UK News

UK: London Gatwick airport has agreed a five-year contract with Vital Energi to decarbonise heat and eliminate natural gas by installing heat pumps in 50 key airport buildings.

UK: Bristol-based Cooltherm has been accredited as an approved service provider for the Danfoss Turbocor oil-less compressor.

SWEDEN: Surrey-based refrigeration controls and refrigerant leak detection company CPC (UK) has been acquired by the Swedish Safe Monitoring Group AB.

UK: Swedish valves and actuator manufacturer ESBE AB has opened a UK office in Rossendale, Lancashire.

UK: Carrier has vacated the Leatherhead office it has occupied for the last 20 years, with its Carrier Commercial HVAC UK business moving into new offices in Wimbledon.

UK: Andy Threlfall has rejoined Pentland Wholesale as technical director after a three-year spell as  technical and policy director at the Foodservice Equipment Association (FEA).

IRELAND: Copeland’s has received over £4.6m of UK government funding to boost heat pump compressor production at its Cookstown factory in County Tyrone.

UK: The UK government has promised further support for the heat pump sector by expanding the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), boosting training and offering consumers more flexible purchase options.

UK: The manufacturer of the Hotpoint fridge-freezer blamed for starting the Grenfell Tower fire is being sued for not adequately testing the model’s materials against applicable fire standards.

UK: Birds Eye is to employ two solar-powered Sunswap refrigerated trailers in its fleet transporting produce from its production facility in Lowestoft to its distribution hub at Wisbech.

UK: A contractor offering plumbing, heating and air conditioning installation has been convicted of fraudulently claimeing a £50,000 Covid Bounce Back loan.

UK: Dean Franklin, co-founder of Essex-based contractor ADL Air Conditioning, is to receive a £250,000 investment in his business after winning BBC1’s The Apprentice reality tv show.

UK: British people would be open to switching to heat pumps but more than half believe they are too expensive, a new survey reveals.

UK: Test by scientists at one of the leading low carbon research units have proven that heat pumps can deliver a home’s daily hot water needs in the toughest climates.

UK: Heat pump manufacturer Stiebel Eltron has appointed John Felgate as its new UK and Ireland managing director.

UK: The UK government’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has announced a new enquiry into the risks and impacts of PFAS substances in the UK. 

UK: The minister for energy consumers, Miatta Fahnbulleh, has visited Samsung’s Manchester training centre to discuss heat pumps, workforce upskilling and apprenticeships.

UK: Coatbridge-based Diamond Air Conditioning has been sold to PCB Technical Solutions, a part of the Polish FM group Sescom.

UK: Neil Roberts the current chair of FETA and president of the British Refrigeration Association has called for allied trade associations to work collaboratively to represent a common industry view.

UK: Bruce Wright, former marketing director with Carrier Distribution, died on Monday at the age of 79.

UK: A new research project led by London South Bank University (LSBU) aims to unlock the potential of waste heat from cooling systems in cities.