Fresh Direct, a leading fresh produce supplier to the foodservice sector, has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to British growers with an expanded programme of activity supporting Love British Food and this year’s British Food Fortnight, as well as expanding its own Best of British campaign. The renewed partnership highlights Fresh Direct’s strategic focus on championing …
The charitable and community food redistribution sector has come together with a pledge to triple food redistribution in the United Kingdom over the next decade. To show their commitment the seven main redistributors; The Bread and Butter Thing, City Harvest, Community Shop, Feeding Britain, Felix, His Church, Neighbourly and Xcess Network have all signed a new …
This exceptional project, of which our teams are particularly proud, will remain a landmark chapter in the history of the Channel Tunnel. It was made possible through seven months of collective effort and exemplary collaboration between all the partners involved. The Channel Tunnel proved to be the solution best suited to ensuring the tapestry’s integrity …
Extreme weather is becoming one of the biggest commercial risks facing hospitality businesses. Record heat, flooding and drought are already disrupting food production, increasing price volatility and affecting the availability of key ingredients. UK agriculture alone is estimated to lose around £1 billion every year to extreme weather (Defra), while prolonged wet conditions reduced agricultural …
BÄKO Süd-West has taken delivery of two Mercedes-Benz eActros 400s provided with the ECOOLTEC TM182 transport refrigeration unit. This is a special first for the wholesale bakery supplier and for ECOOLTEC: These are the first two fully electric trucks in Germany featuring the equally fully electric ECOOLTEC transport refrigeration unit. For Jochen Früauff, Managing Director …
Thermal insulation specialist Seymour Manufacturing International (SMI) has announced a new strategic partnership aimed at helping organisations reduce energy consumption, cut operating costs and improve sustainability performance. The collaboration with True Group will see both companies introduce each other’s expertise to relevant customers and networks, creating new opportunities and what they describe as “measurable value” …
TIP Group, leading provider of truck and trailer hire services, has announced a long-term hire agreement with Cambridgeshire-based cold chain operator Chiltern Distribution for two new temperature-controlled trailers fitted with Sunswap’s ‘Endurance’ refrigeration units. Chiltern Distribution utilise a variety of temperature-controlled vehicles to transport chilled, frozen, ambient and pharmaceutical goods across the UK and has …
Carrier Transicold today launched [R]eCool, a 38.5-kWh battery system for trailer transport refrigeration units (TRUs) designed to serve as a lifecycle energy solution – powering electric or hybrid TRUs in fleets, then transferring across vehicles and ultimately finding a second life in stationary energy applications. [R]eCool is now commercially available for new trailer installations and …
Gyre Energy, the Oxford-founded energy tech company using AI and thermal energy storage to cut the cost and energy demand of industrial cooling, has secured over $1.3m in investment and grant funding as it expands work with larger enterprise customers. The pre-seed round, led by Speedinvest with participation from rule30 and Plug and Play, has …
USA: The row over the US Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to roll back parts of the AIM Act rumbles on, with retailers now seeking to intervene in recently filed judicial review petitions. The announcement by the EPA in May to roll back the maximum 150 GWP limit for refrigerant in retail refrigeration equipment to 2032 …
We’re excited to welcome Kerry Mullen to our team as our new Business Development Director, leading our sales team. With over 10 years’ experience in business development and commercial growth, she brings a strong track record of helping large industrial and commercial organisations navigate the energy transition. During her 16-year career with EDF, she has …
Oakland International colleagues at its Knottingley depot have raised £940 and counting for Prostate Cancer UK after coming together to support a team member undergoing treatment for the disease. Organised by Compliance Team Leader Lyndsay Wright, the two-day ‘Dress Silly for Workday’ fundraiser saw employees swap their usual workwear for bright, funny, and outrageous outfits, …
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