UK News

UK: Hayley Cattell, MD of Beijer Ref UK and Ireland, is to take on the additional role of vice-president of the Swedish wholesaler’s UK and Ireland subsidiary from January 1.

UK: The Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) has rejoined Eurovent, the European HVACR manufacturers’ association it left more than 20 years ago.

UK: Fresh from his success at WorldSkills, gold medal winner Sam Jones had the opportunity to promote careers in refrigeration and air conditioning with an appearance on BBC Breakfast television.

UK: The Heat Pump Association UK and Nesta took heat pumps to the Welsh parliament last month, giving key policy makers the opportunity to see the technology in action.

UK: Alfa Laval UK has appointed Sheffield-based AKS Heat Transfer as an authorised service partner, strengthening its nationwide heat exchanger equipment service and support network.

UK: Anna Shephard, operations director at NG Bailey group company OSM Ventilation, is the new president of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) for 2026/27.

UK: A trial of Mitsubishi Electric’s R32 City Multi YXM VRF system is said to have shown a 31% annual reduction in energy use, when trialled against an existing R410A system.

UK: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published its report into the UK space cooling market as a first step in its commitment to the Global Cooling Pledge.

UK: IOR members Rob Lamb of Star Refrigeration, Denise O’Connor of Lightfoot Defence and Sam Parris of WAVE have been nominated for two vacancies on the Institute’s board of trustees.

UK: Waste management company Enva has announced a £9.5m investment in its UK fridge recycling business that will increase its overall treatment capacity to more than 2.3 million appliances.

UK: Hubbard Systems has announced that two Skope ActiveCore bottom-mounted glass-door display refrigerators have been added to the UK’s Energy Technology List (ETL).

UK: Nearly 80% of subcontractors in the UK construction industry are paid late, and almost 75% are regularly in disputes with contractors.

UK: The latest survey of the top 30 largest M&E contracting firms shows a collective turnover of nearly £6.8bn in 2025, up 7.9% on the previous year.

UK: Over 120 organisations are urging the UK government to reduce taxes on electricity, warning that high electricity tariffs risk business closures and job losses, while raising the cost of living.

UK: The Heat Pump Association UK has appointed Mark Williams as its new head of policy and communications.

UK: Commercial refrigeration rental company Lowe Rental has appointed James Bailey as technical director of refrigeration-as-a-service.

UK: The number of retrofit heat pump installations in domestic properties in the UK in the first half of this year were 22% down on the first six months of 2025.

UK: Carrier Transicold has delivered five Vector HE 19 low CO2 emissions multi-temperature trailer refrigeration units to Tesco.

UK: Daikin has become the first successful applicant to have multi-split air-to-air heat pumps listed on the MCS Product Directory through the Eurovent Certification route.

UK: Heat Pump Association UK has announced a new reciprocal membership partnership with Heat Network Scotland.

UK: Thousands of households on heating oil in England and Wales are reported to be making the switch to a heat pump using the £9,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant.