UK News
8th July 2022
West appointed operations director
UK: Hampshire-based temperature control specialist Aqua Cooling has appointed Mike West as operations director. West joined Aqua in 2007, after studying marine engineering at Southampton’s…
8th July 2022
Six through to WorldskillsUK final
UK: Six of the best refrigeration and air conditioning apprentices from across the UK have made it through to the WorldskillsUK 2022 National Finals in…
6th July 2022
Lalley makes Coolstop move
UK: James Lalley, ACR ancillary commercial manager at Smith Brothers Stores, has been appointed a director at air conditioning and refrigeration wholesaler Coolstop.
6th July 2022
Golf day boost for Adcock’s charity
UK: Cambridgeshire-based contractor Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning raised over £300 towards its target of £10,000 for motor neurone disease at its golf day at Ufford Park, Suffolk, last week.
5th July 2022
Maidment wins J&E Hall Gold
UK: Prof Graeme Maidment of London South Bank University has been recognised for his contribution to innovation in RACHP technology with the J&E Hall Gold Medal. A…
4th July 2022
HVAC&R Show to return in 2023
UK: Last held in 2018, the HVAC & Refrigeration Show is set to return to London Excel next year, the organiser has announced. Datateam Business…
2nd July 2022
Airedale reopens training centre
UK: Airedale has relaunched its HVAC training courses at its centre of excellence in Leeds. Having closed throughout the pandemic to prevent virus transmission, the…
28th June 2022
Carlsberg fined £3m for fatal ammonia leak
UK: Carlsberg has been fined £3m after refrigeration contractor David Chandler died and another was seriously injured following the ammonia leak at its Northampton brewery…
28th June 2022
Humidity Solutions to offer HiDew
Humidity Solutions MD John Barker (centre) with HiDew export manager Davide Gennaro (left) and sales engineer Nicola Dalan UK: Leatherhead-based Humidity Solutions has signed an…
25th June 2022
ESP puts down roots
UK: Equipment Spare Parts (ESP), supplier of cases and cabinet spares to the refrigeration industry, has pledged to plant 500m2 of woodland, via the National Trust Plant A…
25th June 2022
HRS breakfast briefing returns at new venue
UK: The next Hampshire Refrigeration Society breakfast briefing returns next month at the new venue of Highbury College, Portsmouth. The free-to-attend event on July 5…
24th June 2022
Merritt heads BESA RACHP group
UK: Richard Merritt of Watford-based AC Solutions Group has been appointed chair of BESA’s Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump (RACHP) group executive committee. Merritt…
24th June 2022
Ted Perry winner in top engineers’ list
UK: Dr Nausheen Basha, winner of last year’s Institute of Refrigeration Ted Perry Award, has been named in this year’s Top 50 Women in Engineering…
23rd June 2022
UK cold storage capacity tops 40 million m3
UK: The cold storage capacity of Cold Chain Federation members has increased by more than 10% in the past 12 months. As a result of…
21st June 2022
Climalife joins the Good Business Charter
UK: Refrigerant supplier Climalife has become one of just over 1000 leading UK companies in signing up to the Good Business Charter, an accreditation of…
20th June 2022
Carrier Transicold boosts customer support
UK: Transport refrigeration company Carrier Transicold has established a specialist training academy and urgent request spare parts facility in Manchester. In addition to providing training for…
20th June 2022
Andy Reed to retire
UK: Andy Reed, commercial director of TF Solutions, is set to take early retirement after 40 years in the industry. Reed began his career at…
18th June 2022
Relocation plans mark 50th anniversary
UK: Refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler Thermofrost Cryo plans to relocate its main Birmingham office and warehouse to a larger central facility in the coming…
15th June 2022
HPA opens membership to installers
UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has announced a new membership category for installers as it publishes a new policy paper calling for a transformation…
10th June 2022
BSRIA offers UKAS fan coil accreditation
UK: BSRIA has extended its scope of UKAS accreditation to include fan coil unit testing in accordance with BS EN 1397:2021 heat exchangers - hydronic room…
10th June 2022
John Emm is ACR Champion
UK: John Emm, technical director of Pumps2Go, has been awarded ACR Journal’s ACR Champion Award after 58 years in the industry. The award was presented…