UK News
21st May 2014
Fujitsu closes Wave Air Conditioning
UK: Japanese air conditioning manufacturer Fujitsu General is to close Wave Air Conditioning, the UK distributor it bought in 2009. The purchase of Wave was…
21st May 2014
Mitsubishi to sponsor Ebbsfleet United
[caption id="attachment_5363" align="alignright" width="400"] Getting shirty: (l to r) Dr Abdullah Al-Humaidi, chairman of Ebbsfleet United; Steve Fleming, national sales manager, Mitsubishi Electric; Peter Varney,…
20th May 2014
B&ES gift to sailing charity
[caption id="attachment_5312" align="alignright" width="300"] Daniel Ball (right) presents the B&ES cheque to Otley Sailing Club commodore Paul Karran (left). Also pictured is James, a pupil…
20th May 2014
McQuay offers free maintenance
UK: McQuayService is offering customers one year’s free maintenance on all scroll and screw chillers as part of its new customer care package. Mechanical, refrigerant,…
17th May 2014
Airedale wins Datacentre award
UK: Airedale won the Datacentre Energy Efficiency Product of the Year trophy for its SmartCool PAC system at Thursday night’s Data Centre Solutions Awards in…
16th May 2014
Top names honoured at NACRA Awards
UK: Two of the industry's top names were amongst the big winners at last night's National Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Awards at the deceptively ornate Birmingham…
15th May 2014
CDL offers online training
UK: Air conditioning distributor Cool Designs has launched an online video training programme to update engineers' skills. There are more than 20 titles available to…
14th May 2014
Carrier technology is right for Gist
UK: One of the UK’s largest distributors of chilled and ambient goods, Gist, has added longer semi-trailers (LSTs) to its fleet, each specified with Carrier…
13th May 2014
Contractors positive on growth
UK: The specialist sector experienced encouraging signs of growth in the first quarter of 2014 according to the latest NSCC State of Trade survey. The…
9th May 2014
Mitsubishi launches ac apprenticeships
UK: Mitsubishi Electric has announced the launch of a new, national apprenticeship scheme to train the air conditioning engineers of the future. The scheme is…
6th May 2014
Parkes joins Airedale
[caption id="attachment_5104" align="alignright" width="300"] Andy Parkes[/caption] UK: Airedale International has appointed Andy Parkes as area sales engineer for the West Midlands. Andy Parkes, who joins…
6th May 2014
Hill Phoenix takes stake in Space Engineering
[caption id="attachment_5100" align="alignright" width="405"] The Danish Advansor CO2 refrigeration system is part of the Hill Phoenix portfolio[/caption] UK: US manufacturer Hill Phoenix has taken a…
1st May 2014
B&ES Wales raises £1,700 for charity
[caption id="attachment_5024" align="alignright" width="300"] B&ES president elect Andy Sneyd (left) and B&ES Wales chairman Andy Tonkin photographed during the event at the Vale Resort[/caption] UK:…
1st May 2014
Service-Tech opens Scottish office
UK: Service-Tech, a leading provider of air conditioning inspection services, has expanded into Scotland with a new office in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Although headquartered in Telford with…
29th April 2014
SERC adds hydrocarbon training
UK: South Eastern Regional College (SERC), Lisburn, has added a hydrocarbon refrigerants qualification to its syllabus. With the increasing emphasis on natural refrigerants, SERC says…
28th April 2014
Heat from Scottish water could save £250m
UK: Heat pumps utilising the heat from Scotland’s plentiful rivers and lochs could save Scottish businesses £250 million a year, it is claimed. According to…
28th April 2014
Construction rises again in March
UK: Construction activity increased again in March following a sharp drop in February due to the bad weather. According to the latest figures from Barbour…
28th April 2014
Reflok forms European company
UK: Increasing worldwide interest in aluminium piping systems has prompted the US manufacturer Reflok to form a new European subsidiary. Reflok (Europe) Ltd is wholly…
28th April 2014
Hi-tech insulation for the food industry
UK: A new high performance insulation material used in building and industrial markets worldwide is being made available to the food processing industry. The Nansulate…
25th April 2014
AMP continues to expand
UK: AMP, one of the UK’s longest established and successful independent air conditioning distributors, is expanding its sales team to support continued growth. The Toshiba…
25th April 2014
MacAulay to present NACRA awards
UK: Scottish comedian Fred MacAulay will present this year’s National Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Awards (NACRA) in Birmingham next month. A regular performer at the…