UK News

UK: A new passive cooling system, currently being deployed in railway signalling cabinets to combat excessive heat, could improve the efficiency of commercial refrigeration cabinets.

UK: Long-service awards have been made to eight employees who have given 190 years of service at Williams Refrigeration.

UK: Institute of Refrigeration president, Lisa-Jayne Cook, has presented certificates and prizes for three research papers presented by students at this week’s Adaptation 2025 conference in Manchester.

UK: With an increasing number of heat related deaths amongst older people, the Liberal Democrat party has called on the UK government to ensure all care homes are air conditioned.

UK: Germany-based European integrated facilities management company Apleona has acquired Hampshire-based technical facility management company Corrigenda.

UK: A social media advert by the UK subsidiary of Swedish heat pump manufacturer has been considered misleading and banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

UK: Changes to the regional sales structure at J&E Hall’s commercial refrigeration business sees senior manager Tony Twine ceding his UK-wide responsibilities to national sales manager Paul McDermott.

UK: The building services sector has welcomed the government’s announcement of a consultation on late, long and disputed business to business payments.

UK: The chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, visited Truro-based ground-source heat pump manufacturer Kensa, today, on a trip to hear from Cornish businesses driving green growth.

UK: Former Institute of Refrigeration president Steve Gill is to stand again for the role having been named as one of three nominations for the position of president-elect.

UK: BSRIA has extended its UKAS-accredited testing capabilities to include the EN 14825:2022 standard following a comprehensive ISO 17025 audit by the UK’s National Accreditation Service.

UK: Daikin has opened a further Sustainable Home Centre, its fourth in partnership with independent plumbers’ merchant James Hargreaves.

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a revision of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include incentives for heat pumps which provide both heating and cooling.

UK: Daikin UK’s senior environment research manager, Chris Taylor-Hamlin, has been named as the Heat Pump Association’s next vice chair. He will officially take up the post in September.

UK: Fareham-based Coolers and Condensers has announced the death of its long-serving technical director Paul Moseley. He was 61.

UK: Wholesaler Wolseley has taken a lease on a new 107,775ft2 distribution centre in Darlington.

UK: Daikin Airconditioning UK has acquired the Glasgow-based heating services company Saltire Facilities Management Ltd.

UK: Heat pump manufacturer Qvantum Energy Technology has appointed Sarah Atkinson as marketing director.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) is now accepting submissions for its annual Beyond Refrigeration Environmental Award that recognises pioneering projects to reduce environmental emissions from UK cooling systems.

UK: The three-day InstallerShow at Birmingham’s NEC last month attracted 31,000 visitors, according to the organiser Lyrical Communications.

UK: Compressor and chiller servicing and remanufacturing company ThermOzone, now incorporating ThermaCom, has moved to new offices in Basingstoke after 31 years in Reading.