UK News

UK: The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for UK tax incentives to encourage green technologies, like heat pumps, to tackle climate change and boost the economy.

UK: Sunswap’s Endurance zero-emission transport refrigeration unit has been shown to provide an impressive 73% of a TRU’s energy requirement in a recent trial.

UK: Copeland is nearing the completion of a £19m investment in its compressor manufacturing facility in Cookstown, Northern Ireland.

UK: A-Gas’ UK and Europe MD John Ormerod and Ken Logan, the group’s sustainability, marketing and regulatory director, are set to leave the company next month.

UK: Rachel Bridges has been appointed as UK managing director of Alfa Laval, the global heat transfer, separation and fluid handling company.

UK: Kensa’s pioneering Shoebox ground-source heat pump has been included in a new energy transition gallery within the Science Museum in London.

UK: M&E contractors are increasingly optimistic about their future growth prospects, according to a new report from the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).

UK: Daikin UK is to integrate its Altherma heat pumps with Hive, one of the UK’s leading smart thermostat providers.

UK: Luke Haile, winner of the WorldSkills UK Gold medal in 2022, is to represent the UK in refrigeration and air conditioning at WorldSkills in Lyon in September.

UK: Airedale by Modine, the Leeds-headquartered critical cooling specialists, has purchased a 14.6 acre manufacturing site in nearby Bradford to provide increased production, test, office and storage capabilities.

UK: The UK government has announced a further £5.3m in funding under its Heat Pump Ready scheme to support the development of innovative heat pump solutions.

UK: The UK government has confirmed that it expects to publish a national cooling action plan “in the early part” of the next parliament.  Responding…

UK: The Scottish government has announced £11m in grant funding to accelerate the decarbonisation of public sector properties.

UK: Beijer Ref Refrigerants UK has announced a new refrigerant recovery service focused on simplifying the recovery process from larger systems.

UK: Daikin has opened a new Sustainable Home Centre, its sixth this year, at Doncaster-based plumbing and heating supplier Spinks.

UK: Mitsubishi Electric’s Ecodan heat pumps and hot water cylinders are to be stocked by The Boiler Shop, a Derbyshire-based independent heating and plumbing merchants.

UK: Ideal Heating has opened a new £1m heat pump installation training centre in Bedfordshire to serve the south of England.

UK: Marks & Spencer's technical manager John Skelton won this year’s Alan Moor Award for contributions to the industry at last night’s ACR News Awards in London.

UK: Mike Gittoes, former MD of Arctic Circle, has joined Ipswich-based refrigeration equipment manufacturer Hubbard Products as business development manager.

UK: Daikin UK is to open a new 240,000ft2 distribution warehouse in Daventry in partnership with logistics company GXO.

UK: Tesco is the first company in the UK to use refrigerated vehicles with a German manufactured refrigeration unit using CO2 and R1270 (propene).