UK News
4th October 2015
Andrews boosts Fast Chill hire fleet
UK: Andrews Chiller Hire has increased its fleet of temporary chillers for the catering, food and drinks industries. The company has increased its stock of…
3rd October 2015
Grimsby celebrates double success
UK: The Grimsby Institute is still celebrating the double success at last week’s Cooling Industry Awards. Refrigeration apprentices George Shepherd, who is employed by J…
1st October 2015
Daikin UK offers a classic ride
UK: Daikin UK is offering VRV installers the chance to drive a classic car through Tuscany in the spring. The air conditioning distributor is offering…
1st October 2015
ACR News Awards deadline extended
UK: The deadline for entries to the ACR News Awards, the longest-established awards for the air conditioning and refrigeration industry, has been extended to October…
30th September 2015
Cool-Therm opens South East office
[caption id="attachment_16139" align="alignright" width="400"] Steve Soffe (left) with Cool-Therm md Ken Strong[/caption] UK: Chiller specialist Cool-Therm has opened a new office in Kent to serve…
29th September 2015
New appointments at B&ES
[caption id="attachment_16115" align="alignright" width="400"] New positions at B&ES for Tom MacManus and Zanna Tweedie[/caption] UK: Tom McManus has been appointed as national executive for Scotland…
29th September 2015
Climate Center increases London stock
UK: Pipe and Climate Center has spent £180,000 streamlining the product offering at its Central London branch in Kings Cross. The move, which includes an…
26th September 2015
Stores still investing in refrigeration
UK: While spending by convenience stores has fallen over the last three months, refrigeration remains the most popular form of investment, according to a new…
26th September 2015
Toshiba links discounts to rugby results
UK: As sponsors of the Rugby World Cup, Toshiba is offering a special air conditioning discount scheme linked to the performance of customers’ home nations. A…
25th September 2015
Where the UK leads, Bitzer invests
UK: Seen as a hub for both developing and adopting new refrigeration ideas, compressor maker Bitzer says it will continue to invest to support its UK…
25th September 2015
Gallant to sell Mitsubishi Electric
[caption id="attachment_16044" align="alignright" width="400"] Gallant Group technical director Paul Price (left) and chairman, Ted Berry.[/caption] UK: Mansfield-based Gallant Air Conditioning has been appointed a Value…
25th September 2015
B&ES to sponsor air quality award
UK: Contractors group B&ES is to jointly sponsor the Air Quality category in the City of London Corporation’s National Sustainable Cities Awards. All of the…
23rd September 2015
Kingsley recognised on winners night
[caption id="attachment_16007" align="alignright" width="250"] Paul Fitzpatrick, developer of the A-Gas Gas-Trak Online, winner of the Refrigeration Innovation – Component or Process Award[/caption] UK: Kingsley Curtis,…
22nd September 2015
Williams team completes London-Paris race
[caption id="attachment_15987" align="alignright" width="300"] The Cool Riders in Paris (l to r): Julian Shine, Malcolm Harling, Mark Froydenlund and Stuart Timms[/caption] UK: Last weekend, a…
21st September 2015
Mitsi and Daikin head company survey
UK: Not for the first time, Japanese air conditioning manufacturers Mitsubishi Electric and Daikin are neck and neck in the UK. While the competition between…
19th September 2015
Hawco partners with independents
[caption id="attachment_15937" align="alignright" width="400"] Hawco has a 250,00ft2 warehouse in Bolton[/caption] UK: Although known traditionally as an oem supplier, Hawco has begun to target contractors…
19th September 2015
Toshiba VRF takes the world stage
UK: Rugby World Cup sponsors Toshiba used the England v Fiji opening match on Friday as the stage for the UK launch of its new…
18th September 2015
Capital Cooling secures £80,000 grant
[caption id="attachment_12978" align="alignright" width="400"] Alister McLean (centre) and Daniel McLean (right) break ground with Chris McInnes from builders CM Steel Buildings on the site of…
17th September 2015
TF/Lawton team tackle Scafell Pike
UK: A team from ac distributor TF Solutions and aluminium tube company Lawton Tubes walked to the summit of Scafell Pike last weekend to raise…
17th September 2015
STEM subjects “too difficult”
UK: A majority of schoolgirls in the UK and Ireland believe that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are too difficult to learn. A…
16th September 2015
Lord Deben to open CIBSE conference
[caption id="attachment_15868" align="alignright" width="400"] Lord Deben will provide the keynote speech at this year's CIBSE Conference[/caption] UK: Lord Deben, the chairman of the Lords Committee…