UK News
6th March 2019
TEV appoints new MD
UK: TEV Ltd, manufacturers of Quartz fan coils, chillers and chilled beams and Marstair air conditioning and refrigeration products has announced new additions to its board of directors.
4th March 2019
HPA supports World Refrigeration Day
UK: The UK’s Heat Pump Association (HPA) has become the first dedicated heat pump group to support World Refrigeration Day. Delighted to confirm its support,…
1st March 2019
Refrigerant safety is IoR conference topic
UK: Refrigerant safety and the importance of risk assessment is this year’s important topic for the Institute of Refrigeration’s annual conference. The event, taking place…
1st March 2019
SKILLcard applications go online
UK: Applications for the Engineering Services SKILLcards, operated by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), can now be made online. The Engineering Services SKILLcard is…
28th February 2019
Dearman takes TRU on European tour
UK: The zero-emission Dearman-Hubbard transport refrigeration unit (TRU) is to start a month-long European tour to visit major fleet operators across the continent. The TRU…
28th February 2019
Samsung teams up with Business Edge
UK: Air conditioning manufacturer Samsung has named Hampshire-based consultancy Business Edge Ltd as its first project solutions partner. In addition to be a training provider,…
22nd February 2019
R32 Hybrid wins sustainability award
UK: A finalist in the recent CIBSE awards, Mitsubishi Electric’s R32 Hybrid VRF went one better this month, taking the Low Carbon Initiative prize at…
22nd February 2019
Glass clear on UK need to avoid hard Brexit
UK: Institute of Refrigeration president Kevin Glass has called for the EU and the UK to reach a sensible compromise and avoid a hard Brexit. …
19th February 2019
Armstrong joins Italian manufacturer Castel
UK: Former Henry Technologies sales and marketing director Ian Armstrong has joined Italian refrigeration and air conditioning component manufacturer Castel as regional sales manager. In…
18th February 2019
Cool Talk breakfast series moves north
UK: The popularity of the breakfast meeting for refrigeration and air conditioning service engineers and technicians sees the concept moving north of the border in…
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…