Toshiba Air Conditioning has won one of the industry’s top training awards for its national network of air conditioning training centres.

Carrier Commercial Refrigeration has opened its CO2OLacademy field training facility in Germany - its first in a live-store environment.

TROX UK has appointed two senior technical staff.

An internationally acclaimed award winning poster campaign extolling the too often overlooked virtues and benefits of refrigeration and cooling technology is in the process of being translated into other languages.

Clean cold technology company Dearman has been awarded a Smart Grant by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to further explore the use of ‘waste cold’ from liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to provide sustainable power and cooling.
 

Members of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) North West Region have donated £4,500 to Manchester’s Middleton Parish School.

Now its eighth edition, CIBSE Guide A: Environmental Design continues to exist as the authoritative reference source for designers and installers of building services, particularly low energy and environmentally sustainable buildings.

Yesterday’s Budget Announcement by Chancellor George Osborne, has generated a mixed response from the industry.

Advanced Engineering has appointed Ralf Kauke, a new German-speaking field sales representative to strengthen its European customer service.

Sainsbury’s has announced a fall in sales for the 10 weeks to 14 March this year.

Cold Control Services has expanded its warehouse facilities to accommodate cabinet refurbishments.

Increased regulation and performance standards are meant to encourage innovation and the development of green solutions.

Toshiba distributor Cool Designs Ltd (CDL) has opened a new air conditioning training centre in Glasgow, to serve installers north of the border.

DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts (DC&F) has announced the inclusion of Opteon XP40 (R-449A) and Opteon XP10 (R-513A) in updated compressor selection software from Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau.

On 12 March the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) confirmed its approval of a new apprenticeship standard for the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician.

Air filtration specialist MANN+HUMMEL VOKES AIR has been approved as a training provider by the CIBSE (the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) as part of the organisation’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme.

In its results for the year to 1 February 2015, Morrisons has reported a fall of more than 50% in pre-tax profits compared with the previous year.

The Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has appointed Sophie Cox as regional manager for South West London and Wessex, with immediate effect.

Daikin UK has opened a new national training and technology centre in Woking, Surrey, which offers opportunities for hands-on training using the latest technologies.

AB Systems is currently on a path of rapid expansion and has welcomed a highly experienced service manager to its growing team.

Airedale International is among 22 companies selected for their ‘best-in class’ credentials to form a partnership in a collaborative bid for funding under the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI).

BSRIA has published a new guide in a joint venture with the B&ES and CIBSE.

This year’s North West Training Awards were presented during the annual ball organised by the North West Region of the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has joined forces with Prospect, the trade union representing professionals in the UK, to announce a new joint working group to help companies recruit and retain more women engineers and scientists.   

Taking place in Hall 9 at the NEC Birmingham from 16 – 18 February 2016, The ACR Show, organised by Datateam Business Media, will embrace the heating and ventilation sectors for the first time, making it a must-attend event for anyone who needs to get the most up to date information on the how the most recent and upcoming changes to the Energy Related Products Directive (ErP) will affect the m&e markets.

Gross group sales at Ocado increased by 19.2% to £271.1m for the 12 weeks to 22 February this year.

Space Air has announced that following a successful audit, it has been re-certified to ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Standard for 2015.

Businesses in the refrigeration sector can build long term financial security and protect future profits by recognising and nurturing the talented young people available to join their workforce, according to Find a Future, the organisers of The Skills Show.

AMP Air has been recognised by Toshiba as one of its most successful and long-standing air conditioning distributors.

Cool-Therm is updating its employees’ health and safety knowledge as part of a company-wide training initiative.

The Co-operative Group has appointed Ian Ellis as group chief financial officer.

Construction of Bitzer’s Schaufler Academy, an international training centre in Rottenburg-Ergenzingen, started in August 2014.

Cold Control Services is streamlining its business and improving customer service by expanding its workforce and upgrading its computer system.

Ingersoll-Rand has completed the acquisition of Frigoblock for €100m.

Klima-Therm has been appointed UK distributor for Chinese manufacturer Gree’s range of centrifugal chillers.

Climalife IDS Refrigeration is hosting a series of six technical seminars across the UK offering attendees the chance to catch up with the latest developments in refrigerants.

 On 11 February the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) issued a consultation document reviewing the role and methodology for Display Energy Certificates (DECs).

The B&ES (Building & Engineering Services Association) has appointed Tim Acland to the new post of head of regional management, as part of its commitment to improve and enhance its service to members.

ACR consultant Steve Gill has been elected as the next president of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) from 2016.

BSRIA has recently revised its publications concerning legionella control and has launched Legionnaires’ Disease – Risk Assessment (BG57/2015).

London Fire Brigade (LFB) is calling for fridge freezer manufacturers to make their products safer.

UK construction companies indicated a further acceleration in output growth during February, driven by the fastest increase in new orders since October 2014, according to latest figures from the Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers Index (PMI).

To reflect the continued adjustment of refrigerant gas prices to sustainable levels and the challenging exchange rate between the Euro and the US Dollar, Mexichem Fluor has announced a price rise for its KLEA refrigerants in Europe.

RDM has announced that it is opening a new affiliate in Australia as part of its commercial network expansion programme.

Air conditioning and refrigeration specialist, Cold Control Services, is celebrating success as the winner of the ACR News Contractor of the Year award for all-round excellence in the refrigeration industry for the third time.

The Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) has appointed Lindsay Gillespie to the new position of standards development and policy co-ordinator – skills, boosting its employment affairs and skills team.