UK News
3rd October 2018
Cancer support is icing on the cake
[caption id="attachment_48208" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Marketing coordinator Becky Lowe, the winner of the baking competition, is seen with main judge and renowned cake expert Greg Cattell,…
2nd October 2018
FSW launches new e-commerce sites
UK/IRELAND: Refrigeration wholesaler FSW has launched new e-commerce websites for its UK and Ireland customers. The UK site features include a special offer section called…
2nd October 2018
Entries open for building control awards
UK: Entries are now invited for the 2019 Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) Awards, which celebrate excellence within the building controls industry. There are eight award…
26th September 2018
Winners and losers at Cooling Awards
UK: Insulated energy-saving secondary coldroom door manufacturer Kenfield was a big winner at tonight’s Cooling Industry Awards at London’s Hilton Hotel. The Birmingham-based company won…
26th September 2018
John Austin-Davies retires
UK: John Austin-Davies, whose name became synonymous with the UK commercial refrigeration industry, retires at the end of this week after a career spanning 40…
26th September 2018
Ryan Walton is BESA apprentice winner
[caption id="attachment_48177" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Ryan Walton received his award from guest speaker, the author and journalist Eve Pollard, and BESA president Tim Hopkinson[/caption] UK: Ryan…
25th September 2018
Kelvion venue for HRS breakfast talk
UK: The latest developments in small CO2 condensing units will be one of the subjects for discussion at the next Hampshire Refrigeration Society Technical Breakfast…
23rd September 2018
Seminars look at the circular economy
UK: The next series of Daikin’s Future Thinking seminars will look at the challenges and opportunities of developing a circular economy in building services. Reducing…
22nd September 2018
Nominations sought for Gold Medal
UK: Nominations are being sought for this year’s J&E Hall Gold Medal for outstanding technical achievements in refrigeration and related fields. Now in its 41st…
18th September 2018
Union exposes apprentice levy “scam”
UK: The UK’s largest trade union claims that some large companies may be profiting by deducting the apprentice levy from workers’ wages. The Unite union…
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…