UK News
16th February 2019
Open day event celebrates 25 years
UK: Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, refrigeration component distributor APJ is holding a special presentation day in Portsmouth next month. The event will provide…
15th February 2019
Contractors report market slowdown and increased costs
UK: The building engineering services sector is experiencing a slowdown in growth, along with increased material and labour costs. The latest sector-wide Building Engineering Business…
14th February 2019
Talk on sustainable road transport refrigeration
UK: Best practice guidelines for the design and development of sustainable refrigerated road transport will be the subject of a presentation and attendant webinar next…
13th February 2019
APJ offers GVN range of refrigeration components
UK: Portsmouth-based refrigeration and air conditioning component supplier APJ has taken on distribution of the GVN range of equipment, manufactured by Turkish company Güven Soğutma.…
13th February 2019
Coolair takes maintenance nationwide
UK: Air conditioning and heating contractor Coolair Equipment has expanded its servicing and maintenance operations nationwide. The company, which has bases in Manchester, Cannock and…
12th February 2019
EA moves to crack down on illegal F-gas sales
UK: The UK Environment Agency is said to be expanding its workforce to enable a better response to illegal sales of refrigerants and other F-gas…
12th February 2019
MHI is Supplier of the Year
UK: Air conditioning manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been named Beijer Ref UK and Ireland Supplier of the Year. The Japanese manufacturer signed an exclusive…
12th February 2019
Precision announces £250k production investment
UK: Precision Refrigeration has announced a further £250,000 investment to increase capacity at its factory in Thetford. Precision says it will be restructuring the way…
11th February 2019
Industry trio on Sunday Times growth list
UK: Three leading air conditioning and refrigeration manufacturers have made this year’s Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 list of companies with the fastest-growing international…
11th February 2019
Vincent named as commercial director
UK: Rebecca Vincent has been named as Foster Refrigerator and Gamko UK’s new commercial director, responsible for the UK sales and aftermarket departments. Rebecca joined…
11th February 2019
Defra launches online HFC register for no-deal Brexit
UK: Companies trading in HFC refrigerants or importing products that contain HFCs need to register in order to continue trading in the event of a…
10th February 2019
Broadhurst becomes UK MD Viessmann Refrigeration
UK: Paul Broadhurst, MD of Hauser UK, has joined Viessmann Refrigeration Solutions as MD for UK and Ireland. He replaces Steve Steadman who moved to…
6th February 2019
Foster/Gamko offer free next day delivery
UK: Foster Refrigerator has announced a free next day delivery service across its most popular Foster and Gamko products. The company says it is aware…
6th February 2019
Process cooling firm acquired for £847k
UK: Scientific Digital Imaging, a Cambridge-based manufacturer of scientific and technology products, has acquired process cooling company Thermal Exchange Ltd. The £847,036 deal for the…
5th February 2019
WH Smith is latest to adopt Aerofoils
UK: WHSmith is the latest retailer to adopt Aerofoil Energy’s shelf-edge technology to the open-fronted refrigerators in more than 430 of its Travel stores. The…
5th February 2019
IoR goal is 100 female members by June
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is looking to grow its female membership to 100 to celebrate the Women's Engineering Society’s 100th anniversary in June. Since…
4th February 2019
UK should ditch the CE mark on pressure equipment
UK: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers says CE marking of pressure equipment should cease to be mandatory in the UK and, instead, only be recognised as a minimum safety benchmark.
31st January 2019
Smith Brothers looks for expansion
UK: Daikin air conditioning wholesaler Smith Brothers has relocated its Birmingham and Oldham branches into larger units. The company, which specialises in the distribution of…
30th January 2019
Compressor expert to give IoR talk
UK: Latest compressor developments will be the subject of the next Institute of Refrigeration meeting to be presented by leading expert Prof Eckhard Groll. The…
25th January 2019
Ductwork company fined for worker’s injury
UK: A ductwork fabrication company has been fined £12,000 after an apprentice suffered serious hand injuries when he was drawn into machinery. A 19-year-old apprentice…
25th January 2019
John Austin-Davies is ACR Champion
UK: John Austin-Davies, former director of Epta UK, won the ACR Champions Award at last night’s National ACR & Heat Pump Awards in Manchester. The…