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Ian Williams

Our mission is to provide a quality, customer-focused service.

One of the UK’s largest privately-owned property services companies, Ian Williams are at the forefront of delivering innovative painting, planned investment and repair services across the housing, education, retirement living, and commercial sectors.

<p>At Ian Williams, we aim to be a company loved by our employees and customers. We don't just offer jobs; we offer long-term careers that empower individuals to thrive. Here, your career trajectory is limited only by your ambition. We provide extensive training, award-winning apprenticeship and trainee surveyor programmes, and continuous learning opportunities to develop our employees professionally. We are on an ambitious, exciting and sustainable growth journey – come and join us.&nbsp;</p>

An Apprenticeship at Ian Williams isn’t just the start of an exciting career, we offer you a permanent contract so that you know your future is secure. We want our apprentices to go further with us and become the Forepeople, Contract Managers, and General Managers of the future. We can help you fulfil your potential and expand your horizons.
Jason Gorin
People Director

Apprenticeships at Ian Williams

Apprenticeships at Ian Williams provide you with an opportunity to thrive in a place that feels like home.

<p>Our success brings security at Ian Williams which is why when you’re taken on as an Apprentice you’re immediately offered a permanent contract, we want to develop you and keep your talent with us. You will be assigned a mentor with whom you will have the opportunity to speak regularly on a one-to-one basis, and an on-site coach in your trade to show you the ropes and help you develop to your full potential! Our in-house Academy team are on hand to make sure you can go further with us, they offer support for anything from balancing your college work to your well-being and are just a simple phone call away. Our Apprentices are talented and we want to celebrate that, so we ensure that you always have an opportunity to attend and be considered in local and national competitions where your skills are recognised and celebrated. Celebrating your skills doesn’t end there though, we have an annual celebration to celebrate your success in completing your Apprenticeship and training. Our apprentices currently make up 12% of our trade workforce, we want to support you in developing skills that can change lives and experience that will always be valued.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Perks and benefits

  • Bonus and reward scheme

  • Employee assistance

  • Generous parental leave

  • Learning and development

  • Pension

  • Rewards and benefits

  • Wellbeing scheme

Ian Williams

Quarry Road, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS37 6JL

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Company information

Headquarters:
Bristol
Founded:
1946
Revenue:
£181,000,000.00 2024/2025
Company size:
A large enterprise with 1431 employees
Industry:
Painting, Planned Maintenance, Responsive Repairs

Contact details

Telephone
01454 328 000

Locations

Bolton

Suite GGB, Atria, Spa Road, Bolton, United Kingdom, M32 0FP

Liverpool, Speke

Unit B6, 23, Goodlass Road, Liverpool, Speke, United Kingdom, L24 9HJ

Nottingham, Old Basford

Park Lane Business Centre, Park Lane, Nottingham, Old Basford, United Kingdom, NG6 0DW

Birmingham, Aston

2nd Floor Aqueous One, Aston Cross Business Park, Birmingham, Aston, United Kingdom, B6 5RQ

Wrexham

Ground floor suite, Clwyd House, Ash Road South, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham, United Kingdom, LL13 9UG

Bristol

Folly Brook Road, Emersons Green, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS16 7FL

Cardiff

Unit 1 Ash Tree Court, Woodsy Close, Cardiff Gate, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF23 8RW

Amesbury, Salisbury

Unit 3 2nd Floor, Minton House, London Road, Amesbury, Salisbury, United Kingdom, SP4 7RT

Watford

Suite B1 Kebbell House, Carpenders Park, Watford, United Kingdom, WD19 5EF

Surrey, Epsom

West Hill House, West Hill, Surrey, Epsom, United Kingdom, KT19 8JD

Tonbridge, Maidstone

Unit 3, Crowhurst Hop Farm, Bullen Lane, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Maidstone, United Kingdom, TN12 5LP

Romsey, Southampton

First Floor, Unit 3, Park Court, Premier Way, Abbey Park Industrial Estate, Romsey, Southampton, United Kingdom, SO51 9DN

Exeter, Exmouth

Unit 11a Woodbury House Business Park, Castle Lane, Woodbury, Exeter, Exmouth, United Kingdom, EX5 1AY

Newton Abbot

Homeside House, Silverhills Road, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom, TQ12 5ND

Plymouth

Seaton House, 16 Williams Prance Road, Plymouth, United Kingdom, PL6 5WR

Burnley

Lodge House, Cow Lane, Burnley, United Kingdom, BB11 1NN

Peterborough

C/O Accent Housing, West Point, Tesla Court, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, United Kingdom, PE2 6EA

Guilford

Waverley Borough Council, Top Floor, Housing Dept, The Burys, Godalming, Guilford, United Kingdom, GU7 1HR

Testimonials

A Positive Working Environment

Ian Williams is a brilliant place to work! I learnt many skills over my three-year course. There is a great positive working environment, as a female working in the construction industry I’ve always felt comfortable and valued.

Perfect Platform to grow my career

Joining the Trainee Surveyor Programme at Ian Williams has been an incredibly rewarding experience. An environment where I had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience. Ian Williams has provided me with the perfect platform to grow my career in quantity surveying.

No two days are the same

Working at Ian Williams is interesting, no two days are the same. They are great at making sure apprentices are taken care of and upskilled as much as possible before they’re qualified in their respective field.
Turning my hopes of a career in carpentry into a reality was fulfilled entirely through my apprenticeship with Ian Williams. Having worked hard to achieve a Foreperson position at Ian Williams, I take great pride in being a ‘homegrown’ apprentice! Imparting knowledge onto apprentices and seeing them thrive in their field is an incredible thing, and I wouldn’t be able to do that without being an IW apprentice myself! If anyone doubts what you can achieve with an apprenticeship, I hope you take my journey as an indication to go for it.
Mohit Basson
Working Foreperson

Culture

Our mission is to be a company loved by its employees and customers, we strive to achieve this by ensuring the values and behaviours our teams demonstrate every day support this aim, creating a safe, supportive, and friendly working environment where our employees can do their best work. We’re here for our people. Investing in them, listening to them, and supporting their needs inside and outside work. As part of our trade team, you’ll always feel valued for your skills and expertise and be rewarded for your hard work. With Ian Williams, you’ll join a business where you’ll feel at home. With a team that cares for one another. A company that is growing and where you can go further with us. A business that is building something brilliant.

Values

Everything we do, is done with honesty, commitment and integrity. We behave to others as we would wish them to behave to us, and by being a great employer that puts the well-being of our people above all else, we will ensure they flourish and grow. We want you to feel at home with us, so we will support you both in work, and outside of it. You’ll work alongside homegrown industry experts, gaining skills and advancing each day. Our business is growing, and so are the opportunities for you to thrive.

Awards

We Invest in People Gold (IIP)

2017 - 2025

Rising Star Award (National Housing Maintenance Forum Awards)

2025

Apprentice of the Year (National Housing Maintenance Forum Awards)

2024