UK News
7th November 2023
Carrier seeks MD for UK&I
UK: Carrier is recruiting for the new role of managing director to head its UK, Ireland and Nordics commercial HVAC business.
6th November 2023
Bannister opts for zero-emission TRU
UK: Temperature controlled distribution company Bannister Transport is to transition its entire 40 trailer fleet to Sunswap’s zero-emission battery and solar-powered transport refrigeration technology.
3rd November 2023
£65m in support for five UK heat pump projects
UK: The UK government is to provide £65m in support for five heat pump projects to supply green energy to thousands of homes and businesses.
2nd November 2023
Cook confirmed as IoR president-elect
UK: Lisa-Jayne Cook was confirmed as president-elect of the Institute of Refrigeration at the Institute’s AGM in London today.
1st November 2023
UK “off track” on renewable heating
UK: A leading independent UK cross-party think tank claims that the number of new homes using renewable energy, including heat pumps, for central heating has dropped this year.
1st November 2023
Epta’s Geoff Mills to retire
UK: Geoff Mills, commercial director at Epta UK, has announced his retirement after nearly 42 years in the refrigeration industry.
31st October 2023
Demand increases for remanufactured CO2 compressors
UK: Bitzer UK’s remanufacturing arm, Green Point UK, has reported a steep increase in sales of remanufactured transcritical CO2 compressors.
27th October 2023
Daikin UK launches rewards app
UK: Daikin has launched The AClub, a new app-based incentive scheme, enabling installers to earn reward points on qualifying purchases through Daikin’s wholesale partners.
27th October 2023
Arrowsmith named BRA vice president
UK: Paul Arrowsmith, the refrigeration design manager for Sainsbury’s, has been named as vice president of the British Refrigeration Association (BRA).
25th October 2023
Wayne Perrins appointed Cooltherm MD
UK: Wayne Perrins has been appointed managing director of specialist Bristol-based chiller and air conditioning design and installation business Cooltherm.
24th October 2023
Tackling transport refrigeration skills
UK: A new batch of students have embarked on one of the UK’s only transport refrigeration engineering apprenticeship programmes.
23rd October 2023
CO2 heat pump company opens UK office
UK: Danish CO2 refrigeration and heat pump systems manufacturer Fenagy has established a UK office in Leeds.
20th October 2023
UK cold stores exceed efficiency targets
UK: The cold storage companies signed up to the UK government’s Climate Change Agreement (CCA) exceeded agreed energy efficiency improvements in 2022.
18th October 2023
Advisory body calls for free heat pump installs
UK: A UK government advisory body has called for the free installation of heat pumps in low income households and billions of pounds in heat pump subsidies.
17th October 2023
Daikin UK expands merchants network
UK: Daikin UK has opened the doors to four new centres as part of its now 35-strong national sustainable home network.
17th October 2023
Breakfast meeting at Bath College
UK: The South West and South Wales Refrigeration Society (SWRS) is holding its next technical breakfast meeting at Bath College on 26 October.
16th October 2023
Chris Pedley 1960-2023
UK: TEV has announced the death of Chris Pedley following a battle with cancer. He was 63.
14th October 2023
Roberts appointed BRA president
UK: Neil Roberts, senior technical sales manager at Bristol-based refrigerant supplier Climalife, has been appointed president of the British Refrigeration Association (BRA).
14th October 2023
Michael Ohly 1944-2023
UK: FETA has announced that Michael Ohly, former president and founder of its ductwork contractor group, ADCAS, has died at the age of 78.
10th October 2023
Ship’s owners fined £220k for R22 refrigerant death
UK: The death of a fishing boat crewman, asphyxiated by R22 refrigerant, has resulted in a fine of £220,000 for the vessel’s owners.
10th October 2023
More focus on net zero than building safety
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) claims that construction clients are more focused on meeting their net zero goals than complying with the Building Safety Act.