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FUJITSU DESIGN Design for Future Design for Comfort Design for Control FUJITSU GENERAL AIR CONDITIONING (UK) LIMITED www.fujitsu-general.com/uk Fujitsu Air Conditioning | The name you can rely on ChillyChatterQtrpageACR J.indd 1 27/01/2020 15:19:11 SPONSORED BY SCHOOLS PRIZES UP FOR GRABS The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has launched a summer competition that encourages young people to come up with an idea that could help reduce the energy consumption of their schools. The Schoolz Out competition challenges students to design an energy-saving product or initiative for their school which uses an element of control to save energy. The competition is open to two age categories; age 10 and under, and age 11-16, with a prize to be awarded to the winner in each category. Entries, using the form on the BCIA website, should be submitted before the deadline of Monday, August 31. The winning entries will be revealed on September 17. Full details and entry forms are available from https://bcia.co.uk/awards/schoolz- out-2020/ A-Gas was named Employer of the Year in the Amazon Scale-Up Awards 2020. Hosted by Business Leader magazine and Amazon, the awards celebrate businesses from across the UK that demonstrate best in class performance. More than 400 companies from across the country entered the awards. A-Gas Regional Managing Director Ian Podmore said: “The award is a credit to the team that we have worldwide and the frameworks that are in place across our business. Our tagline really says it all, ‘Together We Can’. Congratulations to our team for this fantastic achievement.” A-Gas, founded in Bristol in 1993, now employs more than 600 people worldwide across five continents. Pictured with the award in the foreground (from left): Lucy Excell, Group Marketing and Communications Assistant Manager and Ruth Boxall, Group Executive Assistant. Back row (from left): A-Gas Regional Managing Director Ian Podmore, Group Chief Financial Officer Richard Stewart and Group Commercial Director Ken Logan. A-Gas named top employer CELEBRATING WOMEN IN RACHP JD Cooling shows its support for key workers Norfolk-based JD Cooling Group joined other members of UK FPN Lincs, a network of fresh produce companies, in support of the last ‘clap for key workers’ at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn. UK FPN Lincs member vehicles were specially liveried to thank the NHS and essential transport workers as they drove from Spalding to King’s Lynn to provide fresh fruit and flower bouquets to the QE Hospital sta¥. Freshlinc trailer 871, which led the procession, became well known across the region leading the applause at a number of hospitals. CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai acrjournal.uk CHILLY CHATTER 45 Star Refrigeration supported International Women in Engineering Day by sponsoring a celebration of women working in the UK refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector. The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) marked the annual event by holding an online Career Development Day to celebrate and promote the role of women in the industry. For the fourth year running, Star was proud to be the main sponsor of the event. Star Refrigeration’s Group HR Manager, Nadia Rae, said: “We are continuing to drive change in the RACHP sector by actively seeking to bring more women into our engineering business in di¥erent roles. It is a challenge to attract more women to a career in an historically male-dominated industry, but the picture is improving year on year. “Our belief is that the focus on promoting engineering as a career path for women should start as early as possible. By bringing roles within the engineering industry to the attention of children of primary school age, we hope that more women will seek to join the RACHP sector in the future.” Star Refrigeration’s PR and Marketing Manager Astrid Prado played a key role in establishing and building the Women in RACHP Network. She was also a driving force behind a recently published survey, which addresses the gender gap in the RACHP sector by outlining current attitudes towards women and barriers to equality. Find out more about the Women in RACHP Network at https://ior.org.uk/about/women-in-rachp

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