UK News
20th November 2020
Roger Smith joins REFCOM
UK: F-gas certification body REFCOM has appointed Roger Smith as its new certification assessor for the REFCOM, REFCOM Elite and REFCOM Elite Supplier schemes. Smith…
19th November 2020
BAM FM bags North Ayrshire contract
UK: Glasgow-based BAM FM has been awarded a three-year contract by North Ayrshire Council to maintain and repair heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. As…
18th November 2020
Wolseley sale could fetch £500m
UK/USA: While plumbing and heating group Ferguson seeks a buyer for its UK operations business, Wolseley, the company continues its acquisitions in the US. According to…
17th November 2020
BESA backs new late pay rules
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the latest government measure to tackle persistent late payment in construction supply chains. Main contractors will…
16th November 2020
Copper thief jailed
UK: A metal thief who caused thousands of pounds of damage after stripping copper pipes from industrial refrigerators has been jailed for a year and…
13th November 2020
New software can track any cylinder
UK: Beijer Ref’s FGASmanager refrigerant cylinder tracking system has been upgraded to enable customers to track any cylinder, regardless of its origin. FGASmanager Pro promises…
12th November 2020
Wolseley offers extra support for Danfoss Cooling United
UK: Refrigeration and cooling wholesaler Wolseley Climate has launched a cashback incentive for purchasers of selected Danfoss cooling products. Under the Danfoss Cooling United Club…
11th November 2020
Optimum acquired by Canadian FM firm BGIS
UK: Canadian FM company BGIS has completed the acquisition of UK building services firm Optimum Group Services. Optimum’s CEO, Stewart Collier, and the rest of…
10th November 2020
Rocchiccioli leads SPX sales
UK: SPX Cooling Technologies, the designer and manufacturer of Marley evaporative cooling towers, has appointed Dimitri Rocchiccioli as regional sales manager for northern Europe. Rocchiccioli…
10th November 2020
National produces short guides to new refrigerants
UK: With the number of new, lower GWP replacement and alternative refrigerants growing ever wide and more complex, National Refrigerants has published a series of…
8th November 2020
£3m funding sought for new compressor design
UK: Vert Technologies, the Edinburgh-based company behind a revolutionary conical rotary compressor (CRC), is embarking on an equity funding process to raise £3m. The Vert…
6th November 2020
Hauser UK leases new facility in Exhall
UK: Hauser Refrigeration UK, the UK subsidiary of the Austrian refrigerated cabinet manufacturer, has taken a ten-year lease on a new 8,600ft2 unit at the…
5th November 2020
Ellis and Skelton elected to IoR board
John Skelton (left) and John Ellis have been voted onto the IoR board of trustees UK: John Ellis of Ellis Training Works and John Skelton…
3rd November 2020
BESA and REFCOM to offer specialist insurance
UK: BESA and REFCOM have launched their own brand of specialised business-related insurance products in conjunction with insurance brokers Marsh Commercial. The new service promises…
2nd November 2020
Nominate your installer hero
UK: Valves and fittings manufacturer Conex Bänninger is seeking to celebrate caring installers and air conditioning and refrigeration engineers who have gone above and beyond…
29th October 2020
Joint group will promote building energy efficiency
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has established a new group with the Energy Services Technology Association (ESTA) to promote energy efficiency in buildings.…
26th October 2020
Aerofoil founder named Entrepreneur of the Year
UK: Paul McAndrew, CEO and founder of aerofoil refrigerated cabinet shelf strip company Aerofoil Energy, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year in the 2020…
24th October 2020
Airedale shortlisted for four awards
UK: Cooling product manufacturer Airedale International has been shortlisted in four categories of the 2020 Yorkshire Post Business in Excellence Awards. Having won Manufacturer of…
23rd October 2020
Webinar explores refrigeration and eco-efficency
UK: Climalife is to host a webinar presenting an eco-efficient approach to sustainable and responsible refrigeration. With as much as 80% of greenhouse gas emissions…
22nd October 2020
Space Engineering founder Terry O’Sullivan dies
UK: Space Engineering Services has announced the death of its co-founder Terry O’Sullivan. He was 78. Terry O’Sullivan was a founding member of Space Engineering…
20th October 2020
Cool Concerns adds A2L training rig
UK: Tewkesbury-based training company Cool Concerns has developed and commissioned a new refrigeration training rig for A2L refrigerants. The fully working system, designed in accordance…
