UK News

UK: Dean Franklin, a co-owner of Essex-based contractor ADL Air Conditioning, is set to appear on the new series of the BBC TV show The Apprentice.

UK: Phil Adams, former MD of of Carrier subsidiaries Riello and Vokera, is set to join ventilation company Lindab UK.

UK: New projects looking at applications of geothermal energy and future heat pump demand have received backing from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund.

UK: Sunswap, the UK pioneer in combined solar and battery technology for refrigerated trailers, has expanded its manufacturing capability with a new facility at its headquarters in Leatherhead, Surrey. 

UK: James Anderson has been appointed managing director of Carter Synergy and KB Refrigeration. 

UK: The Mining Remediation Authority has established a pioneering research laboratory in Gateshead to expand the potential of mine water heat technology.

UK: Former Institute of Refrigeration president Graeme Fox has opened an online vote calling for current president Lisa-Jayne Cook to be removed as an IoR board trustee.

UK: As expected, 2024 was a record-breaking year for UK installations of heat pumps with almost 60,000 certified installations.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration and past president Graeme Fox have settled their differences and prevented a possible vote of no confidence in the IoR’s board. 

UK: Swedish heat pump manufacturer NIBE has appointed former Swedish international footballer Freddie Ljungberg as its new UK brand ambassador.

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed Tony Gilbert to the new role of COO in what the association describes as part of a major strategic transformation.

UK: Tomoji Miki has been named as Daikin UK MD. He succeeds Hiroyasu Ishikawa, who has been appointed MD of Daikin Central Europe.

UK: Clive Parkman has retired after eight years as managing director of Daikin Applied (UK).

UK: Mansfield Pollard, the Bradford-based supplier of industrial air handling units, acoustic control products and data centre cooling solutions, saw turnover rise 17% to £24m in the year to July 31.

UK: The UK government insists that the number of UK heat pump installers is in line with current workforce training demands.

UK: Giles Pratt, sales specialist at Fujitsu General Air Conditioning UK, is set to retire after a career spanning 40 years in the UK air conditioning industry.

UK: Heat pump manufacturer Daikin has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to support jobs, skills training, warmer homes and more sustainable power.

UK: The Environment Agency (EA) is proposing to start charging users for the costs of administering the F-gas scheme.

UK: DEFRA has suspended the January 1 ban on cellar coolers following representations from industry representatives, product manufacturers and suppliers.

UK: Graeme Fox, F-gas scheme director at Quidos, has sought an “urgent meeting” with DEFRA over its decision to include cellar coolers within the January 1 split system AC ban.

UK: Manufacturers and suppliers of cellar coolers are in uproar after UK government agencies declared that such systems using higher GWP refrigerants will be banned from January 1.