UK News
18th September 2018
Space wins supplier award
[caption id="attachment_48072" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Award winners (left to right): Jason Carroll (project manager), Adam Cleaver (industrial business manager), Mark Ward (head of industrial & fm)…
17th September 2018
BSE Skills wins historic skills bid
UK: A new body, BSE Skills Ltd, has been appointed by the four UK governments to oversee vocational training in electrical, plumbing and HVAC. BSE…
16th September 2018
Six compete at WorldSkills UK
UK: Chandler Davison of Thermocold, who dropped out of last year’s UK SkillFridge finals due to injury, has qualified for this year’s event as the…
14th September 2018
F-gas will remain in “no deal” Brexit
UK: The UK government has confirmed that it will maintain the requirements of the F-gas regulations in the event of a “no deal” Brexit. While…
12th September 2018
Cool Talks and factory tour
UK: Advanced Engineering is offering a tour of its Basingstoke manufacturing, product development and testing facility for all attendees at next week’s IoR Cool Talks…
12th September 2018
Capita is preferred Gas Safe bidder
UK: Capita will continue to operate the official register of engineers licensed to undertake gas work on behalf of the HSE. Capita Gas Registration and…
11th September 2018
Waitrose trials engineless refrigeration
UK: Supermarket chain Waitrose is conducting a low emissions trial of a Carrier Transicold engineless Syberia Twincool multi-temperature refrigeration unit on a natural gas-powered truck.…
10th September 2018
Javac takes on Spectroline sales
UK: Javac has been appointed as European distributor and exclusive UK distributor for the Spectroline range of leak detection products from the US-based Spectronics Corporation.…
7th September 2018
Seven seek election to IoR board
UK: A record number of seven candidates are vying for election to the Institute of Refrigeration’s board of trustees. This year’s election for the two vacant…
6th September 2018
AMP “more than doubles” Panasonic sales
UK: One year on from its acquisition, UK air conditioning distributor AMP is said to have “more than doubled” sales of Panasonic products in the…
5th September 2018
Synecore moving on up
[caption id="attachment_47943" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Synecore co-founders Paul Thomas and Adrian Eade looking to expand[/caption] UK: M&E contractor Synecore is moving its UK head office to…
3rd September 2018
CoolTherm acquired by Carver Group
UK: Bristol-based chiller and air conditioning supplier and installer CoolTherm has been acquired by the Carver Group. Headquartered in Aldridge, West Midlands, the Carver Group…
2nd September 2018
Fujitsu open day at TQ
UK: Fujitsu Air Conditioning is hosting an open day on September 12 to launch its new training centre at the Wakefield premises of TQ Environmental.…
31st August 2018
Turnover up but costs increase
UK: More than two thirds of engineering services companies have reported increased turnover, although material and labour costs have also risen. These are the findings…
29th August 2018
Airedale signs Aggreko rental deal
UK: Cooling specialist Airedale International will now be able to offer its customers power and temperature control rental services after signing a deal with Aggreko.…
28th August 2018
Retentions bill backed by 207 MPs
UK: Over 200 MPs are now said to support the Aldous Bill to reform the cash retentions system in construction. According to the building services…
27th August 2018
Refrigerant recovery is webinar topic
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to hold a free webinar on refrigerant recovery, recycling and reuse. With refrigerant recycling and recovery now becoming a…
22nd August 2018
Greening refrigeration
UK: SIRACH, the Institute of Refrigeration's sustainable energy network, is organising a special event to coincide with Green Energy Week in October. A half-day meeting…
21st August 2018
Nationwide opens Bristol office
UK: Installation, service and maintenance company Nationwide Air Conditioning has opened an office in Bristol. The new office, which follows the opening of a new…
19th August 2018
Whatever happened to the fridge engineers?
UK: A new BBC radio programme will look at how life turned out for three students who trained as refrigeration and air conditioning engineers more…
19th August 2018
Working at height is seminar topic
UK: The Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF) and British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) are hosting a seminar to tackle the dangers of working at…