The contractor is hosting a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event in partnership with Constructionline where small and medium sized firms can meet the team and tender for new housing repairs contracts.

The event will be held at the Travis Perkins Exeter Branch, Heron Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, EX2 7LL on July 13 from 9am until 1.30pm.

Opportunities are open across a range of trades including: plumbing, gas servicing and repairs, electrical works, joinery, painting, flooring, tiling and scaffolding, as well as window and door supplying and installing, fire risk assessments and associated remedial works, asbestos surveys and removal, and installers for the undertaking of responsive and voids maintenance.

David Morgan, Managing Director, Wates Living Space, said: “It is a priority for our business that we engage local supply chain partners, the benefit of which can be seen in the local employment and training opportunities that it generates.

“Appointing local businesses from Exeter & the surrounding areas will ultimately ensure that the money invested in these regions remains here and that the local economic impact of our work brings a lasting legacy to the community.”

To register to attend in advance click here