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Baker Dearing Educational Trust, the charity that promotes University Technical Colleges, will publish a report tomorrow (28th February) looking at how education fails students in the real world when it comes to careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

A specialist pump distributor in Wolverhampton has been named Supplier of the Year by leading building services provider J S Wright for the seventh year running.

The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) has honoured some of the outstanding members of the RACHP industry at its Annual Dinner.

BSRIA has launched a Brexit Topic Guide which aims to demystify the issues surrounding the UK's decision to leave the EU.

The HVAC & Refrigeration Show will take place from 23-25 January at London’s ExCeL

ThermOzone has achieved successful re-accreditation as a Carbon Trust Accredited Supplier.

Asda’s comp sales fell by 2.9% in the fourth quarter to 31 December 2016, according to parent company Walmart.

Airedale International Air Conditioning has joined the Made in Britain initiative.

Leeds City Council has been awarded a major air quality grant from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to help it tackle highly polluting transport refrigeration units.

J S Wright has won a contract worth more than £8m to provide the engineering infrastructure systems for a new high rise development in London’s Docklands.

Thomas Watson has been presented with the Institute of Refrigeration's J & E Hall Gold Medal in recognition of his groundbreaking work to improve the efficiency of chillers and industrial heat pumps.

ConsortiQ, the provider of bespoke and innovative drone solutions for businesses worldwide, believes that drones could soon become a vital part of every tradesperson’s toolkit.

The Eurovent Association has co-signed the ‘Joint Declaration for an ambitious EU industry strategy’, in which 92 leading sectoral associations call for the EU to implement a determined and coordinated strategy for Europe’s manufacturing sector.

According to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), proposals for a new Clean Air Act should include measures supporting the role of buildings as ‘safe havens’ from pollution.

ebm-papst UK is hosting its first seminar in the 2017 energy saving series.

BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association) has appointed Wayne Terry, as its new membership director.

Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, has detailed a number of data centre infrastructure trends to watch in 2017.

Emerson Network Power has rebranded as Vertiv and has appointed Rob Johnson as its new ceo.

On 31 January Hubbard Systems took a group of consultants to visit the Scotsman factory in Milan to find out about Scotsman’s latest nugget ice machine technology.

For the first time in the history of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Diamond Jubilee Scholarships, more than half of the recipients of the prestigious engineering scholarship programme are female.

Hampshire Refrigeration Society (HRS) is supporting Eastleigh College with its Employer Forum which takes place on Wednesday 22nd February.

More than 80 participants attended ASERCOM’s annual meeting in Brussels on 13th January, to talk, network and exchange ideas.

According to the latest forecasts by the Construction Products Association (CPA), construction output is expected to grow by 0.8% in 2017, 0.7% in 2018 and 2.2% in 2019.

Clean cold technology firm Dearman is to double the size of its technology centre ahead of further trials of its ground-breaking engine powered by liquid nitrogen.

Honeywell has created a new video to raise awareness of the life-changing consequences of hearing damage.

Once again the trade has engaged with dynamic annual awards programme the ACR News Awards to nominate their top air conditioning and refrigerating companies and individuals of the past 12 months.

Ingersoll-Rand plc is to acquire Thermocold Costruzioni Srl, a privately held Italian company that manufactures and distributes HVAC systems and solutions for residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Europe.

The Construction Products Association (CPA) has revealed the results of its Construction Trade Survey for the final quarter of 2016.

At this year’s CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) Building Performance Awards, the University of Bradford has been named Building Performance Champion, for the second time, for its pioneering Ecoversity programme.

BSRIA has welcomed last week’s Government Brexit White Paper, which sets out 12 key principles and provides further details about the process.

The British Pump Manufacturers’ Association (BPMA) is calling on the National Measurement Regulatory Office (NMRO), in its role as UK Market Surveillance Authority, to take all appropriate action to ensure that illegal pumps are removed from the market and that all future imports are curtailed with immediate effect.  

Dr Andy Pearson, the engineer who led the design of the world’s largest ammonia water source heat pump for a town’s district heating and cooling scheme in Norway, has won ASHRAE’s prestigious Comfort Cooling Award for Project Excellence at the Society’s Winter Meeting on 28th January.

EAL, a leading UK industry specialist awarding organisation, will urge the Government to save what it says are vital qualifications in new trailblazer apprenticeships.

Scientists from the University of Birmingham are calling on innovative British cooling businesses to join them in India as part of a research initiative to help double farmers’ incomes, while reducing their impact on the environment.

BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association) says that criticisms of the Government’s plans to boost apprenticeships are failing to see the big picture.

J S Wright, one of the UK’s longest established building services providers, has been bought out by its senior management team.