UK News
17th January 2014
Are you ready for the alternatives?
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is seeking the views of employers and manufacturers on the industry’s readiness for alternative refrigerants. Employers and manufacturers are invited…
15th January 2014
Huge fire at Liebherr’s UK premises
UK: A blaze at a Liebherr refrigeration equipment facility in Newport Pagnell this afternoon has finally been brought under control by firefighters. Everyone was evacuated…
14th January 2014
Seminar on CO2 transcritical systems
UK: With the pressure on to find replacements for high GWP refrigerants like R404A, a seminar on the latest developments in CO2 transcritical refrigeration is…
14th January 2014
Tesco second largest global retailer
UK: Despite reports of falling sales this year, Tesco was the second largest retailer in the world in terms of revenue last year, according to…
13th January 2014
Peffers is Scottish apprentice of the year
UK: James Peffers of Glasgow-based C&M Environmental Ltd has been named as Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Apprentice of the Year in the B&ES Scottish HVACR…
13th January 2014
Precision appoints sales director
[caption id="attachment_2993" align="alignright" width="252"] Tim Davis[/caption] UK: Thetford-based commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Precision Refrigeration has appointed Tim Davis as UK sales director. Amongst the UK’s…
13th January 2014
Face change with Dean & Wood
UK: Refrigeration wholesaler Dean & Wood kicks off its latest round of Facing Change roadshows with events in Southampton and Watford this month. With the…
13th January 2014
Ice factory bids for £11m lottery funding
UK: The group fighting to save the historic Grimsby Ice Factory and the iconic refrigeration equipment contained within it have applied for £11m of Heritage…
10th January 2014
Andrews Sykes moves branch to Heathrow
UK: Andrews Sykes is to move its current West London branch in Slough to new premises near Heathrow airport. The new premises are currently being…
8th January 2014
Minimal pickings for WR creditors
UK: WR Refrigeration owed over £80m when it entered administration in October and creditors are likely to receive only a minimal dividend, a report from…
7th January 2014
Manor Concepts forms cabinet door company
UK: Manor Concepts, the UK manufacturer of refrigerated display cabinets, has formed a new trading division to design and manufacture innovative cabinet doors. Coolsuredoors is…
7th January 2014
FSDF leads on health and safety
UK: The Food Storage and Distribution Federation (FSDF) has launched a scheme to encourage health and safety best practice within the industry. Reed Boardall, Cold…
7th January 2014
Daikin claims major breakthrough
UK: Visitors to the ACR Show next month are promised the chance to see what is described as “a major breakthrough in hvac technology” by…
30th December 2013
Arrowsmith joins Sainsbury’s
UK: Paul Arrowsmith, former engineering and compliance director at WR Refrigeration, has joined supermarket group Sainsbury's as refrigeration technology specialist. Paul was with WR Refrigeration…
24th December 2013
Darren Roberts is top ACR trainee
UK: Darren Roberts of Derbyshire-based Dixon Engineering was named ACR Trainee of the Year 2013 at the recent special awards lunch at the Belfry. Darren…
21st December 2013
Next stop: the ATS chiller
UK: The London Transport Museum provided an historic setting for the launch of McQuay’s advanced air-cooled ATS chiller. Over 100 customers attended the event with…
19th December 2013
FEM is sole distributor of Manitowoc
UK: Foodservice Equipment Marketing (FEM), a distributor of Manitowoc ice machines for many years, has now taken on sole distribution rights for all equipment and…
17th December 2013
Cool Synergy acquires BR Environmental
UK: Rugby-based recycler Cool Synergy is to transfer all its recycling operations to Leicester following the acquisition of fellow recycler BR Environmental Services. The new…
17th December 2013
Travis Perkins to sell Panasonic heat pumps
UK: Panasonic is to sell its heat pumps through builders’ merchant group Travis Perkins. The new distribution agreement will see Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS), BSS…
16th December 2013
Eddie Gittoes RIP
UK: It is with sadness that we report the passing of Eddie Gittoes, the founder of Hereford-based refrigeration company Arctic Circle. Hereford born and bred,…
13th December 2013
Hoyle receives special award
[caption id="attachment_2636" align="alignright" width="300"] Past president Peter Hoyle (left) receives his Distinguished Service Award from B&ES chief executive Roderick Pettigrew[/caption] UK: Peter Hoyle, a past…