UK News

UK: A government pledge to ban gas boilers from new homes by 2023 has been withdrawn from its website. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s £12bn 10…

UK: The Environmental Audit Committee is to explore the challenges presented by the UK’s government’s plan for heat pumps in a live session next week.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…