UK News
1st February 2021
WRD sponsors womens’ STEM academy
UK: World Refrigeration Day is sponsoring the Stemazing Inspiration Academy, a new initiative to help women shine as STEM role models and inspire young people…
1st February 2021
CD&R completes Wolseley purchase
UK: Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has completed the acquisition of UK refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Wolseley. The carve-out transaction, valued…
29th January 2021
Flint leaves Mitsubishi after 20 years
UK: Deane Flint, president of UK & Ireland for Mitsubishi Electric Europe’s air conditioning and heat pump business, has left the company. Mitsubishi Electric confirmed…
28th January 2021
Daikin appoints SK Sales as distributor
UK: Daikin UK has appointed fan and air handling wholesaler SK Sales as a stockist of its Sky Air and split air conditioning systems. Established in…
28th January 2021
Webinar will provide latest refrigerant update
UK: Refrigerant supplier Climalife UK (IDS Refrigeration) is to host another online update on the refrigerant market in the UK. With a new squeeze on…
26th January 2021
Webinar to cover post-Brexit food logistics problems
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration’s International Refrigeration Committee (IRC) is to host an online business briefing covering the challenges facing the food and drink logistics…
21st January 2021
Awards postponed until October
UK: The date of this year’s National ACR and Heat Pump Awards, scheduled to take place in June, has now been pushed back to October…
20th January 2021
Beijer Ref adds click and collect service
UK: Beijer Ref wholesalers in the UK and Ireland have now added a click and collect service for all online orders. The service is available…
19th January 2021
Engineering services bodies to form alliance
UK: Eight of the UK’s premier engineering services bodies, including FETA, BESA, BSRIA and CIBSE, are to form a major new industry alliance as an agent…
19th January 2021
Advanced cleaners meet covid-killing Euro standard
UK: Advanced says its range of air conditioning and refrigeration cleaning products now meet European chemical disinfectant standards and can kill all human coronaviruses. The…
19th January 2021
Brexit could drive out rogue installers
UK: Brexit has created a real opportunity to deal with rogue air conditioning and refrigeration operatives who continue to blight the industry, according to the…
15th January 2021
Panasonic extends Aquarea cashback
UK: Panasonic has extended its Green Cashback schemes for Aquarea air-to-water heat pump projects by three months to 30 June 2021. The two schemes, one…
13th January 2021
IoR extends deadline for abstracts
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has extended the deadline for abstracts for its April Annual Conference to January 29. Papers for the conference – The…
11th January 2021
CryoHub to present energy storage results
UK: The results of a project to demonstrate how cryogenic energy storage could work with refrigerated warehouses will be revealed in a webinar in March.…
9th January 2021
Davies joins Aqua Hire
UK: Fareham-Based Temperature control specialist Aqua Group has appointed Ben Davies as director of its hire division, Aqua Hire. Davies has spent over 13 years…
8th January 2021
Changes to the board at Space Engineering
UK: Bristol-based contractor Space Engineering Services has announced a number of changes to its board of directors, including the imminent departure of finance director Charles Murphy.
7th January 2021
Andrew Slater is ACR Journal editor
UK: Former LG senior engineering manager Andrew Slater has been appointed as the new editor of UK trade magazine ACR Journal. Slater joined LG UK…
7th January 2021
SKILLcard ends CRO cards for 28 occupations
UK: SKILLcard has announced that Construction Related Occupation (CRO) cards for 28 occupations, including certain refrigeration and air conditioning professionals, are closing from 31 January.…
6th January 2021
Absolutely Chilled are Refra UK agents
UK: Paisley-based Absolutely Chilled has been appointed as the UK agent for Lithuanian refrigeration equipment manufacturer Refra. Established in 2000 and based in Vilnius, Refra…
6th January 2021
Hurley appointed HPA chairman
UK: Phil Hurley, NIBE Energy Systems’ UK MD, is the new chairman of the Heat Pump Association (HPA), replacing Daikin UK’s Graham Wright, who steps…
5th January 2021
Last call for IoR conference papers
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has issued a last call for the submission of abstracts for this year’s annual conference. The closing date for this…