UK News

UK: Carter Thermal’s head of group design and engineering, Alan Saban, has been appointed a director of Keighley-based contractor Wave Refrigeration. Saban has worked in…

UK: FSW has been appointed authorised distribution partner for Bock compressors in the UK and Ireland. The move follows GEA’s sale of the refrigeration compressor…

UK/USA: Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has announced an agreement to acquire UK refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Wolseley for £308m. The deal…

UK: The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, which since its inception in 1993 has lobbied for SMEs working within the construction industry, is to close. …

USA/UK: The current economic environment has prompted Ferguson to consider other options in the intended demerger of its Wolseley UK wholesaling business. In September 2019,…

UK: Aspen Pumps Group has been supporting the vital work of local food banks by donating £1500 worth of festive food.

UK: Star Refrigeration has achieved Investors in People Platinum accreditation, a level achieved by only 3% of IIP accredited companies.  In addition, the Glasgow-based company,…

UK: The Environmental Audit Committee has warned that government plans to install 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 could fail without more skilled engineers.…

UK: Fresh from forming a landmark employee ownership trust, Yorkshire-based Wave Refrigeration has been ranked No1 amongst Investors in People accredited businesses in the construction…

UK: Vern Klein has left Pump House to join Ron Lloyd’s air conditioning and refrigeration wholesaling business Coolstop.

Wave founder James Bailey (left) has moved the business to an employee ownership trust with Mark Williams (right) as MD UK: Wave Refrigeration has become…

UK/SWEDEN: Suffolk-based transport refrigeration company GAH (Refrigeration) Ltd has been acquired by Sdiptech AB, a Swedish business providing research and product development services. Incorporated in…

UK: Tesco, the largest UK retailer and third-largest retailer in the world, has deployed 30 new fully-electric refrigerated vans, equipped with E-200 refrigeration units from Thermo…

UK: In a raft of new proposals, the UK’s advisory body on climate change has called on the government to match or exceed future changes…

UK: The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called for targeted financial support for the installation of climate-friendly refrigeration to aid its “critical role” in achieving…

UK: A ship’s second engineer working in the salt water tank of a trawler was asphyxiated by R22 leaking from the ship’s refrigeration system, investigators…

UK: Graeme Fox, head of technical at BESA, has won the RAC Gold Award for his outstanding contribution to the air conditioning and refrigeration industry.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has issued a call for papers for its next annual conference, now taking place online. Titled The Journey Towards Net…

UK: Hailsham-based company Aspen Pumps has repeated last year's success in the Gatwick Diamond Business Awards, being named International Business of the Year for 2020.…

UK: Air conditioning and refrigeration engineers in the UK can now renew their F-gas certificates online through a new service being offered by the Building…

UK: Elmhurst Energy Systems, the energy assessment training, software and accreditation company, has been acquired by the Nottingham-based Phenna Group. Formed in 2018, the Phenna…