UK News
2nd December 2015
Carrier Rental expands in Ireland
[caption id="attachment_17544" align="alignright" width="400"] Brian Woods: "Opportunities"[/caption] UK: Carrier Rental Systems (UK) has expanded its Irish operations with a new depot in the Republic of…
2nd December 2015
Fast access to chiller parts
UK: A new transactional website enabling engineers to purchase York chiller spares online has proved to be a multi-million-pound success for Johnson Controls. The EasyParts website…
2nd December 2015
Airedale recognises long-serving staff
UK: More than 55 people with in excess of 1,100 years of combined service are this year celebrating long service awards with Airedale. Between them,…
1st December 2015
Sainsbury’s trials R452A refrigerant
UK: Sainsbury’s is trialling R452A refrigerant as a lower GWP alternative to R404A in its refrigerated transport fleet. The supermarket chain is piloting R452A gas…
27th November 2015
Heat pump fraudster jailed
UK: A rogue air-source heat pump installer, who conned members of the public out of more than £122,000, has been jailed for six years. In…
27th November 2015
Government is “betraying” small firms
[caption id="attachment_15739" align="alignright" width="400"] Jim Marner: “In any other walk of life this would be a huge scandal"[/caption] UK: The government has been accused of…
27th November 2015
Hubbard tests Dearman 2 engine
UK: Dearman has begun on-vehicle testing of a second generation liquid nitrogen transport refrigeration engine. Dearman and its technology partner Hubbard Products began testing its…
26th November 2015
ACR Show is venue for SkillFRIDGE
UK: Six top apprentices from across the UK will compete in the national SkillFRIDGE competition at the ACR Show at the NEC in February. The…
25th November 2015
£130,000 fine for illegal waste exports
UK: Husband and wife directors and their Warrington recycling company have been fined £130,000 for illegally exporting 187 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste, including fridges. Mark…
24th November 2015
AES success is charities’ gain
UK: Hampshire-based Abel Environmental Services (AES) has won £1,000 for charity by winning Mitsubishi Electric’s Green Gateway Award. Mitsubishi presents its annual Green Gateway Award…
24th November 2015
Hubbard offers site survey
UK: Hubbard Systems is offering a no-obligation site survey to help customers decide which kind of ice machine best suits their needs. Recent years have…
23rd November 2015
Bostock leads Integral industrial move
[caption id="attachment_17242" align="alignright" width="400"] Industrial line-up, back (row l to r), Richard Biffin (relationship director), Bryan Glastonbury (managing director), Rob Pegg (commercial installations manager). Seated…
22nd November 2015
IoR announces 2016 conference programme
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has announced the full programme for its 2016 Annual Conference, at the NEC, Birmingham, during February’s ACR Show. Titled Emissions,…
22nd November 2015
ACR Show 2016 is 85% sold
UK: With three months to go to the ACR Show 2016, latest figures from the organiser reveal that the show is already 85% full. With…
22nd November 2015
Fläkt Woods invests in the future
[caption id="attachment_17195" align="alignright" width="350"] Above: The new trainees (l to r): Jack Luckman, Erin Thomas, William Butcher and Jermaine Fearon. Top: Some of the Fläkt…
20th November 2015
BSRA/IOR joint meeting
UK: The next meeting of the newly-reformed Birmingham Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning is being held in collaboration with an IoR technical paper presentation.…
20th November 2015
FSW dines out on 50 years
[caption id="attachment_17158" align="alignright" width="300"] Dermot Byrne: reason to celebrate[/caption] UK: Refrigeration wholesaler FSW brought the curtain down on a year of events to celebrate its…
18th November 2015
Billson now Beijer Ref UK and Ireland md
UK: John Billson has been appointed md of Beijer Ref UK and Ireland in a number of new moves within Beijer Ref’s UK operations. In…
18th November 2015
Beijer Ref buys wholesaler HRP
[caption id="attachment_17097" align="alignright" width="400"] HRP Group's technical centre in Slough[/caption] UK: Swedish refrigeration wholesaling group Beijer Ref has confirmed its acquisition of the remaining shares…
17th November 2015
Marques is future business leader
UK: Dr Catarina Marques, r&d manager at Adande, was a winner in the Business Leader of the Future category at this year’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership…
17th November 2015
Birmingham Society rises again
UK: After a period of inactivity, the Birmingham Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (BSRA) is now back on its feet. Resurrected this year by…
