UK News
Night with the stars raises £327,000
UK: Air conditioning distributor Cool Designs Ltd (CDL) and its supplier Toshiba have helped to raise over £327,000 for charity by sponsoring…
PWC announces 232 WR job losses
UK: The administrators of WR Refrigeration Ltd have today announced formal redundancies in respect of 232 employees….
Ac service engineer dies in fall
UK: A sub-contractor is reported to have died in a fall on Monday while carrying out routine service work on an air…
R22 replacement still a concern
UK: With a complete ban on the use of R22 a little over a year away, its replacement is still a major…
WR contracts sold to Integral
UK: A number of WR Refrigeration’s major contracts have been bought by Integral, preserving 255 jobs. The exact terms of the deal…
IoR updates CO2 safety code
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has issued an amendment to its safety code of practice for carbon dioxide refrigeration systems related to…
ACR Show seminars announced
UK: The seminar programme for next year’s ACR Show has now been announced with two presentations from Daikin expected to reveal important…
Industry counts cost of WR failure
UK: As the industry reels from news of the collapse of WR Refrigeration, the administrators say they are desperately trying to find a…
WR in administration
UK: One of the country’s largest and best known refrigeration contractors WR Refrigeration has fallen into administration and could face “imminent closure”….
Nearly half of building sites fail safety checks
UK: Poor standards and dangerous practices were found at nearly half of the building sites visited by the Health and Safety Executive…