UK News
3rd March 2023
HPA welcomes government training support
UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has welcomed the government’s £5m Heat Training Grant to provide financial support for heat pump training. The scheme announced…
1st March 2023
Logicool to stock Ecodan heat pumps
UK: Derbyshire-based distributor Logicool is now stocking Mitsubishi Electric’s Ecodan air-source heat pumps. Logicool has been a Mitsubishi Electric Value-added Reseller since around 2010 and…
1st March 2023
LG heat pump joins Quiet Mark list
UK: LG Electronics has achieved Quiet Mark accreditation for its Therma V Monobloc S air-to-water heat pump. Quiet Mark is the independent global certification programme…
25th February 2023
BESA success at trade association awards
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) won the Best Use of Technology Award at Thursday night’s Trade Association Forum (TAF) Best Practice Awards 2023. BESA’s Ventilation Hygiene Elite…
24th February 2023
Government must not ignore commercial heat pumps
UK: A leading heat pump equipment supplier has called for a greater awareness on sustainable solutions in the commercial and non-domestic sectors if the UK…
22nd February 2023
Boiler upgrade scheme failing to deliver
UK: The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) is failing to deliver on its objectives after seeing a “disappointingly low” take-up of grants, a new parliamentary…
21st February 2023
Beijer Ref to host interactive event
UK: Beijer Ref is to hold its own Sustainability Show in Leeds next month, featuring interactive product demonstrations and in-depth presentations. The event on March…
21st February 2023
BESA expands industry awards
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has expanded and rebranded its annual awards programme for 2023, adding more categories for both members and non-members.…
20th February 2023
Aquarea takes to the air
UK: Panasonic has taken to the air with a series of radio adverts promoting its Aquarea heat pumps to UK homeowners. The campaign with Bauer…
17th February 2023
Arctic Circle to be liquidated
UK: The joint administrators of beleaguered Hereford-based refrigeration company Arctic Circle have confirmed that they have started the process to wind-down the company’s operations. In…
15th February 2023
UK stance on PFAS due
UK: Following publication of new European PFAS chemical restriction proposals, the UK government has confirmed the imminent publication of its own analysis into the risks…
14th February 2023
Tefcold expands UK business
UK: Danish commercial refrigeration equipment wholesaler Tefcold has expanded its UK business, as part of a number of investments in its European business. Tefcold (UK),…
13th February 2023
Kensa receives funding for AI development
UK: Kensa Heat Pumps has won government funding of £92,000 to develop an online dashboard using AI to allow for remote commissioning and predictive maintenance…
13th February 2023
Administrator expects interest in Arctic Circle
UK: Economic headwinds coupled with an ongoing legal dispute have been blamed for the financial difficulties confronting pioneering refrigeration company Arctic Circle. The Hereford-based company,…
10th February 2023
Arctic Circle in administration
UK: Hereford-based refrigeration company Arctic Circle has gone into administration. According to a notice published in the Gazette yesterday, February 9, Rajnesh Mittal and Arvindar Jit Singh of Birmingham-based FRP…
6th February 2023
Daikin picks Manchester for heat pump trials
BELGIUM/UK: Daikin Europe has signed a partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to create a test-bed for net zero technologies and services in public buildings, including social housing.
6th February 2023
Lawton repeats Beijer Ref success
UK: Coventry-based Lawton Tubes have been named as Beijer Ref UK and Ireland supplier of the year for its efforts in 2022.
4th February 2023
One-day regional show to visit Leeds
UK: Warners, the publisher of the UK trade magazine ACR Journal, has announced a further one-day regional exhibition in Leeds in September. The company’s first ACR…
3rd February 2023
Toshiba enhances AC support
UK: Toshiba Carrier UK has updated its Rewards UK air conditioning and heat pump installer incentive programme adding three enhanced accredited partner tiers above the…
1st February 2023
Solar power supports trailer fridge batteries
UK: McBurney Transport Group has opted to fit all new refrigerated trailers with solar panels to keep fridge batteries in a charged state. The decision…
28th January 2023
Refrigerants on the breakfast menu
UK: Refrigerants will again be on the menu when the Hampshire Refrigeration Society holds its first Technical Breakfast Briefing of 2023 next month. This free-to-attend…