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2nd December 2013

Hubbard joins buying group

UK: Hubbard Ice Systems, the Scotsman ice machines distributor, has joined the ENSE, the UK catering equipment and supplies buying consortium.  “We have been looking…
2nd December 2013

J&E Hall welcomes interns

[caption id="attachment_1924" align="alignright" width="450"] Tiago Gomes and Nuno Alves from Portugal who have joined J&E Hall as internees[/caption] UK: J&E Hall has launched a new…
30th November 2013

PACAIR celebrates 10 years

[caption id="attachment_1905" align="alignright" width="300"] Pacair's office in Hemel Hempstead[/caption] UK: Palmer Air Conditioning (PACAIR), the Hemel Hempstead based designer and supplier of air conditioning systems,…
26th November 2013

B&ES updates heat pump guide

UK: The Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has updated TR30, its good practice guide to heat pumps. The 50-page guide is designed to help…
21st November 2013

Birmingham venue for ACR Today awards

UK: ACR Today is to repeat the awards ceremony it first held in London in 2012. Birmingham Town Hall is the chosen venue this time…
21st November 2013

Cool-Therm appoints two

[caption id="attachment_1767" align="alignright" width="300"] Chris Hibbs (left) and Phil Greenough[/caption] UK: Cool-Therm, the expanding chiller and air conditioning specialist, has made two new appointments to…
21st November 2013

ACR Show plans huge visitor promotion

[caption id="attachment_1752" align="alignright" width="300"] A huge 250,000 visitor mailing is expected to boost attendance at the ACR Show 2014[/caption] UK: With just under three months…
19th November 2013

Integral plans growth in refrigeration

[caption id="attachment_1727" align="alignright" width="232"] Bryan Glastonbury: "Excited about the future potential"[/caption] UK: Integral UK Ltd says it plans to grow in the refrigeration sector following…
19th November 2013

AC inspection system “shambolic”

UK: A UK contractor has called on the Government to overhaul the inspection process that has allowed 95% of air conditioning systems to miss mandatory…
18th November 2013

HRP backs the ACR Show

[caption id="attachment_1707" align="alignright" width="240"] Tony Wright: " Opportunity for us to network and brief people on our plans for the coming year and beyond"[/caption] UK:…
16th November 2013

Chris Bailie takes SkillFridge gold

UK: Chris Bailie of Belfast-based BL Refrigeration has struck gold at WorldSkills UK. Chris took the UK  SkillFridge Gold medal at today's WorldSkills UK final…
13th November 2013

CBRE to buy Norland

UK: M&E and FM contractor Norland Managed Services is set to be acquired by CBRE for £250m. The price for the Norland business, which was…
12th November 2013

Airedale establishes Moscow office

[caption id="attachment_1609" align="alignright" width="300"] Mark Viner (left) signs the MOU with Pavel Nazarov. Standing by is Asim Ansari, Airedale's global key accounts manager[/caption] UK: Airedale…
10th November 2013

UK team goes micro-Kelvin

UK: A UK team has developed what is said to to be the first refrigerator capable of achieving micro-Kelvin temperatures without the use of liquid…
7th November 2013

Airedale to become Keysource supplier

UK: Continuing to bounce back from its recent fire, Airedale has signed a deal to become a supplier to leading UK data centre design and…
7th November 2013

Armstrong to move UK hq

UK: After more than 50 years at West Gorton, Manchester, Armstrong Fluid Technology is to move its hq to a new facility in the Beswick…
3rd November 2013

Night with the stars raises £327,000

[caption id="attachment_1440" align="alignright" width="400"] CDL md Darrel Birkett ((left) and colleague Chris Oldroyd (right) with Steve Harper and the cheque which will be distributed to…
1st November 2013

PWC announces 232 WR job losses

UK: The administrators of WR Refrigeration Ltd have today announced formal redundancies in respect of 232 employees. Eddie Williams, joint administrator and director at PWC…
1st November 2013

Ac service engineer dies in fall

UK: A sub-contractor is reported to have died in a fall on Monday while carrying out routine service work on an air conditioning unit in…
31st October 2013

R22 replacement still a concern

UK: With a complete ban on the use of R22 a little over a year away, its replacement is still a major concern for end-users.…
29th October 2013

WR contracts sold to Integral

UK: A number of WR Refrigeration’s major contracts have been bought by Integral, preserving  255 jobs.  The exact terms of the deal have not been…