Wates Group

James Wates has been honoured with a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of his services to business and charity. The Wates Group chairman, who was previously honoured in 2012 with a CBE for services to the construction and the charitable sector, joined the firm’s b

Rare archive images showing engineers working on a secret construction project that became pivotal to Britain’s success at the D-Day landings have been released as part of a new film marking the 75th anniversary of the campaign.

Wates Group has announced the appointment of Emily Westcott as new chief of staff. Working with chief executive David Allen and the rest of the executive committee, Emily will support a wide range of initiatives to help shape the strategic development of the group.

The Wates Group has reported increased profits for the year ending 31 December 2018, with a record order book of £5.4 billion heading into 2019. Turnover for the construction, development and property services company in 2018 was within 1% of the previous year at £1.60bn and the group&rs

New principles to improve the corporate governance of large private companies have been developed by a coalition established by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) under the leadership of building firm Wates Group. Launched today, the new code was drawn up by chairman James Wates CBE to provide a

Youngsters have been using gaming skills to road-test and improve the design of one of London’s biggest regeneration projects. Ten and 11-year-olds in Havering have been using their gaming skills to road-test and improve the design of one of the capital’s biggest regeneration projects.

Wates Group has signalled changes to its senior construction management team as Philip Wainwright joins as new chief financial officer from Willmott Dixon. Mr Wainwright joins Wates on December 3 after three years at Willmott Dixon, where he was group finance director. He will join both the Wates Gr

Paul Chandler Wates has announced the appointment of Paul Chandler to the group Board with immediate effect.

David Allen Wates Group has today announced the appointment of David Allen as its new chief executive.

James Wates Construction, development and property services company Wates Group has reported increased revenue and profits for the year ending 31 December 2017, with a record order book of £5.1 billion heading into 2018.

Rod Holdsworth Wates Group has appointed Rod Holdsworth to be interim chief financial officer while David Allen stands in as chief executive.

Andrew Davies Wates Group chief executive Andrew Davies has been announced as the new boss at Carillion.

Wates has appointed McLaughlin & Harvey as a subcontractor to the Scape Major Works UK Framework. The Major Works UK Framework is designed to deliver construction projects between £10 million and £50m and the potential construction pipeline over the four-year duration of the framework is estim

(frmo left) Steffan Battle, James Askew, Alec Jackman and Lucy Abbott Wates Construction has announced changes to its management team with a series of internal promotions and appointments.

Andrew Davies Wates Group has announced a 20% increase in revenue thanks to its acquisition of Shepherd Group’s construction businesses.