UK News
27th June 2021
Acoustic panel allows air to flow
UK: A pioneering material which reduces noise while allowing air to flow freely is to undergo trials in hospitals and other noisy locations. The technology…
26th June 2021
£4m heat pump project targets net zero London
UK: Power supplier E.ON has started work on a £4m project to install one of the UK’s largest zero carbon heating and cooling systems beneath…
26th June 2021
Cooling champion celebrates 90 years
UK: Dr Stephen Forbes Pearson, co-founder of Star Refrigeration and, arguably, one of the UK’s greatest living refrigeration engineers, has celebrated his 90th birthday. It…
25th June 2021
Hope for Grimsby Ice Factory
UK: Moves to address the decline of the crumbling Grimsby Ice Factory and its historic refrigeration equipment have begun following the acquisition of the building…
24th June 2021
Climalife offers college support
UK: Taking the careers theme of this year’s World Refrigeration Day, refrigerant supplier Climalife is offering to send speakers to colleges and training centres across…
23rd June 2021
Carrier Rental adds VLT chillers
UK: Carrier Rental Systems has added very low temperature chillers, based on the lower GWP refrigerant R449A and a secondary glycol circuit, to its fleet…
23rd June 2021
McVittie named in top engineers’ list
UK: Linda McVittie of J & E Hall has been named in this year’s list of the top 50 women in engineering. The annual Top…
22nd June 2021
George Clarke to open BESA Conference
UK: This year’s Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) National Conference will be opened by TV personality and architect George Clarke. Best known for the Channel…
22nd June 2021
A-Gas joins circular economy group
UK: Refrigerant supplier, recycler and reclaimer, A-Gas, has joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Community, a UK registered charity which promotes the circular economy. The Ellen…
22nd June 2021
LSBU team wins Lightfoot Medal
Success: Catarina Marques with the Lightfoot Medal UK: The Institute of Refrigeration’s Kenneth Lightfoot Medal for best technical paper has this year been won by…
17th June 2021
Industry pleads for UKCA mark extension
UK: The engineering services sector has called for an extension to the deadline for manufacturers to achieve the new UKCA product mark due to the…
13th June 2021
Cool careers to mark World Refrigeration Day
UK: To coincide with the global phenomenon that is World Refrigeration Day, this year the IoR will be running a live online Cool Careers Celebration…
13th June 2021
Assessing the cost of supermarket refrigeration choices
UK: A tool enabling retailers to assess the total cost of ownership of a refrigeration system will be the subject of a forthcoming webinar hosted…
12th June 2021
DEFRA F-gas head receives MBE
UK: Davinder Lail, head of the ozone depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases team at DEFRA, has been awarded the MBE for services to the Environment.
11th June 2021
Mike Nankivell awarded OBE
UK: Mike Nankivell has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to the UK refrigeration and air conditioning Industry. In…
10th June 2021
Celebrating 30 years
UK: Air conditioning and refrigeration contractor EJM Engineered Systems is celebrating 30 years of business with temperature-controlled food storage and distribution businesses, Reed Boardall.
7th June 2021
Covid boost for medical fridge firm CoolMed
UK: Medical refrigeration specialist, CoolMed, is celebrating a significant increase in orders from the NHS after completing their latest delivery of more than 100 laboratory…
7th June 2021
DiversiTech acquires ACR Supplies
UK: DiversiTech, owners of air conditioning and refrigeration ancillaries supplier Pump House, has acquired rival company ACR Supplies.
4th June 2021
Chris Yates named as next FETA chief executive
UK: Chris Yates, current business development director and CEO of CORGI Services, has been announced as the new chief executive of FETA. Yates has over…
3rd June 2021
Neil Roberts joins Climalife
UK: Neil Roberts has joined UK refrigerant supplier Climalife (IDS Refrigeration Ltd) as senior technical sales manager. He joins the Bristol-based company after over 12…
2nd June 2021
Fatal incidents need concerted response
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a greater focus on training and safety following recent refrigeration and air conditioning related fatalities in Nigeria.