UK News
Sunswap secures £17.3m investment
UK: Sunswap, the UK pioneer in combined solar and battery technology for refrigerated trailers, has secured £17.3m through a funding round led by investment company BGF….
Trio of talks at breakfast briefing
UK: The next Hampshire Refrigeration Society Technical Breakfast Briefing will include three technical talks on widely differing subjects. …
Celebrity designer to raise heat pump awareness
UK: Daikin UK has teamed up with interior designer and television personality Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen in a campaign to raise consumer awareness of heat pumps….
MCS-certified heat pump installs reach 250,000
UK: Heat pump installations under the UK’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) have now reached 250,000….
Heat pump training passes up 14%
UK: The number of those successfully completing UK heat pump training qualifications in the year to the end of June rose by 14% compared to the same period last year….
Kent man fined over £1m for breaking F-gas rules
UK: Fines totalling over £1m have been issued by the Environment Agency to an 80-year-old Folkestone man for breaches of the F-gas regulations….
Electrolux fined £56,700 for F-gas breaches
UK: Leading Swedish domestic appliance manufacturer Electrolux has been fined a total of £56,700 by the UK’s Environment Agency for breaches of the European F-gas regulations. …
Graeme Fox leaves BESA
UK: Graeme Fox, current president and fellow of the IoR, has left his role as director of technical at the Building Engineering Services Association….
Hawco announces new CEO
UK: Hawco has named Simon Allan as CEO and a member of the executive board. He succeeds Martin Butler who is leaving after a 25-year career with the company….
Sunswap electric TRU endures trial by sun
UK: Sunswap has successfully completed a 10-day trial of its battery and solar-powered Endurance transport refrigeration unit with Moran Logistics, a leading UK multi-temperature logistics specialist….