UK News

UK: Refrigeration wholesaler Dean & Wood kicks off its latest round of Facing Change roadshows with events in Southampton and Watford this month. With the…

UK: The group fighting to save the historic Grimsby Ice Factory and the iconic refrigeration equipment contained within it have applied for £11m of Heritage…

UK: Andrews Sykes is to move its current West London branch in Slough to new premises near Heathrow airport. The new premises are currently being…

UK: WR Refrigeration owed over £80m when it entered administration in October and creditors are likely to receive only a minimal dividend, a report from…

UK: Manor Concepts, the UK manufacturer of refrigerated display cabinets, has formed a new trading division to design and manufacture innovative cabinet doors. Coolsuredoors is…

UK: The Food Storage and Distribution Federation (FSDF) has launched a scheme to encourage health and safety best practice within the industry.  Reed Boardall, Cold…

UK: Visitors to the ACR Show next month are promised the chance to see what is described as “a major breakthrough in hvac technology” by…

UK: Paul Arrowsmith, former engineering and compliance director at WR Refrigeration, has joined supermarket group Sainsbury's as refrigeration technology specialist. Paul was with WR Refrigeration…

UK: Darren Roberts of Derbyshire-based Dixon Engineering was named ACR Trainee of the Year 2013 at the recent special awards lunch at the Belfry. Darren…

UK: The London Transport Museum provided an historic setting for the launch of  McQuay’s advanced air-cooled ATS chiller. Over 100 customers attended the event with…

UK: Foodservice Equipment Marketing (FEM), a distributor of Manitowoc ice machines for many years, has now taken on sole distribution rights for all equipment and…

UK: Rugby-based recycler Cool Synergy is to transfer all its recycling operations to Leicester following the acquisition of fellow recycler BR Environmental Services. The new…

UK: Panasonic is to sell its heat pumps through builders’ merchant group Travis Perkins. The new distribution agreement will see Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS), BSS…

UK: It is with sadness that we report the passing of Eddie Gittoes, the founder of Hereford-based refrigeration company Arctic Circle. Hereford born and bred,…

[caption id="attachment_2636" align="alignright" width="300"] Past president Peter Hoyle (left) receives his Distinguished Service Award from B&ES chief executive Roderick Pettigrew[/caption] UK: Peter Hoyle, a past…

UK: Star Refrigeration has added an HFO chiller to its high efficiency Indigochiller range.  The new addition uses the synthetic low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze…

UK: Supplies of the new HFO refrigerant R1234yf are now available in the UK through DuPont distributor BOC. The introduction of DuPont's Opteon brand refrigerant…

[caption id="attachment_2571" align="alignright" width="284"] Darrel Birkett, left, presents George Pinner’s shirt to Ritchie Marshall of Cahonas Scotland[/caption] UK: Sales may be rising but events took…

UK: Two refrigeration engineers turned heroes yesterday, saving a pensioner from drowning in Chelmsford, Essex. The reluctant heroes were called into action when a 73-year-old…

[caption id="attachment_1956" align="alignright" width="400"] Val Belz unveiling the new Toshiba warranty scheme to qualifying installers[/caption] UK: Toshiba is to offer its Total Peace of Mind…

UK: The architect behind Sainsbury’s first award-winning “sustainable” supermarket has launched a campaign to save it from demolition, just 14 years after it was built.…