Companies advised to book now for next month’s ACR News Awards, hosted by top TV comedian Jimmy Carr.

Waitrose has announced that it expects to create 2,000 jobs in new and extended shops, as well as in a new e-commerce grocery depot during 2015.

Five members of Daikin UK’s specification sales team have gained BREEAM Accredited Professional (AP) status.

Oceanair, the specialist Fujitsu distributor, has revamped its Crawley branch with an upgrade outside and inside its offices and warehouse, including a new fascia.

At the Chillventa show in Germany last year Blygold Italia was rewarded for coating the millionth coil.

According to a new market intelligence report published by BSRIA, the size of the global market for Variable Speed Drives (VSD) in 2013 was $839.4m.

The Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has published its Business Manifesto which it says highlights the issues it believes the next Government must address if UK construction is to remain genuinely fit-for-purpose in the years ahead.

Daikin UK has boosted its domestic heating team with a number of appointments.

Toshiba Air Conditioning is launching an R22 data collection initiative to assess the number and type of R22 systems still operational across the UK and Ireland.

Johnson Controls has appointed David Dorney as country manager for its BE UK & Ireland business division.

Johnson Controls, Hitachi Ltd and Hitachi Appliances Inc have entered into a definitive agreement for their global joint venture while at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

According to the CBI’s latest Quarterly Industrial Trends Survey, new orders continued to expand for British manufacturers in the three months to January.

Specialist recruitment consultancy Thornhvac has launched a survey to find the HVAC manufacturers that people most want to work for.

The Cordant Group has launched Cordant Services in a move designed to offer additional value and services to existing customers, while providing a strong foundation for an ambitious growth programme.

Daikin UK is inviting building services engineers and engineering consultants to attend the next series of its forward-thinking, CPD-accredited Future Thinking seminars in February and March this year.

Roderick Pettigrew has resigned from the position of chief executive of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) with immediate effect.

Airedale International has rewarded more than 35 employees at an annual luncheon, where they were joined by their managers and company directors.

Pipe Center and Climate Center have appointed Andy Wighton as managing director.

Resource Data Management has established a new operation to spearhead growth across Scandinavia and northern Europe.

Ocado has reported a 14.8% increase in gross retail sales compared to last year for the 31 days of December 2014.

The next step in apprenticeship reform was outlined yesterday (13 January) by the Government and pledged to give employers direct control for the funding of apprenticeships.

B&ES Publications has launched a new customer facing website for SFG20 and from today (13 January), Service Model subscribers will also be able to access service timings as standard.

Viessmann Refrigeration Systems has appointed Steve Steadman as sales and marketing director for the UK and Ireland.

BSRIA has announced the sad death on Christmas Eve of Graeme Baker, former chief executive of the association.

Gluckman Consulting and Jacobs have prepared comprehensive guidance related to the new EU F-Gas regulation (517/2014).

Chief executive of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Stephen Tetlow MBE, has responded to Engineering UK’s report The State of Engineering 2015.

Chief executive of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, Professor Rudi Klein, has celebrated 25 years’ with the organisation.

Aiming for medium- to long-term business expansion in the HVAC market of North America, Daikin Industries is establishing a new base in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, through its subsidiary Goodman ...

BSRIA is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

Crowcon has achieved certification to ISO 14001 standard, which provides a framework for establishing, implementing and maintaining an ...

Honeywell has started full-scale commercial production of a low-global-warming-potential (GWP) material used as an aerosol propellant, insulating agent and refrigerant.

Building services engineering contractors in England are being urged to give their views on a radical revision of training standards that are proposed for industrial and commercial apprentices in the sector.