UK News
23rd August 2017
Discounter Lidl overtakes Waitrose
UK: An increase in market share to 5.2% has seen German discount supermarket Lidl overtake Waitrose to become the UK’s seventh largest grocer. The latest…
22nd August 2017
Firms hit by late public sector payments
UK: Nearly two-thirds of engineering services firms are not being paid within 30 days by public sector bodies – a contravention of government legislation. A…
21st August 2017
LFB demands action on fridge standards
UK: The London Fire Brigade has demanded action on manufacturing standards for fridges and freezers following the Grenfell Tower fire in June. In a letter…
20th August 2017
IoR Scotland seeks potential winners
UK: The IoR Scottish Branch is seeking nominations for its annual Apprentice of the Year and Kooltech awards. The Apprentice of the Year Award is…
18th August 2017
Refrigeration derby match raises £1500
[caption id="attachment_39519" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Employees of Foster and Williams present a cheque for £1400 to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn[/caption] UK: A football match…
17th August 2017
Refcom document tackles A2L refrigerants
UK: F-gas certification body Refcom has produced a technical bulletin about lower flammability refrigerants in response to the HFC phasedown. The objective of this technical…
17th August 2017
Pop Idol singer hosts Scottish IoR dinner
UK: Michelle McManus, the Scottish singer and television presenter of Pop Idol fame is to host this year’s IoR Scottish Dinner. Tickets are now on sale…
16th August 2017
Waterloo man takes careers role
[caption id="attachment_39441" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Alan Smith: ensuring young people are aware of career opportunities in engineering[/caption] UK: Alan Smith, commercial and export markets manager at…
15th August 2017
Aldi to convert all UK stores to CO2
UK: Aldi is to convert all its UK stores to use CO2 refrigeration, the German discount supermarket chain has announced. Up to 100 of its…
13th August 2017
Evans becomes Leeds College vice chair
UK: BSRIA CEO Julia Evans has been appointed vice chair of the Corporation of Leeds College of Building. The College is the only further and…
8th August 2017
Dumble is GEA UK head of sales
UK: Barry Dumble has been appointed of head of equipment sales for the UK, reporting directly to country managing director Ilija Aprcovic. Barry joined GEA…
6th August 2017
New laws to get tough on non-compliance
UK: The Environment Agency (EA) could receive increased powers of prosecution following concerns of installations and refrigerant purchases by non-F-gas-certified companies. Concerns over qualification and…
4th August 2017
BREEAM and F-gas are Daikin topics
[caption id="attachment_39160" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The Waldorf Astoria is the Edinburgh venue for Daikin's Forward Thinking seminar[/caption] UK: Daikin UK’s latest round of Future Thinking seminars…
3rd August 2017
Marstair MRC+ cleared for R448A/R449A
UK: The Marstair MRC+ range of refrigeration condensing units from TEV have now been approved for use with lower GWP refrigerants R448A and R449A. Widely…
31st July 2017
Morton to engineering director
UK: Cleanroom and laboratory design and construction firm, Boulting Environmental Services has promoted Jonathan Morton to the position of engineering director. Morton has been with…
31st July 2017
Airedale makes Wisely move
[caption id="attachment_39061" align="alignright" width="138"] Duncan Wisely: promoting Artus[/caption] UK: Airedale has appointed Duncan Wisely as business development manager for its soon to be launched Artus…
26th July 2017
Grimsby plan lifeline for ice factory
UK: The group fighting to preserve the Grimsby Ice Factory and its 80-year-old refrigeration compressors has been buoyed by plans for a regeneration of the…
26th July 2017
Axair to sell Sanden’s CO2 compressor
UK: Axair Refrigeration has signed an exclusive supplier partnership with Japanese CO2 refrigeration technology company Sanden. Under the terms of the deal, Axair Refrigeration becomes…
26th July 2017
Look cool and win with Fujitsu
[caption id="attachment_38960" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Kelly Bullivant (right) and colleague keep cool with their Fujitsu Sunnies[/caption] UK: In the hottest UK summer for many years, red…
24th July 2017
John Smith becomes FETA chairman
[caption id="attachment_38907" align="aligncenter" width="630"] New FETA chairman John Smith (left) takes over the role from Graham Wright (right)[/caption] UK: Beijer Ref’s John Smith has taken…
23rd July 2017
Newsletter explains gas price increases
UK: Wholesaler FSW explains why refrigerant prices are increasing and discusses other F-gas issues in the July edition of a new newsletter. FSW says its…