UK News
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…
29th October 2013
IoR updates CO2 safety code
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has issued an amendment to its safety code of practice for carbon dioxide refrigeration systems related to Pressure Systems Safety…
28th October 2013
ACR Show seminars announced
UK: The seminar programme for next year’s ACR Show has now been announced with two presentations from Daikin expected to reveal important technical advances that…
25th October 2013
Industry counts cost of WR failure
UK: As the industry reels from news of the collapse of WR Refrigeration, the administrators say they are desperately trying to find a buyer for the…
23rd October 2013
WR in administration
UK: One of the country’s largest and best known refrigeration contractors WR Refrigeration has fallen into administration and could face “imminent closure”. Eddie Williams and…
21st October 2013
Nearly half of building sites fail safety checks
UK: Poor standards and dangerous practices were found at nearly half of the building sites visited by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) last month.…
16th October 2013
Smaller coils, larger production
UK: As the industry moves towards lower refrigerant charges, Lordan UK has announced that it is to commence the manufacture of 7mm coils at its recently…