UK News

UK: A team from Birmingham’s Aston University has been awarded a £415,000 grant to lessen the environmental impact of cooling in the UK.

UK: Applications for the UK’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) reached 3,223 in September, a 12% increase on August, and nearly triple the volume received in September 2023.

UK: Wholesaler the Wolseley Group has acquired Derbyshire-based air conditioning and heat pump distributor Logicool. 

UK: Leicester-based coil manufacturer S&P Coil Products, which trades as SPC, has been acquired by the Carver Group.

UK: Mitsubishi Electric has published a new white paper which it says proves the compatibility of heat pumps with microbore pipework.

UK: Bristol-based refrigerated coldroom and cabinet maintenance company Coldtech Services has been acquired by UK investment company Nene Capital. 

USA: Modine has officially opened its new 29,000m2 Airedale factory in Bradford dedicated to the production of precision cooling products for data centres.

UK: The incoming IoR president, Lisa-Jayne Cook, will give her presidential address on the impact of digitalisation and AI for the heating and cooling sector on November 5.

SWEDEN: Subscription-based heat pump company Aira has announced a further €63m investment.

UK: The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable energy installations, has passed a milestone of 5,000 certified contractors.

UK: Panasonic will be joining other leading manufacturers to showcase its air-to-water heat pumps at special event outside the Houses of Parliament tomorrow.

UK: This is now officially the best year on record for certified heat pump installations in the UK.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is proposing changes to its constitution which would take away members' current rights to vote on matters relating to the removal of a board trustee. 

UK: More than a third of jobs are reported to be under threat at The Bond Group, the Sheerness-based commercial refrigerated cabinet refurbishment company.

UK: Commercial refrigeration manufacturer Epta UK has hit back at comments from Unite pending a strike by workers at its Bradford factory, claiming that Unite’s statements were “factually incorrect”. 

UK: Workers at commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Epta in Bradford are set to strike this month over low pay.

UK: The number of applications to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) in August was double the volume received in the same month last year but was 5% down on July.

UK: Steven Rodgers (above), the current commercial director of Lightfoot Defence, is taking over as managing director from Terry Nicholls on October 1.

UK: Three members are standing for election this year for two positions on the Institute of Refrigeration’s board of trustees.

UK: Former Mitsubishi Electric UK general manager John Kellett has joined Panasonic as UK and Ireland country manager.

UK: To mark Heat Pump Week, the Heat Pump Association (HPA) has published an update to its UK heat pump sales data to include a breakdown by heat pump type.