News Archive - August 2020
Panasonic partners with Kooltech
27 August 2020
Panasonic has today welcomed Kooltech, one of the UK's largest independently owned distributors of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning products, to its distribution network. Kooltech will now distribute Panasonic’s full range of commercial ...
Asperitas appoints new chief commercial officer
25 August 2020
Immersion cooling specialist Asperitas announces that Peter Uelen has joined the management team as chief commercial officer....
BESA Academy launches new era in online learning
21 August 2020
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has opened its new online Academy delivering a comprehensive programme of training courses, assessments and CPD for individuals, employers and training providers in the building services sector....
Smardt gears ap to accelerate global growth
21 August 2020
Smardt Chiller Group, a leader in the global oil-free centrifugal chiller market sector, has expanded its worldwide leadership team....
EIA calls for support of updated refrigerants safety standards proposal
21 August 2020
A new safety standard has been proposed by an International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) working group to maximise emission reductions from a global phase-down of super pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol’s Kigali ...
Tom Fitzsimons retires from Pump House
17 August 2020
After 30 years in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry and nearly 13 years working with Pump House, Tom Fitzsimons has decided to retire....
BCIA Schoolz Out competition closes on 31 August 2020
12 August 2020
The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) is issuing a reminder to school pupils not to miss out on the chance to win its Schoolz Out competition....
Rankine 2020 highlights opportunities and challenges
11 August 2020
The IIR Rankine 2020 – Advances in Heating, Cooling and Power Generation conference was organised by the Institute of Refrigeration as a five day online event running from 27-31 July. It incorporated over 90 speaker presentations, organised in 20 ...
Covid-19 is not an excuse says BESA
10 August 2020
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged construction companies to resist the temptation to use the Covid-19 crisis as an excuse to return to 'a culture of corner cutting'....
Cold chain climate tax saving scheme gets two year extension
06 August 2020
The Cold Chain Federation has welcomed the Government’s new report on extending the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme, securing the £10 million a year tax saving for the industry for five more years....
Condair appoints new service engineer
05 August 2020
Humidification specialist, Condair, has appointed Adam Norton as a humidifier service engineer based out of Edinburgh....
Bitzer UK appoints James Graham as sales director
05 August 2020
Bitzer UK has appointed James Graham to the position of sales director, reporting to managing director Kevin Glass. Mr Graham takes responsibility for developing sales of Bitzer 's commercial and industrial compressors and packaged refrigeration ...
Construction still uncertain despite ‘build, build, build’
05 August 2020
The full impact of Covid-19 on the UK economy is expected to spell uncertainty for the construction industry according to the Construction Products Association’s (CPA) latest forecasting, despite the government putting the industry at the front and ...
Capital Cooling relocates to Northants
04 August 2020
Commercial refrigeration specialists Capital Cooling has announced a significant restructuring of its business....
Online air conditioning sales put lives in danger
04 August 2020
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has condemned online retailers for “playing fast and loose with public safety” by selling specialised air conditioning equipment to unregistered installers and end users....
BESA backs redundant workers with free SKILLcards
04 August 2020
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is supporting redundant workers by allowing them to apply for and renew SKILLcards free of charge. Anyone who suffered redundancy as a result of the Covid-19 crisis since March 1 will have their ...
JTL calls for employers to hire new apprentices following the Chancellor’s Plan for Jobs
04 August 2020
Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on those employed in the UK, and with the Prime Minister highlighting the unfortunate fact that young people have been hardest hit, leading training provider JTL is encouraging employers to harness the new ...
REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE comes to a close
04 August 2020
Over a three-year period REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE, funded by the EU - the LIFE programme - sought to incorporate the principles of a blended learning programme in an aim to create standardised training on the safety and containment of low GWP ...
Covid magnified the skills gap, but sped up possible solutions
04 August 2020
The Covid-19 crisis exacerbated the existing skills gap in the building services sector, but also created new opportunities and accelerated potential solutions, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA)....