UK News

UK: Mitsubishi Electric’s Livingston factory recently hosted a visit by Martin McCluskey, the minister for Energy Consumers and Net Zero.

UK: The Nordic Climate Group, the acquisitive Swedish cooling and heating contractor group, has moved into the UK and Ireland markets with three acquisitions totalling over £50m.

UK: The Mitie Group has completed the acquisition of Blackburn-based refrigeration and air conditioning contractors Forest Group.

UK: The UK government has expanded the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include ATA air conditioning units.

UK: Lisa-Jayne Cook, current president of the Institute of Refrigeration, has joined Haier Europe as technical sales engineer.

UK: Glasgow-based Star Refrigeration is supporting the BBC Bitesize Careers Tour, a national initiative designed to introduce pupils to real world technical careers and apprenticeship opportunities.

UK: Heat Pump Association chief executive Charlotte Lee has reacted to news reports that the government is considering cutting funding to the Warm Homes Plan and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

UK: Private equity firm MML Keystone has made a majority investment in Lowe Rental Corporation, the Lisburn, Northern Ireland, commercial refrigeration and catering equipment rental company.

UK: Zero-emission transport refrigeration company Sunswap has won the Excellence in Procurement and Marketing Campaign of the Year categories at the 2025 Made in Britain Impact Awards.

UK: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has welcomed UK government plans to speed up the F-gas phase-down but urges further measures to protect the planet.

UK: The government’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), has opened its consultation portal seeking views on its proposals to amend the F-gas phasedown schedule in Great Britain.

UK: The government is to make the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) the sole certification scheme for the CHHM and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).

UK: Panasonic has joined with green energy provider ScottishPower to offer customers more affordable heat pumps.

UK: The Environment Agency has issued fines totalling over £400,000 for breaches of the F-gas refrigerant regulations.

UK: The number of voucher applications to the government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) in September reached a record high of 4,089. 

UK: Steve Gill has been elected for a second term as president of the Institution of Refrigeration.

UK: A new report from Mitsubishi Electric reveals that more than a third of UK homeowners would switch to heat pumps if electricity cost the same as, or less than, gas. 

UK: Mitsubishi Electric has extended its partnership with Hemel-Hempstead-based PACAir as a value added reseller.

UK: Paul Arrowsmith, refrigeration design manager at Sainsbury’s has officially assumed the role of BRA president, taking over from Neil Roberts, Climalife’s technical sales director. 

UK: The Heat Pump Association has recommended that awareness of flammable refrigerants should be held by all those installing heat pumps.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration and the African Centre for Excellence in Sustainable Cold Chain (ACES) have signed an MOU to strengthen collaboration and promote the exchange of ideas and expertise.