for business and shares the steps we are taking to help keep the industry going in these challenging times. Our message to customers and partners:
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4 years
Wates announces resumption of full pay for majority of workforce. Chief Executive thanks colleagues for ‘great professionalism in the most challenging of conditions’ Read the article:
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4 years
Wates is launching virtual site tours for colleges and schools as #construction sites remain closed to visitors during #covid19 ,. To view the videos or to take part in Zoom Q&A, click here: #Brent #Barking #Havering #Erith #workexperience
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
The @WatesGroup Chairman’s Awards London look set to be a glittering occasion, celebrating excellence in the built environment #Work4Wates
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7 years
As today marks the Centenary of the Representation of the People's Act, we are celebrating all the outstanding #womeninconstruction . At Wates, we fully support #diversity & #inclusion in our business & industry. #100Years #equality #Votes100
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8 years
Wates has spent over £1.6m with social enterprises in 2016 #SocialEnterpriseDay #whoknew
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
Our continuing role as contractor at @wp_leeds has seen the team deliver buildings 10, 5, 6 & 3 as well as our construction of building 4 and 7 & 8, which will be home to the new Government hub in #Leeds . What an incredible portfolio of projects for our client MEPC in Leeds!
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@WatesGroup
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4 years
Wates is now a member of @BuildingEqLGBT an alliance of #construction organisations working to drive LGBT+ inclusion in the built environment #WatesTogether #Inclusion #NationalComingOutDay #LGBTPride #Intersectionality #Diversity
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
Today we've launched a new engagement campaign, #changingourhabits , challenging us to find a better way, to innovate and to make big, meaningful and lasting changes to protect and restore the natural #environment . Watch the video:
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
Happy New Year to all our employees, clients and supply chain partners! #Happy2019
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
Today we are pleased to announce our Annual Results for 2017. Our turnover has increased by 5.9% to £1.62bn, with a record order book of £5.1bn as we begun this year. #Work4Wates #Construction
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@WatesGroup
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Wates Construction is currently delivering £528m of school projects across the UK, while supporting local economies and social enterprises with over £182m of investment. Read more about our local commitments here: #education
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7 years
We're also nominated for Major Contractor of the Year at tonight's @buildingawards . Fingers crossed & good luck to all the finalists!
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
It was great to have Sir James Wates visit our project site at HMP Albany in the Isle of Wight last week. He was welcomed by the Southern Home Counties Construction team. #creatingtomorrowtogether
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
The #WatesTreeathlon has officially launched! Led by our @Scape_Group Major Works UK team & together with @TCVtweets & @CarbonAcademy , our volunteers are planting 150 native British trees today, with our aim to plant 15,000 by 2022. #plantatree #teamscape #15000trees3years
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
We are really looking forward to tonight's @buildingawards . Wates has been shortlisted in the 'Major Contractor of the Year' category! Good luck to all the finalists. It should be a great evening. #buildingawards
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6 years
We are very proud to have secured a place on the @NWCH2 for a third consecutive generation! We look forward to continuing our collaborative work with the framework to create efficiency, value for money and high quality across the North West!
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5 years
As an inclusivity champion for Wates, Paralympian Gold Medalist @WillBayleytt discusses the real power of public leisure facilities in helping people and communities come together and break barriers through sport. @sandwellcouncil
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7 years
Great to help out our friends at @ysgolbryncoch with our honorary lolly pop man from the team in #Flintshire ! #GoodNeighbours
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
We are very proud to announce Wates has been shortlisted in the Major Contractor of the Year category at the @buildingawards ! It is a true testament to all the hard work our employees put in on daily basis. Congratulations to all the other finalists. #BuildingAwards #Work4Wates
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A huge congratulations to Wates Construction's Neil Lock who was named the 2018 Construction Manager of the Year winner at last night's @theCIOB Construction Manager of the Year awards! #CMYA
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5 years
Happy New Year to all our followers, employees, clients and supply chain partners! #Happy2020 🎆
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5 years
Today is the start of @OpenDoorsWeek ! This week we're opening up 18 sites across the UK, starting with HCA Daedalus Village this morning. Find out all about our Open Doors sites here: #OpenDoors19
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4 years
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all our employees, supply chain partners, customers and followers! #IWD2020 #EachforEqual #Watestogether
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5 years
Today we welcomed the newly-appointed Housing Minister, @EstherMcVey1 to Daedalus Village in #Gosport . Representatives from @HomesEngland , Wates Residential & @radiangroup spoke to the Minister about progress on site & our investment in the local community.
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7 years
Another fantastic project being led by our #Yorkshire team. Looking forward to getting work underway! @leedscitycoll
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We've had a great day filming our #MentalHealth awareness video today at @StarAcademies with @PAPYRUS_tweets , @andysmanclubol , @SAZmediaUK , @AngiEardley & @hannahdaly_WBS . We hope to break down barriers to help people talk about mental health within the #construction industry.
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4 years
Today we've announced a package of measures designed to protect both the business and the jobs of the people working in it as the Covid-19 crisis continues. Read the full update from David Allen, Chief Executive, Wates Group here:
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@WatesGroup
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5 years
Steve Jackson, Director of Operations at Wates Living Space has spoken to @tpasengland about how proud we are to be accredited by TPAS and what achieveing the accrediation means for the business. Read more: #housing
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Congratulations to Kate Ives, Development Director for Wates Residential who has been named a finalist in the Female Leadership Award category! It is a fantastic achievement & we're very proud that Kate has been recognised by the @BuildingAwards . #residential #BuildingAwards (2/2)
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7 years
We’re celebrating a key milestone in our work on one of the tallest residential buildings in #Birmingham today - #ToppingOut of #TheBank
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4 years
At Wates, our #construction teams have risen magnificently to the challenge of new ways of working during the Coronavirus pandemic. Find out how. #covid19 #coronavirus
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
Since our appointment to @SCFconstruct we have introduced over 800 students to careers in #construction - very proud to have given so much support to the workforce of tomorrow!
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Wates Group is pleased to announce its new three-year partnership with @YWTrust to support and inspire more women to take up #careers in #construction . #watestogether #diversity #inclusion
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7 years
Our HQ looking sci-fi in the #Ophelia #REDSUN
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@WatesGroup
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6 years
Our chairman, James Wates and the Financial Reporting Council @FRCnews have collaborated on the Wates Principles - a guide on board best practice. Read more here:
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5 years
A huge Friday night congratulations to the Construction North West team for winning the Integration & Collaborative Working award for Campus Whitehaven at tonight’s @NWRCAwards An amazing project for @CumbriaCC where partnership working achieved great things! 👏🏻 #NWRCA19
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On this #ArmisticeDay , marking the centenary of the end of #WW1 , we thank all veterans & current members of the military for their service and remember those who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. #ThankYou100
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5 years
Our construction of @TeessideUni National Horizons Centre created so many opportunities for local people, a project where the skills agenda was kept front and centre throughout: 145 apprentice hours provided and 19 work placements for students! #Work4Wates @TU_NHC
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7 years
We're very proud to be appointed as lead contractor for Major Works UK for projects valued between £10m and £50m #TeamScape
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Welcome to the new members of #TeamScape . #Construction expertise tailored for the #PublicSector . More to follow
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We're pleased to announce our appointment by Envision AESC to lead, alongside @turnertownsend , the design & project management of the #construction of its advanced car battery gigafactory at the @IAMPNE . #electricvehicles #EV #netzero
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4 years
This animation has been shared on our sites to help our teams comply with the new Government-approved site operating procedures, ensuring we continue to prioritise our people's health, safety and wellbeing. Find out more:
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During #WW2 Wates expanded from housebuilding to civil engineering & infrastructure works to help build the Mulberry Harbours, which supported the D-Day invasions. The directors also donated the Endeavour Spitfire to the RAF. #RemembranceDay2018
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We're delighted that Wates Construction has been awarded “Contractor of the Year” at the @SCFconstruct Annual Conferences. A big thank you to our Project Teams and Business Units in #London and the #HomeCounties for making this possible!
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Wates Group is donating £30k to the @decappeal to support the relief efforts for the ongoing situation in Ukraine. This will be matched by the @wfet_uk , and by @GOVUK ’s pledge to match DEC donations, making £120k in total.
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Wates Group is delighted to have been selected by @UKParliament to deliver the vital restoration of heritage buildings on the Northern Parliamentary Estate. See here for the announcement in full:
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Wates' appointment to build #Liverpool Cruise Terminal Hotel will provide #apprenticeship opportunities & #workexperience placements for local students. The project was procured via Major Works - UK, part of @Scape_Group #ForceForGood #TeamScape
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Wates Construction has launched a campaign to promote positive #mentalhealth as part of its work on #York 's new hospital. Wates & its two site-based Mental Health First Aiders will support employees & supply chain to help improve their mental wellbeing.
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Havering Council and Wates Residential have submitted plans for the £1 billion Waterloo estate #regeneration project - the largest council estate regeneration planning application to be submitted this year in #London @LBofHavering #romford #ukhousing
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Wates Construction's appointment to build the new @NottmCollege City Hub was procured via Major Works – UK, part of the @Scape_Group National Construction framework. Find out more about the project: #TeamScape #MJRWRKUK
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Well done to the @CentralSqLeeds team for the project's success at @CExcellenceYH , taking home the Sustainability & Best of the Best awards!
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Maria Joyce, Wates Regional Commercial Director has been shortlisted for Mentor of the Year at #YSOYA @RICSnews . Huge congratulations Maria and we look forward to what will be a great night!
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7 years
The thoughts of everyone at Wates are with those affected by last night’s events at Manchester Arena.
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5 years
#YSOYA | Tonight we are supporting the @RICSnews Young Surveyor of the Year Awards as a category sponsor & wish all the talented nominees the best of luck. #YSOYA
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We're proud to be ranked No.40 in the special #Covid19 edition of the 19th annual @ST_FastTrack @HSBCUKBusiness Top Track 100. Our ranking is a true testament to our employees, who have worked incredibly hard during this diffcult time. #HSBCTopTrack100
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6 years
Happy Christmas to all our employees, clients and supply chain partners! 🎄
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The steel frame is progressing on time at 7&8 @wp_leeds #construction #Leeds
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Our delivery of @RBWM 's Braywick Leisure Centre is a project that residents will enjoy for generations. Very proud to be leading this project with our partners @Scape_Group
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We’re very much looking forward to this year's @MIPIMWorld in March and joining our peers to mark the 30th year of this fantastic conference! See you there! #MIPIM2019 #MIPIM
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The construction of 7&8 @wp_leeds is now complete with the fit out currently underway. Watch the transformation from the ground breaking to the finishing touches here: #construction #loveconstruction #timelapse #casestudy
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We're very proud to have been shortlisted for two awards at the @BuildingAwards ! We're finalists in the Major Contractor of the Year (over £300m) & Female Leadership categories! #BuildingAwards #construction (1/2)
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