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23rd March 2022

BESA tests security against online testing fraud

UK: BESA says it has carried out a thorough review of the security procedures behind its online training following the jailing of two construction skills…
21st March 2022

Epta UK wins Yorkshire manufacturing award

UK: Bradford-based commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Epta UK has won The Manufacturing Innovation Award at Insider's Made in Yorkshire Awards 2022.
19th March 2022

UK and European groups stand with Ukraine

UK: The UK’s Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) has lent its voice alongside those of associations in Poland and Denmark in support of colleagues in the…
18th March 2022

Autonumis acquired by automation business

UK: Autonumis, the UK manufacturer and suppler of refrigerated display cabinets, chilled drinks dispensers and vending equipment, has been acquired by a South African automation company.…
18th March 2022

Roger Borer wins Alan Moor award

UK: Roger Borer, former treasurer of the Institute of Refrigeration, has been named as this year’s winner of the Alan Moor Award. The award, announced…
16th March 2022

British Gas begins heat pump installs

UK: British Gas has completed its first air-source heat pump installation at a home in Ivybridge, Devon, in a new partnership with Daikin.  British Gas…
16th March 2022

Tefcold acquires Capital Cooling assets

UK: Tefcold Group, the Danish-owned supplier of commercial cooling and freezing equipment, has acquired certain assets of Capital Cooling, which entered administration for the third…
15th March 2022

Update on transition to low GWP refrigerants

UK: Climalife UK is planning a new webinar for the end of this month, providing a market update in the transition to new very low…
13th March 2022

Study will address net-zero skills shortage

UK: Engineering services alliance Actuate UK is working with Energy Systems Catapult, a UK energy systems innovation company, to address the net-zero skills challenge. Energy…
10th March 2022

Adcock moves to new premises

UK: Award-winning contractor Adcock Refrigeration & Air Conditioning has moved its head office to new premises at South Cambridge Business Park, Sawston, Cambridge. The new…
9th March 2022

First choice for Adande spares

UK: Catering equipment spares supplier First Choice Group has signed a new exclusive partnership with commercial refrigeration manufacturer Adande.  As the latest manufacturer to confirm…
9th March 2022

Explaining the lower GWP refrigeration options

UK: Climalife has published a white paper looking at how different lower GWP refrigerants are likely to operate in various refrigeration applications. Although written for…
8th March 2022

Toshiba opens heat pump showroom

UK: Toshiba has opened an air-to-water heat pump showroom at its site in Stockport.
3rd March 2022

SkillFridge returns under new name

UK: Fujitsu has been named as the headline sponsor for this year’s RACHPskills UK competition for UK apprentices. Following the two-year hiatus created by the…
2nd March 2022

Turnbull & Scott to offer Geoclima chillers

UK: Roxburghshire-based industrial heat exchanger manufacturer Turnbull & Scott has signed an agreement with Geoclima to offer the Italian manufacturer’s chillers to its UK customers.…
2nd March 2022

Steve Parnell 1962-2022

UK: Steve Parnell, east Midlands regional sales manager for Toshiba direct, has died after a short battle with cancer. Parnell started his career in the…
26th February 2022

Capital Cooling in administration – again

UK: Beleaguered commercial refrigeration company Capital Cooling has entered administration for an astonishing third time in just over four years. Sarah Collins and Christopher Pole of Interpath Ltd…
25th February 2022

Chiller company Geoclima creates UK subsidiary

UK: Pioneering Italian chiller manufacturer Geoclima has established a UK subsidiary led by Rob Young, a former owner/director of its UK supplier Cooltherm.  Under Young and colleague…
21st February 2022

SBS suspends refrigerant cylinder rental charges

UK: In a move designed to support its customers, Smith Brothers (SBS) has suspended refrigerant cylinder rental charges for the whole of this year. According…
21st February 2022

Toshiba online training triples during lockdowns

UK: Toshiba has reported a dramatic uptake in its online air conditioning training during the Covid-19 lockdowns, with the number of completed courses tripling at…
20th February 2022

Ronni Ancona headlines FETA lunch

UK: The annual FETA Lunch returns to its traditional April date at the Brewery this year with award-winning actress, comedian, impressionist and author Ronni Ancona…