UK News
30th October 2016
Finalists announced for NACR&HP awards
UK: Over 70 entries from 42 companies have been named as finalists in the National ACR and Heat Pump Awards. [caption id="attachment_25077" align="alignleft" width="300"] Advertisement[/caption]…
30th October 2016
BESA mourns SummitSkills closure
UK: The associations behind the original establishment of the sector skill council SummitSkills, have paid tribute to its efforts, following this week’s announcement that it…
28th October 2016
Celia wins customer service award
[caption id="attachment_26255" align="alignright" width="200"] Celia Dickinson: applauded for customer service efforts[/caption] UK: The dedication of Celia Dickinson, Toshiba UK’s operations support manager, has been recognised…
27th October 2016
Industry mentoring scheme relaunches
[caption id="attachment_26242" align="alignright" width="300"] Steve Gill: "helping others within the industry who are earlier in their careers"[/caption] UK: Coinciding with today's National Mentoring Day, the…
26th October 2016
Fujitsu training opens at TF Solutions
UK: Fujitsu has partnered with air conditioning and refrigeration distributor TF Solutions to open a new training facility at TF’s Burton-on-Trent branch. The new facility…
26th October 2016
Daikin UK offers flexible financing
UK: Daikin UK has introduced a range of flexible leasing options on its air conditioners and heat pumps. The finance packages, offered through independent finance…
26th October 2016
BESA welcomes apprentice funding decision
UK: Contractors’ group BESA has welcomed the confirmation of apprenticeship funding and other measures to help get young people into work. The UK government yesterday confirmed that…
25th October 2016
Toshiba helps train SkillFridge finalists
UK: Toshiba has organised training courses to help this year’s competitors prepare for the national SkillFridge finals, which take place at the Skills Show in…
23rd October 2016
EA raid discovers waste fridges
UK: Waste refrigerators bound for illegal export to Africa have been uncovered in a raid on a storage facility in Essex. The raid on October…
23rd October 2016
Leak prevention device wins science award
UK: A leak prevention system for water-cooled data centre cooling systems has been honoured by the Institute of Physics. Hampshire-based Aqua Cooling was presented with…
21st October 2016
Barraclough is Advanced sales director
UK: Advanced Engineering has appointed John Barraclough as sales director. John has a background in electronics engineering with a number of leading names including Rotork…
20th October 2016
Keeping joins Stonegrove
UK: Stonegrove Refrigeration has appointed the highly experienced Grahame Keeping to the role of contracts and operations manager. Grahame is a well-known industry figure with…
18th October 2016
Oil disposal service a success
UK: A new disposal service for waste refrigerant oil from A-Gas is said to be proving popular with UK engineers. This service, launched last year…
16th October 2016
CoolKit encourages young manufacturers
UK: Refrigerated vehicle specialist CoolKit is helping to encourage young people in manufacturing by sponsoring a major competition for schools. The Burnley-based company is sponsoring…
8th October 2016
Sure Chill technology wins Dubai backing
[caption id="attachment_20824" align="alignright" width="300"] Sure Chill innovator Ian Tansley[/caption] UK: The developers of a breakthrough British vaccine refrigerator have been invited to take part in…
7th October 2016
F-gas advice for sellers
UK: Refcom’s latest F-gas guidance is a practical guide for refrigerant distributors who are unsure about whether or not they can legally supply F gases.…
6th October 2016
110 jobs lost in Eaton-Williams closure
UK: Nortek says it anticipates 110 job losses as a result of the closure of the Eaton Williams sites in Edenbridge and Stoke. After the…
5th October 2016
Daikin Applied AHUs are BIM ready
UK: Daikin Applied UK has completed BIM modelling on five of its bespoke air handling unit designs. The AHU BIM objects, which can be manipulated…
5th October 2016
BESA applauds Scottish move on PBAs
[caption id="attachment_15531" align="alignright" width="250"] Paul McLaughlin: “The Scottish Government should be roundly praised"[/caption] UK: Contractors’ body BESA has applauded the Scottish Government for setting up…
5th October 2016
Nortek shuts Eaton-Williams sites
UK: The UK has lost another of its famous air conditioning names following the closure of the Eaton-Williams sites in Edenbridge and Stoke. Eaton-Williams’ owner Nortek…
4th October 2016
Swegon buys Ruskin Air Management
UK: Kent-based Ruskin Air Management (RAML) has been acquired by Swedish ventilation firm Swegon, just two years after being bought by Johnson Controls. A manufacturer…