UK News

UK: Daikin UK apprentice Orlando Rawlings carries UK refrigeration and air conditioning hopes at the 45th WorldSkills Competition, which begins tomorrow in Kazan, Russia. Rawlings,…

UK: The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group has warned government that a “perfect storm” awaits construction SMEs post Brexit. The SEC Group – representing the…

UK: The UK government has reminded refrigerant sellers that only refillable cylinders are allowable and that vendors must have a process in place for customers…

UK: Pump House sales and marketing director June Richardson has joined air conditioning and refrigeration distributor Kooltech. Richardson joins Kooltech after 13 years with the…

UK: Refrigeration contractors and end users are warned of uneven run times on compressors leading to possible burn-outs on multi-compressor packs. According to Green Point,…

UK: The organiser of the Rankine 2020 conference on organic Rankine cycle (ORC) systems and heat pumps is offering cash prizes for the best paper written by a student.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to host a webinar next month on compression fittings and best practices in their use. The webinar, organised by…

UK: Airedale International, the UK-based cooling solutions provider, has appointed Jonas Caino to head up a new European data centre solutions team.   The team has…

UK: Bitzer UK is joining forces with its sister company Green Point in a new training programme with a fresh emphasis on competence in practical…

UK: The impact of the F-gas phase down on product selection and price will be one of the topics for discussion at the forthcoming BESA…

UK: The UK government has chosen Glasgow as the venue in a bid to host next year’s UN climate change conference, COP26. The UK is…

UK/NETHERLANDS: Dearman’s liquid-nitrogen-powered transport refrigeration units will be offered for lease to leading fleet operators by Dutch trailer firm TIP. Following successful trials in the…

UK: Cowes-based Vectis Refrigeration has attained Refcom Elite F-gas accreditation, one of less than 300 UK contractors to have done so.  While F-gas registration is…

UK: Dominic Dray, the winner of SkillFridge 2018, will join six other contestants in competing for this year’s SkillFridge final at WorldSkills UK Live in…

UK: Airedale International is preparing to lobby the UK government over the sales of air conditioning products which, it says, fail to meet the European…

UK: Two well known industry figures – Graeme Fox, current head of REFCOM and Mike Creamer of Business Edge – will compete to be the next president of the IoR.

UK: The Lowe Rental Group has acquired Cheltenham-based PKL Group, a supplier of temporary kitchens and catering equipment for rental and sale.  Founded in 1988…

UK: In response to an on-line petition to ban open refrigerated cabinets in supermarkets, the UK government has pointed out that these are not required…

UK: Cars Refrigeration, best known for its wide range of refrigeration components, has been appointed a distributor of Samsung air conditioning and climate control solutions…

UK: A leading US investor is reported to be pressing for the sale of UK HVAC product wholesaler Wolseley, which includes air conditioning and refrigeration…

UK: John Emm has been named has been named as the winner of the first Hampshire Refrigeration Society’s (HRS) World Refrigeration Award.