Wates News, Contracts and Projects | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Fri, 09 May 2025 08:26:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Wates News, Contracts and Projects | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data ‘Worrying’ rise in migrant worker exploitation on building sites https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/cn-intelligence/workforce/worrying-rise-in-migrant-worker-exploitation-on-building-sites-09-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/cn-intelligence/workforce/worrying-rise-in-migrant-worker-exploitation-on-building-sites-09-05-2025/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 11:45:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=520009 Migrant workers are at an increased risk of exploitation on construction sites, a new report has warned. The probe by Achilles, which deals in supply chain risk, found migrant workers are vulnerable to unexplained deductions from wages, restricted access to mobile phones and “informal or…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/cn-intelligence/workforce/worrying-rise-in-migrant-worker-exploitation-on-building-sites-09-05-2025/feed/ 0 Wates boosts public sector team with senior Homes England hire https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/wates-boosts-public-sector-team-with-senior-homes-england-hire-23-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/wates-boosts-public-sector-team-with-senior-homes-england-hire-23-04-2025/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 06:45:59 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519040 This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Wates Group has appointed former Homes England executive Robert Stone as head of public sector and national frameworks. Stone will report to group public sector director Stephen Beechey. He will lead efforts to…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/wates-boosts-public-sector-team-with-senior-homes-england-hire-23-04-2025/feed/ 0 Bible study: how Wates is optimising its business https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/bible-study-how-wates-is-optimising-its-business-14-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/bible-study-how-wates-is-optimising-its-business-14-04-2025/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:45:53 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518578 Main contractor Wates may have posted record turnover in 2024 – plus a pre-tax profit for the 25th consecutive year – but its chief executive isn’t resting on his laurels. Speaking to Construction News on 8 April after Wates released its financial results for the…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/bible-study-how-wates-is-optimising-its-business-14-04-2025/feed/ 0 Pre-tax profit plunges at Wates despite record turnover https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/pre-tax-profit-plunges-at-wates-despite-record-turnover-08-04-2025/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:42:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518248 Tier one contractor Wates posted record annual turnover last year although its statutory pre-tax profit nosedived, its latest accounts show. The firm – ranked 7th in last year’s CN100 index of top UK contractors – saw its revenue (excluding joint ventures) rise by 9.2 per…

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]]> Wates handed £111m Parliament job after tender fails again https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/wates-handed-111m-parliament-job-after-tender-fails-again-07-04-2025/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:05:37 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518123 Wates has been given the job of repairing Parliament’s crumbling Victora Tower after the competitive tender process for the job failed for a second time. Construction News revealed in April 2024 that the tender for the then-£95m job had to be re-run after errors were made…

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]]> Wates secures Cat B fit-out job on £105m Manchester government hub https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/supply-chain/wates-secures-cat-b-fit-out-job-on-105m-manchester-government-hub-2-02-04-2025/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:44:47 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=517790 This story was written with the assistance of AI Read more about our AI experiment Wates has been appointed to deliver the final construction phase of a major government office development in Manchester city centre. The firm will carry out the Category B fit-out of…

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]]> Wates plans low on delayed regeneration scheme https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/wates/wates-goes-low-on-delayed-regeneration-scheme-19-03-2025/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:45:12 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=516152 A Wates joint venture (JV) has rejigged its approach to kickstarting a 1,380-home estate regeneration project in Essex after fire safety rules delayed progress on plans for tall buildings. The contractor-developer, along with its JV partner Havering Council, is currently redesigning high-rise buildings on the…

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]]> Bouygues surges to league summit with green energy job https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/construction-league-tables/bouygues-surges-to-league-summit-with-green-energy-job-05-02-2025/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:45:04 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=513803 A major green energy contract helped propel Bouygues to the top of the monthly contractor league table for January. The contractor bagged a £170m job to develop Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) in the Humber Estuary. This and two other projects took Bouygues to the…

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]]> Treasury ignored inheritance tax warnings, Wates boss reveals https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/wates/treasury-ignored-inheritance-tax-warnings-wates-boss-reveals-13-01-2025/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:37:58 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=512159 A family member of one of the industry’s biggest construction firms has accused the government of ignoring warnings over the impact of inheritance tax changes. Wates board member James Wates, who also chairs advocacy group Family Business UK (FBUK), said it lobbied HM Treasury on…

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]]> People moves: Costain appoints, Briggs promotes and more https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/people-moves-costain-appoints-briggs-promotes-and-more-10-01-2025/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:45:01 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=512079 The first full working week of 2025 has seen a flurry of job changes across the construction industry. Infrastructure specialist Costain announced the appointment of Eva Soto Pérez as its new engineering services general manager. Pérez moves from Morgan Sindall, where she was engineering director…

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