UK News
3rd March 2016
IoR members vote in Bostock and Nankivell
[caption id="attachment_20594" align="alignright" width="380"] Mike Nankivell (left) and David Bostock were the IoR members' choice for the executive council[/caption] UK: David Bostock and Mike Nankivell…
3rd March 2016
£125m to replace BP’s R22 refrigeration plant
UK: Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded the contract to replace the R22 refrigeration plant at BP’s LPG site in Grangemouth. The one-year £125m engineering,…
1st March 2016
FG Eurofred name reverts to Fujitsu
UK: FG Eurofred, UK distributor of Fujitsu air conditioning, is to change its name back to Fujitsu General Air Conditioning (UK) Ltd from March 7.…
29th February 2016
Customers mistrust energy efficiency claims
UK: Customers don’t trust manufacturers’ efficiency claims and almost half have never heard of the UK’s Energy Technology List, a new report claims. While companies have…
29th February 2016
BESA seeks management award nominations
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is seeking nominations for its two annual management awards for young and talented engineers. The Alfred Manly Management…
29th February 2016
Javac offers tool seminars
UK: Javac UK is offering to stage its Tool Talk educational seminars at air conditioning and refrigeration colleges and training establishments across the UK. The…
29th February 2016
Morrisons signs supply deal with Amazon
UK: Morrisons has signed a new supply agreement with Amazon, giving the website’s UK customers access to wide range of ambient, fresh and frozen products.…
28th February 2016
Dearden recognised for lifetime achievement
[caption id="attachment_20472" align="alignright" width="350"] Roy Dearden, still working on the tools at Kool-It[/caption] UK: With a career spanning nearly 60 years, Roy Dearden of Manchester-based…
27th February 2016
CMA to investigate HRP acquisition
UK: Beijer Ref’s integration of UK refrigeration wholesaler HRP has been put on hold pending investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The acquisition…
27th February 2016
BESA appoints new membership manager
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed Amanda Ings as membership services manager, following the retirement of Val O'Reilly after 39 years' service.…
27th February 2016
Samsung takes innovations on tour
UK: The Samsung European air conditioning roadshow culminates next month with four dates in the UK. The UK dates conclude Samsung’s air conditioning Innovation Tour,…
25th February 2016
Bath College plans £3.3m training centre
[caption id="attachment_20434" align="alignright" width="250"] College principal Matt Atkinson (above) and on the proposed site of the new construction skills centre (top)[/caption] UK: Bath College, a key…
25th February 2016
Steve Gill joins BJA management team
UK: Steve Gill, president-elect of the IoR, has joined the management team of Yorkshire-based refrigeration consultancy BJA. While retaining his role as head of his…
24th February 2016
Mike McCloskey RIP
UK: The death has been announced of Mike McCloskey (66), a past president of the Building Engineering Services Association. Mike spent 30 years with national…
20th February 2016
F-gas Rosie scores 100% in MAC exam
UK: Rosie Muxlow, the youngest person to receive an F-gas certificate, has followed this up by passing the C&G 7543 mobile air conditioning qualification. In…
20th February 2016
Meeting will explain new RACHP apprenticeship
UK: The IoR will be explaining the new Refrigeration, Air conditioning and Heat Pump Engineering Technician Apprenticeship scheme at a free-to-attend meeting in London next…
19th February 2016
R32 course is CPD accredited
UK: The R32 training course announced by Panasonic distributor Logicool, earlier this month, has received CPD accreditation. Courses on the use of the new “mildly flammable”…
19th February 2016
CIAT UK set for expansion
[caption id="attachment_20271" align="alignright" width="250"] Alistair Walker (above): "Taking a long-term strategic approach" Top: The new CIAT UK hq in Leatherhead[/caption] UK: Following the purchase of…
18th February 2016
Ashley Wilson takes SkillFridge Gold
[caption id="attachment_20254" align="alignright" width="360"] SkillFridge 2016 winner Ashley Wilson receives his medal and certificate from Institute of Refrigeration president-elect Steve Gill[/caption] UK: Ashley Wilson of…
18th February 2016
Climalife is double winner at ACR Awards
UK: Refrigerant supplier Climalife was the big winner at last night’s ACR News Awards, winning two categories. Over 300 guests at the new Vox conference…
17th February 2016
Graham Lewis is Manor design director
UK: Manor Concepts has strengthened its senior management team with the promotion of Graham Lewis to the position of design and development director. Employed as…