UK News
3rd November 2018
BESA recognises top apprentices
[caption id="attachment_48519" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Chandler Davison receives his award from Refcom head Graeme Fox (right) and presenter Ian Stone[/caption] UK: SkillFridge 2018 national winner Chandler…
2nd November 2018
Airco expands heating interests
[caption id="attachment_48511" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Airco MD Neil Fisher (left) welcomes Roy Bailey and Natural Gas Services to the group[/caption] UK: Hull-based refrigeration and air conditioning…
2nd November 2018
Hargreaves changes name to Exyte
UK: M+W Hargreaves, one of the UK’s leading providers of air movement and ventilation ductwork solutions, has changed its name to Exyte Hargreaves Ltd. The…
2nd November 2018
Adcock opens larger Derby branch
[caption id="attachment_48498" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Branch manager Luke Nixon (right) with service manager Ben Moulson[/caption] UK: Adcock Refrigeration & Air Conditioning has moved its Derby branch…
1st November 2018
Government confirms support for ETL
UK: The UK government says it has no plans to stop supporting the Energy Technology List despite its decision to end enhanced capital allowances (ECA)…
28th October 2018
Roger Palamarczuk retires
UK: Roger Palamarczuk, sales manager of Leatherhead-Based Humidity Solutions, has retired after 50 years in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Starting as a trainee…
26th October 2018
Cooltherm a double winner at HVR awards
[caption id="attachment_38948" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The Circlemiser chiller was deemed a top commercial air conditioning product[/caption] UK: Refrigeration and air conditioning company Cooltherm was a double…
24th October 2018
Refrigerant topic at Cool Talks meeting
UK: Refrigerants will be a major topic when A-Gas hosts next month’s IoR Cool Talks breakfast meeting. The free-to-attend-meeting for service engineers and technicians will…
23rd October 2018
Paton joins Ciat’s ranks
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20th October 2018
Fire-hit contractor seeks new premises
UK: Commercial refrigeration contractor Refrigeration South West is desperately seeking new premises after its offices and workshop in Wadebridge, Cornwall, were destroyed by fire. Fire…
19th October 2018
Trawlerman asphyxiated by R22 leak
[caption id="attachment_48377" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The 56m UK-registered trawler Sunbeam[/caption] UK: Initial investigations have blamed failed evaporator tubes on a refrigeration plant for the asphyxiation of…
19th October 2018
New faces support Williams’ distributors
[caption id="attachment_48375" align="aligncenter" width="630"] New appointments (l to r): Tony Prince, Kaj Sandom, Steven Grahamslaw and Haydon Henry[/caption] UK: Williams Refrigeration has a number of…
14th October 2018
Logicool celebrates 10 years
[caption id="attachment_48310" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Just back from the races: Karl Richardson celebrates Logicool's 10 years with customer services director Gill Richardson (right) and one of…
9th October 2018
Livingston Mechanical acquired
UK: Morris & Spottiswood has acquired West-Lothian-based Livingston Mechanical Services. Morris & Spottiswood CEO Jon Dunwell said the buy-out would increase its strength in northern…
7th October 2018
TCUK to open Stockport branch
UK: Toshiba Carrier UK is set to open a new branch in Stockport to support its Toshiba, Carrier and Ciat products in the North of England…
6th October 2018
Bitzer’s compressor technology courses
UK: Key compressor technologies will be the topic of a new programme of courses scheduled for the rest of this year and into 2019. The…
4th October 2018
Refrigerant leak linked to fatalities
UK: The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the deaths of two men following a suspected refrigerant leak at a Norfolk poultry factory. Two subcontractors…
4th October 2018
Evaporative coolers added to ETL list
UK: Seeley International claims the first evaporative coolers to be listed on the UK’s Carbon Trust Energy Technology List. All three of the company’s Breezair…
4th October 2018
Steadman to join Capital Cooling as CEO
UK: Viessmann Refrigeration Systems MD Steve Steadman has left the business to become the CEO of Capital Cooling Refrigeration. With extensive sales and commercial experience…
4th October 2018
A-Gas wins employer award
[caption id="attachment_48222" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Business Leader Awards’ host entertainer Russell Kane (left) with the winning A-Gas team.[/caption] UK: Bristol-based refrigerant supplier A-Gas has been named…
3rd October 2018
HRP continues ToolHUB rollout
UK: Beijer Ref is continuing the rollout of its ToolHUB concept across its HRP refrigeration and air conditioning branches. So far this year, the traditional-style…