UK News
2nd December 2014
HRP sends F-gas man to the rescue
UK: Wholesaler HRP is sending its new F-Gasman character to the rescue of customers keen to remain legal within the new F-gas regulations. With many…
2nd December 2014
Catering equipment in UK price probe
UK: The UK competitions authority could decide this month whether or not to proceed with investigations into suspected anti-competitive practices in the commercial catering equipment…
28th November 2014
Frigesco receives £93,000 funding
UK: The energy-saving flash defrost for refrigeration systems being developed by Frigesco is to receive a further £93,000 of government funding. DECC announced yesterday that…
26th November 2014
Acr success at sell-out HVR Awards
UK: Refrigeration consultant Steve Gill continues to gather awards, this time picking up Consultant of the Year at tonight’s HVR Awards. Following up a special…
26th November 2014
Firm offers to fund Tesco shareholders’ action
UK: A top litigation funder has agreed to fund Tesco shareholders’ legal action against the supermarket group for the alleged overstatement of its earnings. Litigation…
26th November 2014
Transport industry recognises refrigeration
[caption id="attachment_9912" align="alignright" width="400"] Sainsbury's is currently trialling Transicold's NaturaLine CO2 technology[/caption] UK: Two innovative cooling technologies were recognised at last night’s 2014 SMMT Award…
26th November 2014
Gordon Adams joins Hall of Fame
[caption id="attachment_9906" align="alignright" width="400"] Hall of Famers (l to r): Eamonn Phelan, Pete Wardman, Keith Voller, Doug Forsdyke and Martyn Simpson[/caption] UK: Climate Center technical…
26th November 2014
Arthur and Gill nominated for IoR president
[caption id="attachment_9897" align="alignright" width="400"] Bob Arthur (left) and Steve Gill will both be contesting the IoR presidency[/caption] UK: Bob Arthur and Steve Gill will both…
26th November 2014
BRA revises brazing guidance
UK: The British Refrigeration Association (BRA) has revised its refrigeration pipework brazing specification. This latest Issue 5 contains a BRA recommendation section to cover vertical…
26th November 2014
Trox appoints new marketing exec
[caption id="attachment_9882" align="alignright" width="250"] Alice Arnott: “The board has very strong ideas around the direction its marketing should take and I am looking forward to…
25th November 2014
Ron Baker RIP
UK: Ron Baker, who will be well known to many in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry from his time as FETA director general during…
24th November 2014
Carrier Rental expands sales network
[caption id="attachment_9847" align="alignright" width="400"] Marc White: "streamlining logistics"[/caption] UK: Following on from the expansion of its UK headquarters operations, Carrier Rental Systems (UK) has rolled-out…
21st November 2014
New cold store rental company launched
UK: Ex-ICS and Viessmann man Steve Prior has launched a new company, Cold Store Rentals. As a specialist food and hospitality refrigeration company,
19th November 2014
Top names on NACRA shortlist
UK: A host of top names are included in the shortlist just announced for the 3rd National Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Awards 2015. Carter Synergy,…
19th November 2014
Toshiba and Airedale in CIBSE finals
UK: Toshiba Air Conditioning and Airedale are amongst the shortlisted companies in the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2015. Toshiba is one of a number of…
18th November 2014
UK wants national F-gas database
UK: The refrigeration and air conditioning industry is calling for a national register of F-gas certified companies and individuals in order to ensure compliance with…
18th November 2014
Climate Center expands estimating team
UK: Pipe Center and Climate Center have expanded their central estimating team to provide both a faster turnaround on project quotations and to support continued…
12th November 2014
Poultry company fined for ammonia leak
UK: A County Fermanagh poultry company has been fined £2,000 after an ammonia refrigeration leak from its premises polluted a local river. Western Brand Poultry…
12th November 2014
IoR seeks input on new apprenticeships
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is seeking input from UK industry as it starts the process of developing new apprenticeship standards for air conditioning, refrigeration…
10th November 2014
AMP’s Toshiba promo sees sales soar
UK: A company-wide sales initiative has helped distributor AMP achieve a 130% year-on-year increase on sales of Toshiba air conditioning equipment. Building on what was considered a healthy performance…
6th November 2014
Airedale welcomes Uruguayan visitors
UK: Airedale International, a large exporter of cooling products, recently welcomed visitors from Uruguay to its training academy in Leeds. The visiting group included representatives…