UK News
Wave Refrigeration moves to employee ownership
UK: Wave Refrigeration has become one of less than 500 UK companies to form an employee ownership trust (EOT) and transition to…
Sdiptech acquires GAH Refrigeration
UK/SWEDEN: Suffolk-based transport refrigeration company GAH (Refrigeration) Ltd has been acquired by Sdiptech AB, a Swedish business providing research and product development…
Thermo King cools Tesco’s all-electric vans
UK: Tesco, the largest UK retailer and third-largest retailer in the world, has deployed 30 new fully-electric refrigerated vans, equipped with E-200 refrigeration…
UK must match EU F-gas changes
UK: In a raft of new proposals, the UK’s advisory body on climate change has called on the government to match or…
Retailers seek help on low GWP refrigeration
UK: The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called for targeted financial support for the installation of climate-friendly refrigeration to aid its “critical…
Crewman was asphyxiated by leaking R22
UK: A ship’s second engineer working in the salt water tank of a trawler was asphyxiated by R22 leaking from the ship’s…
Fox awarded RAC Gold
UK: Graeme Fox, head of technical at BESA, has won the RAC Gold Award for his outstanding contribution to the air conditioning and refrigeration industry….
IoR issues call for conference papers
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has issued a call for papers for its next annual conference, now taking place online….
Aspen repeats Gatwick Diamond success
UK: Hailsham-based company Aspen Pumps has repeated last year’s success in the Gatwick Diamond Business Awards, being named International Business of the…
BESA enables online F-gas certificate renewals
UK: Air conditioning and refrigeration engineers in the UK can now renew their F-gas certificates online through a new service being offered…