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6th July 2022

Golf day boost for Adcock’s charity

UK: Cambridgeshire-based contractor Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning raised over £300 towards its target of £10,000 for motor neurone disease at its golf day at Ufford Park, Suffolk, last week.
5th July 2022

Maidment wins J&E Hall Gold

UK: Prof Graeme Maidment of London South Bank University has been recognised for his contribution to innovation in RACHP technology with the J&E Hall Gold Medal. A…
4th July 2022

HVAC&R Show to return in 2023

UK: Last held in 2018, the HVAC & Refrigeration Show is set to return to London Excel next year, the organiser has announced. Datateam Business…
2nd July 2022

Airedale reopens training centre

UK: Airedale has relaunched its HVAC training courses at its centre of excellence in Leeds. Having closed throughout the pandemic to prevent virus transmission, the…
28th June 2022

Carlsberg fined £3m for fatal ammonia leak

UK: Carlsberg has been fined £3m after refrigeration contractor David Chandler died and another was seriously injured following the ammonia leak at its Northampton brewery…
28th June 2022

Humidity Solutions to offer HiDew

Humidity Solutions MD John Barker (centre) with HiDew export manager Davide Gennaro (left) and sales engineer Nicola Dalan UK: Leatherhead-based Humidity Solutions has signed an…
25th June 2022

ESP puts down roots

UK: Equipment Spare Parts (ESP), supplier of cases and cabinet spares to the refrigeration industry, has pledged to plant 500m2 of woodland, via the National Trust Plant A…
25th June 2022

HRS breakfast briefing returns at new venue

UK: The next Hampshire Refrigeration Society breakfast briefing returns next month at the new venue of Highbury College, Portsmouth. The free-to-attend event on July 5…
24th June 2022

Merritt heads BESA RACHP group

UK: Richard Merritt of Watford-based AC Solutions Group has been appointed chair of BESA’s Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump (RACHP) group executive committee. Merritt…
24th June 2022

Ted Perry winner in top engineers’ list

UK: Dr Nausheen Basha, winner of last year’s Institute of Refrigeration Ted Perry Award, has been named in this year’s Top 50 Women in Engineering…
23rd June 2022

UK cold storage capacity tops 40 million m3

UK: The cold storage capacity of Cold Chain Federation members has increased by more than 10% in the past 12 months. As a result of…
21st June 2022

Climalife joins the Good Business Charter

UK: Refrigerant supplier Climalife has become one of just over 1000 leading UK companies in signing up to the Good Business Charter, an accreditation of…
20th June 2022

Carrier Transicold boosts customer support 

UK: Transport refrigeration company Carrier Transicold has established a specialist training academy and urgent request spare parts facility in Manchester. In addition to providing training for…
20th June 2022

Andy Reed to retire

UK: Andy Reed, commercial director of TF Solutions, is set to take early retirement after 40 years in the industry. Reed began his career at…
18th June 2022

Relocation plans mark 50th anniversary

UK: Refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Thermofrost Cryo plans to relocate its main Birmingham office and warehouse to a larger central facility in the coming…
15th June 2022

HPA opens membership to installers

UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has announced a new membership category for installers as it publishes a new policy paper calling for a transformation…
10th June 2022

BSRIA offers UKAS fan coil accreditation

UK: BSRIA has extended its scope of UKAS accreditation to include fan coil unit testing in accordance with BS EN 1397:2021 heat exchangers - hydronic room…
10th June 2022

John Emm is ACR Champion

UK: John Emm, technical director of Pumps2Go, has been awarded ACR Journal’s ACR Champion Award after 58 years in the industry.  The award was presented…
8th June 2022

SIRACH tour of Queens Quay DH plant

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration’s SIRACH Network has organised a visit to Queens Quay, Clydebank, the UK’s largest district heating network.  The network is based…
8th June 2022

Homeless charity benefits from Mitsubishi AC

UK: Contractor Sub-Cool Fm has donated a £15,000 air conditioning system to Crawley Open House, a local charity providing support and services for the homeless…
7th June 2022

Jo Caulfield is IoR dinner speaker

UK: Comedian and actress Jo Caulfield has been announced as the after-dinner speaker at this year’s Institute of Refrigeration Annual Dinner at the end of…