UK News
29th September 2015
New appointments at B&ES
[caption id="attachment_16115" align="alignright" width="400"] New positions at B&ES for Tom MacManus and Zanna Tweedie[/caption] UK: Tom McManus has been appointed as national executive for Scotland…
29th September 2015
Climate Center increases London stock
UK: Pipe and Climate Center has spent £180,000 streamlining the product offering at its Central London branch in Kings Cross. The move, which includes an…
26th September 2015
Stores still investing in refrigeration
UK: While spending by convenience stores has fallen over the last three months, refrigeration remains the most popular form of investment, according to a new…
26th September 2015
Toshiba links discounts to rugby results
UK: As sponsors of the Rugby World Cup, Toshiba is offering a special air conditioning discount scheme linked to the performance of customers’ home nations. A…
25th September 2015
Where the UK leads, Bitzer invests
UK: Seen as a hub for both developing and adopting new refrigeration ideas, compressor maker Bitzer says it will continue to invest to support its UK…
25th September 2015
Gallant to sell Mitsubishi Electric
[caption id="attachment_16044" align="alignright" width="400"] Gallant Group technical director Paul Price (left) and chairman, Ted Berry.[/caption] UK: Mansfield-based Gallant Air Conditioning has been appointed a Value…
25th September 2015
B&ES to sponsor air quality award
UK: Contractors group B&ES is to jointly sponsor the Air Quality category in the City of London Corporation’s National Sustainable Cities Awards. All of the…
23rd September 2015
Kingsley recognised on winners night
[caption id="attachment_16007" align="alignright" width="250"] Paul Fitzpatrick, developer of the A-Gas Gas-Trak Online, winner of the Refrigeration Innovation – Component or Process Award[/caption] UK: Kingsley Curtis,…
22nd September 2015
Williams team completes London-Paris race
[caption id="attachment_15987" align="alignright" width="300"] The Cool Riders in Paris (l to r): Julian Shine, Malcolm Harling, Mark Froydenlund and Stuart Timms[/caption] UK: Last weekend, a…
21st September 2015
Mitsi and Daikin head company survey
UK: Not for the first time, Japanese air conditioning manufacturers Mitsubishi Electric and Daikin are neck and neck in the UK. While the competition between…
19th September 2015
Hawco partners with independents
[caption id="attachment_15937" align="alignright" width="400"] Hawco has a 250,00ft2 warehouse in Bolton[/caption] UK: Although known traditionally as an oem supplier, Hawco has begun to target contractors…
19th September 2015
Toshiba VRF takes the world stage
UK: Rugby World Cup sponsors Toshiba used the England v Fiji opening match on Friday as the stage for the UK launch of its new…
18th September 2015
Capital Cooling secures £80,000 grant
[caption id="attachment_12978" align="alignright" width="400"] Alister McLean (centre) and Daniel McLean (right) break ground with Chris McInnes from builders CM Steel Buildings on the site of…
17th September 2015
TF/Lawton team tackle Scafell Pike
UK: A team from ac distributor TF Solutions and aluminium tube company Lawton Tubes walked to the summit of Scafell Pike last weekend to raise…
17th September 2015
STEM subjects “too difficult”
UK: A majority of schoolgirls in the UK and Ireland believe that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are too difficult to learn. A…
16th September 2015
Lord Deben to open CIBSE conference
[caption id="attachment_15868" align="alignright" width="400"] Lord Deben will provide the keynote speech at this year's CIBSE Conference[/caption] UK: Lord Deben, the chairman of the Lords Committee…
16th September 2015
B&ES appoints Richard Ward
UK: Former Carrier man Richard Ward has been appointed membership director at contractors’ group B&ES. Previously holding director roles with Carrier and HRP, in his…
16th September 2015
Roger Hamer joins Arctic Circle
UK: Arctic Circle Ltd has appointed Roger Hamer as business development manager. Roger Hamer has previously held the positions of managing director of Dawmec, export…
15th September 2015
Guide offers answers to R404A phase-out
UK: The British Refrigeration Association (BRA) has produced an expert guide to meeting the implications of the F-gas regulations. While there have been many useful…
14th September 2015
Dearman opens liquid air research centre
[caption id="attachment_15815" align="alignright" width="400"] Minister Jo Johnson (4th from left) at the opening with Dearman chief executive Toby Peters (2nd right)[/caption] UK: Minister of State…
14th September 2015
ACR Show receives end user support
UK: The forthcoming ACR Show 2016 has received further support from manufacturer, supplier and end user groups. The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF), the Association…