UK News

UK: Changes to the regional sales structure at J&E Hall’s commercial refrigeration business sees senior manager Tony Twine ceding his UK-wide responsibilities to national sales manager Paul McDermott.

UK: The building services sector has welcomed the government’s announcement of a consultation on late, long and disputed business to business payments.

UK: The chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, visited Truro-based ground-source heat pump manufacturer Kensa, today, on a trip to hear from Cornish businesses driving green growth.

UK: Former Institute of Refrigeration president Steve Gill is to stand again for the role having been named as one of three nominations for the position of president-elect.

UK: BSRIA has extended its UKAS-accredited testing capabilities to include the EN 14825:2022 standard following a comprehensive ISO 17025 audit by the UK’s National Accreditation Service.

UK: Daikin has opened a further Sustainable Home Centre, its fourth in partnership with independent plumbers’ merchant James Hargreaves.

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a revision of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include incentives for heat pumps which provide both heating and cooling.

UK: Daikin UK’s senior environment research manager, Chris Taylor-Hamlin, has been named as the Heat Pump Association’s next vice chair. He will officially take up the post in September.

UK: Fareham-based Coolers and Condensers has announced the death of its long-serving technical director Paul Moseley. He was 61.

UK: Wholesaler Wolseley has taken a lease on a new 107,775ft2 distribution centre in Darlington.

UK: Daikin Airconditioning UK has acquired the Glasgow-based heating services company Saltire Facilities Management Ltd.

UK: Heat pump manufacturer Qvantum Energy Technology has appointed Sarah Atkinson as marketing director.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) is now accepting submissions for its annual Beyond Refrigeration Environmental Award that recognises pioneering projects to reduce environmental emissions from UK cooling systems.

UK: The three-day InstallerShow at Birmingham’s NEC last month attracted 31,000 visitors, according to the organiser Lyrical Communications.

UK: Compressor and chiller servicing and remanufacturing company ThermOzone, now incorporating ThermaCom, has moved to new offices in Basingstoke after 31 years in Reading.

UK: Fareham-based coil manufacturer H C Coils Ltd has been acquired by the Swedish group Bergman & Beving (B&B). 

UK: Bradford-based air management company Mansfield Pollard has announced a partnership with mission critical facilities company BladeRoom Data Centres.

UK: IOR president Lisa-Jayne Cook and Women in RACHP Network co-chair Astrid Prado have been shortlisted in a list of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction Awards 2025.

UK: Vaillant has unveiled a new scheme to help installers fit a heat pump in their own home.

UK: Lawton Tubes has revealed further details of its proposed new £20m warehouse and office facility in Coventry.

UK: Six young representatives of the RACHP industry will battle it out in the WorldSkills UK national finals in November.