UK News

UK: Scottish Gas has announced it will now be guaranteeing to provide the lowest-priced heat pump installations in the UK.  Scottish Gas says it will…

Burnley MP Anthony Higginbotham (centre) opens the new centre, flanked by James Hargreaves director Bill Davies (left) and Sustainability Home Centre manager Craig Payne UK:…

UK: Adande Refrigeration has appointed global sales director Karl Hodgson as MD. He replaces founder Ian Wood, who is turning his knowledge and expertise on…

UK: Swegon is bringing together all the group’s UK room unit brands of Waterloo, NACO and Air Diffusion under one brand identity – Waterloo by…

UK: Barry Wilson, a former director of Advanced Engineering and well-known figure in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry for over 40 years, died recently.…

UK: Former IoR president and head of the World Refrigeration Day has won the Women’s Engineering Society’s Men as Allies Award for 2022.

UK: The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has called on the UK government to improve consumer awareness of heat pumps in its efforts to improve the…

UK: Patrick Mullins has been appointed retail service director for Integral UK’s Cooling Technologies division. Mullins joined Integral in 2013 as business development director, following…

UK: Swedish HVAC manufacturer Swegon has moved its UK factory to a new 6,400m2 facility in Snodland, near Maidstone, Kent. Its new Vantage Point factory…

UK: Bitzer UK has warned installers and end users about the risks of sourcing Bitzer products through unofficial grey import channels.  The UK subsidiary of…

UK: Air conditioning equipment distributor Kooltech has been acquired by the Wolseley Group. Kooltech, which was shocked by the sudden death of MD and major…

UK: One of the leading domestic refrigeration manufacturers has been found to be openly selling R134a refrigerant in contravention of the F-gas regulations. While the…

UK: Refrigeration controls manufacturer Resource Data Management (RDM) has appointed Ged Evans as group operations director.  Evans joins Glasgow-based RDM after two years at panelling solutions…

UK: Foster Refrigerator is supporting the UK team at this month’s Bocuse d’Or, the world’s largest and most prestigious chef contest. Team UK, represented by Ian…

UK: The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) has called for a legally enforced minimum qualification for all heat pump installations.  For homeowners…

UK: Aldi has become the latest UK supermarket to announce that it will be installing fridge doors as standard in its new and newly refurbished…

UK: Dr Guy Hundy, a leading technical expert within the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector for over 50 years, died yesterday. A fellow…

UK: Ormandy Rycroft Engineering has completed the acquisition of HVAC solutions provider HRS Hevac Ltd and subsidiary HeatExchangerSpares.com (HES) from Canadian heat exchanger manufacturer Exchanger Industries Ltd (EIL).

UK: IMI plc has completed the acquisition of smart domestic thermostat manufacturer Heatmiser. Under the £110m deal, first announced in November, Heatmiser will become part…

UK: James and Peter Gray, joint managing directors of refrigerated transport company Gray and Adams, have been awarded OBEs in the New Years Honours.

A-Gas head of sales John McEvoy (centre) with the Supplier of the Year trophy UK: A-Gas, Aspen Pumps and Lawton Tubes were all winners in…