UK News

UK: Building controls companies are invited to enter the Building Controls Industry Association’s 2017 Awards. The BCIA Awards recognise innovation, product development, project delivery and…

UK: Lewis Wilkinson an apprentice with Blackburn-based Acme Utilities was named ACR Trainee of the Year in yesterday’s awards presentation at the Belfry. The annual…

UK: The majority of local authorities in the UK are flouting government prompt payment laws, according to a new report by the Electrical Contractors’ Association…

UK: A cascade refrigeration system twinning CO2 with the HFO refrigerant 1234ze has been named as Retail Energy Project of the Year in last week’s…

UK: Industrial refrigeration contractor Stonegrove Refrigeration has appointed Steve Gowing as design and project engineer. Steve brings a wealth experience with him having worked for…

UK: Javac UK, the refrigerant recovery and vacuum pump supplier, has been named as Climate Centers’ Supplier of the Year for the second year running. The Middlesbrough-based…

[caption id="attachment_32097" align="alignright" width="200"] Kevin Munson: "business as usual"[/caption] UK: Ruskin Air Management has been renamed Swegon Air Management following its acquisition by the Swedish…

SWEDEN: Heat exchanger manufacturer SWEP is to close its manufacturing plant in Tentlingen, Switzerland, moving production to factories in Slovakia and Sweden. Employees at the…

UK: Bitzer has made two new appointments to its UK businesses. Having been employed at Bitzer UK on compressor pack building, internal and external sales…

UK: Pipe Center and Climate Center has streamlined its product range in what it says is part of a £7m stock investment in its core…

UK: Luke Courtney, an apprentice refrigeration engineer at Dungannon-based meat processor Dunbia, has won the gold medal at todays SkillFridge final. A student at Northern…

UK: Advanced Engineering has donated £7,000 worth of refrigerant recovery equipment to Bath College. The six Bosch Promax reclaim recovery units will be used in…

[caption id="attachment_21196" align="alignright" width="275"] Rob Driscoll: advising government on SME spending[/caption] UK: Rob Driscoll of BESA has joined a group of experts working with the…

UK: The growing popularity of “natural” refrigerants has prompted A-Gas to add ammonia to its UK product range. Already stocking CO2 and the hydrocarbons propane…

UK: Integral’s on-going development of its UK industrial refrigeration and specialist HVAC capability continues with the opening of a new office in Herefordshire. [caption id="attachment_22753"…

UK: Carrier Rental Systems (UK) has acquired Gloucestershire-based HVAC rental firm Watkins Hire. Headquartered in Lydney, Watkins Hire provides air conditioning and chillers, as well…

UK: Two of the industry’s leading associations have called on the Chancellor to boost investment in clean and digital technology in his autumn statement. The…

[caption id="attachment_29430" align="alignright" width="180"] Happier times: Neil Afram led Space to a succession of industry awards[/caption] UK: Space Air’s md, Neil Afram, has expressed sadness…

[caption id="attachment_27785" align="alignright" width="200"] Michael Murdoch[/caption] UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed former trade union official Michael Murdoch as director of employment…

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is to offer F-gas certification following the CITB announcement that it is to drop its F-gas scheme. CITB and City &…

UK: Independent UK Daikin air conditioning distributor Space Air has ceased to trade. The websites were switched off and calls to its Guildford, Surrey, headquarters went…