UK News

UK: In changes to the leadership at Beijer Ref UK and Ireland, MD John Billson has been promoted to vice president. He is succeeded by group sales director Hayley Cattell.

UK: Members of the Heat Pump Association, Ground Source Heat Pump Association, and the Heat Pump Federation are reported to have voted to merge.

UK: US M&E company Emcor is to sell its UK building services segment to facilities services company OCS Group UK for around £190m.

UK: Carrier’s recently launched AquaSnap 30AWH-P monobloc air-to-water heat pump has achieved Quiet Mark certification.

UK: Bitzer UK MD Kevin Glass and Nabil Cook, technical director at Omega Solutions, have both been recognised for their industry contributions at this year’s Cooling Industry Awards.

UK: A groundbreaking study into the impact of air conditioning in homes and offices on the UK power grid has secured £5.5m funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF).

UK: Samsung Climate Solutions has appointed Yorkshire-based plumbing and heating merchant Duftons Plumbing & Heating Supplies as its latest distributor. 

UK: Abbey Design Associates (ADA), the Cheltenham-based refrigeration design and project management consultancy, has appointed Conor Eaton-Smith as its new technical project director. 

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is now inviting nominations for the annual J&E Hall Gold Medal, one of the most internationally respected accolades in the RACHP industry.

UK: Daikin UK has transferred all its residential after-sales service operations in England and Wales to Robert Heath Heating, the Surrey-based service and maintenance company it acquired last year.

UK: Institute of Refrigeration president Lisa-Jayne Cook was amongst the winners last night at the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction Awards 2025.

UK: Working heat pumps were recently placed before the Scottish parliament to raise awareness of the technology and its potential role in decarbonising Scotland’s heating.  

UK: As the RACHP Industry prepares for the revision of the F-gas regulations, the industry has shown overwhelming backing for the introduction of mandatory certified…

UK: Martin Butler, former managing director of Hawco, has joined Surrey-based refrigeration consultants K2 Engineering (Cooling) as MD.

UK: Mick Langford has been appointed UK country manager for Panasonic’s heating and cooling division. He replaces John Kellett who has stepped down from the role for personal reasons.

UK: Paul Singh, owner of the Chillair (UK) Training Academy, has joined  the race to be elected as the next president of the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR).

UK: Matt Morton, chairman of Durham-based EJM Engineered Systems, has received the Institute of Refrigeration’s Northern Branch Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the industry.

UK: Go Geothermal, the UK distributor of CTC heat pumps, has announced a partnership with The Merchant’s Choice, a specialist buying group for plumbers’ merchants.

UK: Wolseley brands Pipe Centre and Climate Centre have unveiled a new logistics model to improve customer service across London and the SE.

UK: Samsung Climate Solutions has announced a partnership with UK service and maintenance company, HomeServe, to grow its existing heat pump service and repair network. 

UK: EDF has partnered with Daikin UK with a scheme to help boost heat pump installs by enabling installers without MCS certification to access the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.