UK News
20th June 2018
David Chandler inquest opens
UK: The inquest into the death of 45-year-old refrigeration engineer David Chandler at the Carlsberg brewery in Northampton in 2016 opened yesterday. Northamptonshire Coroner's Court…
18th June 2018
Over 600 BESA apprentices looking for work
UK: BESA Training says it has over 600 potential building services apprentices looking for work. The training arm of the Building Engineering Services Association says…
15th June 2018
Bitzer Ecostar added to ETL list
UK: Bitzer’s Ecostar condensing units have been accepted onto the UK government’s Energy Technology List (ETL). The listing includes all models within the Ecostar range…
15th June 2018
Coolair has £100,000 makeover
UK: Manchester-based air conditioning contractor Coolair Equipment has given its Dukinfield head office a £100,000 makeover. The 38-year-old company has recently refurbished its Coolair House…
13th June 2018
Toshiba offers online training
UK: Toshiba Air Conditioning UK is to launch a series of online technical training courses to enables installers to learn at their own pace. Launched…
13th June 2018
Mitsubishi sponsors Special Olympics
[caption id="attachment_47165" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Yoji Saito, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Electric European operations (left) and Itaru Watanabe, president of Mitsubishi Electric UK branch (right)…
12th June 2018
Waterloo updates air diffusion guide
UK: Air distribution specialist Waterloo Air Products has updated its Green Book air diffusion technical guide. With 26,000 hard copies and hundreds of downloads of…
12th June 2018
Adande Aircell wins again
[caption id="attachment_47145" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Adande’s national project manager Jan Quilliam receives the latest award from Chris Brazier, group event director, Commercial Kitchen[/caption] UK: Adande’s Aircell…
12th June 2018
Panasonic ups rewards in summer promo
UK: As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations, Panasonic has upgraded the incentive awards on all purchases of its PACi commercial split systems. While Panasonic’s…
11th June 2018
FSW offers CO2 training
UK: Refrigeration wholesaler FSW is now offering a one-day CO2 training course to support its recently introduced Profroid QuietCO2OL CO2 packaged condensing unit. Organised in…
11th June 2018
Three-year warranty on Hitachi chillers
UK: Hitachi distributor Pure Air Distribution is offering a new three-year manufacturer’s warranty on all Hitachi Samurai chillers. The new warranty is designed to provide…
10th June 2018
Carrier chiller “huge step” to phasedown
UK: Carrier’s new AquaForce Vision 30KAV chiller, with its facility to use low GWP refrigerant R1234ze, has been hailed as a “huge step” in the…
10th June 2018
Fridge technology in line for top award
UK: The aerodynamic shelf-edge technology developed to reduce the energy consumed by refrigerated display cabinets is in the running for this year’s prestigious Royal Academy…
10th June 2018
AC Agency celebrates 25 years
UK: The company which pioneered the concept of independent air conditioning sales agencies has celebrated 25 years in business. Established in 1993, the Hampshire-based Air…
10th June 2018
Star sponsors IoR womens’ day
UK: Star Refrigeration is sponsoring this year’s IoR’s Women in RACHP network career development day later this month. The CPD training day organised by the…
10th June 2018
Envirotech branches into FM
UK: M&E contractor Envirotech has expanded its engineering and building services business with the launch of new a new facilities management brand. EnvirotechFM will deliver…
9th June 2018
BSRIA’s Julia Evans awarded OBE
UK: BSRIA chief executive Julia Evans has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours for services to the construction industry. Julia Evans spent…
9th June 2018
HRP holds special tool days
UK: Refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler HRP has announced the launch of its ToolHub centres with a series of open mornings at branches across the…
8th June 2018
Space takes on nine new apprentices
[caption id="attachment_47096" align="aligncenter" width="630"] New Space Engineering apprentice Max King gets to grips with the technology[/caption] UK: Leading contractor Space Engineering Services has taken nine…
7th June 2018
Forty trainees to compete in SkillFridge
UK: Around 40 refrigeration and air conditioning apprentices will compete in the regional rounds of the 2018 SkillFridge competition, which begin next week. SkillFridge is…
6th June 2018
“Apprentice champion” to retire
UK: After a career spanning 50 years with ductwork contractor Hotchkiss, the company’s operations director Chris Beadle has announced his retirement. A champion of the…