UK News

UK: Haier has extended its cricket sponsorship by becoming the front of shirt sponsor for Gloucestershire Cricket Club’s Men’s and Women’s teams in this year’s Vitality Blast Twenty20 campaigns. 

UK: Ideal Heating has received the King’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of its pioneering approach to industry transformation with its end-to-end heat pump delivery package.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has published the first in a new series of Technology Briefs on the topic of heat recovery. 

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has successfully achieved UKAS re-accreditation for its BESCA competent person scheme against ISO 17065. 

UK: Building on the success of its Lego refrigeration plant kit, the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) has announced the launch of even more Lego kits in collaboration with Danfoss. 

UK: Danish commercial refrigeration equipment wholesaler Tefcold has announced the appointment of Dan Gregory-Miles as head of sales for the UK & Ireland.

UK: Daikin UK is to open another of its Sustainable Home Centres at the Darlington premises of family-owned plumbing and building merchant DPH. 

UK: Daikin UK has expanded its portfolio of products certified to the Quiet Mark programme of products delivering exceptional acoustic performance.

UK: A Bristol-based UK startup company has announced trials of a new heat pump that combines a water cylinder with a heat pump in one…

UK: More than a hundred workers at Hitchin-based flow control products manufacturer Crane Building Services and Utilities are to strike in a dispute over pay.

UK: Phil Deverick has rejoined General HVAC Solutions UK as operations supervisor in a number of new appointments to the former Fujitsu business.

UK: The UK government has taken a step towards breaking the link between gas and electricity prices in an effort to decarbonise the grid.

UK: Hubbard Systems, the Ipswich-based distributor of commercial foodservice equipment, has appointed Martin Allen as brand manager for its recently added Skope refrigeration range. 

UK: The Heat Pump Association UK has called on the government to provide clear direction, aligned incentives, and sustained practical support to accelerate the deployment of heat pumps.

UK: Daikin Rental Solutions has expanded its UK rental fleet with higher-capacity screw chillers, a broader range of scroll heat pumps, new dry air coolers and purpose-built AHUs.

UK: Richard Parr has been appointed managing director of commercial refrigeration and air conditioning specialist Ryan-Jayberg. He replaces Colin Green, who becomes the company’s vice chairman.

UK: The Swedish contractor group Nordic Climate has acquired Doncaster-based coldstore installation company Iceline Yorkshire Ltd.

UK: Rikki Field, an engineer with London-based contractor Salix Mechanical, is set to run the London Marathon with a Panasonic Etherea heat pump on his back.

UK: Hubbard Systems, the Ipswich-based distributor of commercial foodservice equipment, has added products from New Zealand manufacturer Skope Refrigeration to its portfolio. 

UK: Ben Hancock, former southern divisional manager at Kooltech, has been appointed sales director at TF Solutions, the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump wholesaler.

UK: Star Refrigeration created a stir today, April 1, with the announcement of the launch of StarCore, the world’s first AI-powered robot maintenance engineer.