Construction services company Wates has joined Social Firms UK as a Corporate Member.
Acting as a national support centre for the development of the social firm sector in the UK, Social Firms UK works to promote and support businesses working in sustainable, socially responsible ways, and to boost their number.
Sally Reynolds, Chief Executive of Social Firms UK, commented “We are increasingly working with enlightened corporate companies who want to demonstrate their corporate responsibility in a meaningful and constructive manner.
“Social Firms are invariably small to medium businesses who rely on trade to remain sustainable whilst striving to deliver their social aim of job creation for the most disadvantaged. In these tough economic times, innovative and proactive approaches such as the one Wates is implementing helps the sector in the most useful way – through business.”
