UK News

UK: The F-gas regulations, energy reduction and legal compliance are just some of the topics to be tackled at Star Refrigeration’s forthcoming national roadshow. The…

UK: New ASHRAE president Bjarne W Olesen will be giving a talk on the effects of occupant behaviour on the indoor environment to the CIBSE…

UK: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has terminated its air conditioning distribution deal with AMP following AMP’s recent takeover by rival Japanese manufacturer Panasonic. Notification of Mitsubishi…

UK: Graham Young and Mike Nankivell were both honoured for their services to the industry at last night’s Cooling Awards in London. Graham Young, industrial…

[caption id="attachment_41759" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Stephen Crocker is thought to be one of the victims of BESA's cutbacks[/caption]   UK: Stephen Crocker, secretary of F-gas certification…

[caption id="attachment_41743" align="aligncenter" width="630"] CoolKit sales director Cameron Javed receives the TCS&D award from Michael Kane of sponsor Seven Telematics (left) and comedian Ian Irving[/caption]…

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has axed a number of top staff in what has been described as a restructuring to improve the…

UK: Interserve has secured a £6m facilities services account, which includes a major replacement programme for CHP and air conditioning units for furniture and flooring…

[caption id="attachment_41533" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The new centre was opened by councillor Cherry Beath, chair of Bath and North East Somerset Council (left), seen here with…

UK: Toshiba has reassured customers that the cancellation of its distribution agreement will have no impact on customer warranties. In its first official announcement following…

UK: Cork-based refrigerated display case lighting company Nualight has appointed Simon Needham as UK sales manager. Bringing with him several years’ experience of working in…

UK: Consumer group Which? has called for an end to fridges using non-flame retardant plastic backs and describes current safety standards as “inadequate”. Which? says…

  UK: Seven Foster Refrigerator employees have raised around £1,100 in an epic 127 mile charity cycle and run to the Netherlands. The 127 mile…

UK: Former BESA president Andy Sneyd has been named MD of Hargreaves Ductwork. Head of design at Crown House Technologies for nearly 10 years, Sneyd…

UK: Iceland Foods has been fined £2.5m after an air conditioning contractor died in a fall at a store in Rotherham. Tony Hopkins (58) was…

UK: Ritchie Engineering, the US manufacturer of refrigeration and air conditioning tools, has appointed Adam Radford as sales manager for the UK and Ireland. Adam…

UK: Bitzer UK has added a series of value-added services, including lift and shift, to its specialist compressor remanufacturing arm, Green Point. The lift and…

UK: In a break with recent tradition, this season’s  Institute of Refrigeration programme of technical papers will start at the new earlier time of 15.30.…

UK: The Hampshire Refrigeration Society is hosting another of its popular breakfast meetings in October. The event at The Concorde Club, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh SO50 9HQ, on October…

[caption id="attachment_40842" align="alignright" width="400"] Ben Johnstone is the new MD at Portsmouth-based distributor Hushon[/caption] UK: Ben Johnstone has been appointed MD of Portsmouth-based air conditioning…

UK: Tickets for the 2018 IoR Annual Dinner, the refrigeration and air conditioning industry’s celebration of all things cooling, are now available. The 2018 dinner,…