Exhibitors
Alongside the conference you are invited to visit the 'marketplace'.
This is an exhibition featuring specialist suppliers with which Wates has a relationship. The exhibitors are drawn from our Wates Innovation Network - a group of independently assessed providers of sustainable technology, and from our network of social enterprises, all of which work across the Wates Group, providing services and products to our offices and sites.

Paint 360
WE LOOK AT WASTE PAINT IN A NEW WAY
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We re-engineer waste paint back into brand new paint which has been tried, tested and developed in conjunction with the trade. Each litre contains a minimum 50% recycled content, while competing on quality and price with premium brands. We collect waste paint from waste management companies, councils and contractors, increasing recycling rates and delivering a true closed loop service to our clients.
How we can help you?
- Carbon savings - 1 litre saves enough embedded carbon to drive a transit van 5 miles carbon free! (independently verified)
- Closed loop recycling targets
- CSR initiatives
- Cost saving targets on paint purchases and waste management

ABC Life support
FIRST AID TRAINING FOR EVERYONE
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We believe in bringing essential first aid training to more people and with our onsite courses we bring the courses to you.
When it comes to health and safety, all businesses have obligations. But first aid is also about improving the overall wellbeing of your workforce and giving first-aiders the confidence to act when an incident occurs. Through our courses you’ll also learn the best preventative measures to minimise the risk of an incident taking place in the first place.
Delivered in a fun and engaging way, our expert training is all about empowering people to help someone in need, whether that’s advising someone going through a mental health crisis or responding to a physical emergency.
Some of our popular courses include First Aid at work, the First Aid at work requalification and Basic Life Support, all of which provide essential skills for life.
We provide first aid and mental health training for professionals and tailor our services to suit your needs.

Connection Crew
EVENTS, TV AND FILM, FM AND CONSTRUCTION
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We are Connection Crew, a company providing teams of talented people – we help solve production challenges across a range of sectors including events, TV and film, FM and construction.
We are on a mission to prevent and reduce homelessness by offering training, mentoring and employment in our crew. We are proud to say that we have employed 312 ex-homeless people to complete 172,522 hours of work since we started in 2005.
But it’s not nearly enough; by 2030 we want to have helped many more people at high risk of or with lived experience of homelessness into meaningful work, while operating at Net Zero.

Nuneaton Signs
FULLY RECYCLABLE SIGNAGE
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Here at Nuneaton Signs, we pride ourselves in being a forward-thinking company with a passion for Social Change. In the past 12 months we have seen more than ever, the need to make changes towards a more sustainable future. Many signage companies have launched PVC free signage, however this often still ends up in landfill as the materials are not easy to dispose of responsibly. That is why Nuneaton Signs have put in months of extensive research to ensure that our new product range is the first of its kind in the signage industry. A 100% PVC and fully recyclable range of signage.
It was very important to us that our end users would be able to easily dispose of their signage in an environmentally friendly way, and that is why we have sourced materials that are all able to be recycled in your general site recycling.
Nuneaton Signs are pledging to a greener and healthier future this financial year, and we hope that you join us in this journey.

Traco UK
CLEARANCE, STORAGE AND RELOCATION
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Providing companies with environmental & socially responsible Clearance, Storage & Relocation services from one source. We also keep goods in use for longer by selling quality used assets...browse and join the reuse revolution!
A B Corp and social enterprise company trying to do the right thing socially and environmentally. We clear businesses of furniture and equipment and pass it on to smart companies & smart business owners, that, not only care for the planet but who know that buying quality used F&E creates local jobs while reducing their own costs and adding social value.
'We call that a win for people, a win for the planet and a win to your bottom line.

Elysator
MEETING EUROPE'S STRINGENT WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
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VDI 2035: Meeting Europe's most stringent water quality standards without compromise.
The Elysator range of products will help building owners/operators, asset managers, construction and design professionals, facilities managers and manufacturers deliver crucial operational objectives whilst maintaining the environmental standards demanded of them.
The Elysator is not just a commercial solution. These benefits are equally relevant to homeowners. Elysator technology is wonderfully scalable and can be applied to all systems, regardless of size or complexity.

Emissis
REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY
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Coolnomix is a fast fit, low cost, high impact intelligent thermostat for Air-conditioning and Refrigeration.
Stay cool, save money & reduce your business’ carbon emissions
We can deliver up to 40% electricity savings without getting hot
We help businesses to make big energy and carbon savings without changing cooling needs so that your building users are kept comfortable, equipment stays cool and your produce remains chilled.
COOLNOMIX technology is maintenance free and can be easily installed by our qualified engineers with no disruption to your operation. You can expect up to 40% energy saving on your air-conditioning and up to 30% on your refrigeration without your cooling output being affected.
We keep your people, equipment and produce cool, and your energy budget from overheating

Lumi-Plugin
EVERYBODY DESERVES BEAUTY AND SAFEY IN THEIR HOME
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Our lighting seamlessly integrates safety, sustainability, and smart functionality in one bright design. No more cluttered ceilings. Just stylish and safe homes.
Together, we can reimagine lighting.

Nuspan
THE OFFSITE ALTERNATIVE TO BLOCK AND BEAM
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Nuspan Flooring offers a high-performance, precast, insulated flooring system for the construction of suspended ground floors in new build housing and small-scale commercial buildings.

QBot
IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
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Q-Bot is a digital construction company creating robot solutions in the energy efficiency sector across both social and private housing.
Q-Bot's mission is to transform the built environment by becoming the global leader in robotic and AI systems that apply materials in order to construct, maintain and upgrade buildings.
Q-Bot’s solutions ensure that people have a cost-effective and non-disruptive way to make their homes warm, comfortable and energy-efficient

Hey Girls
AWARD-WINNING PERIOD PRODUCT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
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We’re an award-winning buy-one, donate-one social enterprise, creating plant-powered period products that fund the fight to end period poverty in the UK.
Set up in 2018 by Celia and her two daughters Kate and Bec as a kitchen table start up after experiencing period poverty themselves first-hand. With 18 wonderful employees, we’ve grown into a UK-wide operation with dispatch teams in Scotland and Norfolk.
We’re proud to be multi award-winning and have celebrity supporters including Michael Sheen and Caitlin Moran.

Ethical
SUPPORTING THE MOST VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY
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Ethstat Ethical Stationery is a different kind of organisation. We believe in an equal society, and that good business means providing first-class customer service and using the profits to build a better world.
When you work with us, you join a small army of social enterprises, each committed to building a better society.
In 2020 we worked with 234 suppliers and 47 social enterprises, helping more than 200 communities.
Our supply chain supports food banks, gives work to refugees, trains and supports people experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities and ex-offenders.