UK News

UK: Carrier’s airside team has collaborated with UK-based clean-tech innovation company Pollution Solution (UK) to develop an air handling system to capture roadside emissions.

UK: A survey of British MPs has revealed that 36% have little knowledge of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), but 48% would support the removal of levies from electricity. 

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced the death of former president Robert (Rab) Fletcher after a lengthy battle with cancer.

UK: Panasonic Heating and Cooling Solutions has introduced a new installer incentive to promote its ECOi Mini VRF outdoor units.

UK: Pipe Centre and Climate Centre says it has made a significant investment in five key UK branches in the last few months.

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for urgent action to tackle overheating in buildings, as the UK experiences rising temperatures and heat-related deaths.

UK: A new passive cooling system, currently being deployed in railway signalling cabinets to combat excessive heat, could improve the efficiency of commercial refrigeration cabinets.

UK: Long-service awards have been made to eight employees who have given 190 years of service at Williams Refrigeration.

UK: Institute of Refrigeration president, Lisa-Jayne Cook, has presented certificates and prizes for three research papers presented by students at this week’s Adaptation 2025 conference in Manchester.

UK: With an increasing number of heat related deaths amongst older people, the Liberal Democrat party has called on the UK government to ensure all care homes are air conditioned.

UK: Germany-based European integrated facilities management company Apleona has acquired Hampshire-based technical facility management company Corrigenda.

UK: A social media advert by the UK subsidiary of Swedish heat pump manufacturer has been considered misleading and banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

UK: Changes to the regional sales structure at J&E Hall’s commercial refrigeration business sees senior manager Tony Twine ceding his UK-wide responsibilities to national sales manager Paul McDermott.

UK: The building services sector has welcomed the government’s announcement of a consultation on late, long and disputed business to business payments.

UK: The chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, visited Truro-based ground-source heat pump manufacturer Kensa, today, on a trip to hear from Cornish businesses driving green growth.

UK: Former Institute of Refrigeration president Steve Gill is to stand again for the role having been named as one of three nominations for the position of president-elect.

UK: BSRIA has extended its UKAS-accredited testing capabilities to include the EN 14825:2022 standard following a comprehensive ISO 17025 audit by the UK’s National Accreditation Service.

UK: Daikin has opened a further Sustainable Home Centre, its fourth in partnership with independent plumbers’ merchant James Hargreaves.

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a revision of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include incentives for heat pumps which provide both heating and cooling.

UK: Daikin UK’s senior environment research manager, Chris Taylor-Hamlin, has been named as the Heat Pump Association’s next vice chair. He will officially take up the post in September.

UK: Fareham-based Coolers and Condensers has announced the death of its long-serving technical director Paul Moseley. He was 61.