8 May 2019
Maurice Young will be the keynote speaker for this year's Annual Conference on refrigerant safety and risk assessment requirements on 12 June in Birmingham. Maurice is a member of the Food Storage and Distribution Federation (FSDF)'s Technical Safety Expert Group and has worked closely with the HSE on technical issues including the revised Safe Management of Ammonia Refrigeration Systems industry guidance which replaced the HSE’s original PM81 Guidance. The conference will feature amongst others Dermot Cotter on risk assessment for flammable refrigerants. Early bird discount rate £85+VAT for IOR members closes on 18 May. Full programme and booking at www.ior.org.uk/risk2019
19 Jun 2025
Met Office Science Lead - Food Security, Dr Pete Falloon FRMetS, FRSA has been confirmed as the second keynote at the IIR Conference on Refrigeration Adapting to Rising Temperatures.
11 Jun 2025
The programme outline for the IIR International Conference on Refrigeration Adapting to Rising Temperatures is now available online.
2 Jun 2025
Congratulations to Chloe Jennings and Millie Edwards for winning first and third place in the Women in Cooling European Video Competition.
28 May 2025
Lots to discuss at the "enough" retail workshop on commercial refrigeration and food chain emissions reduction on 27th May
22 May 2025
IOR has published its latest Education Guidance Note in the series, this time focusing on Coaching as a way of employers supporting engineering and technician development. The Guidance Note (16) gives a guide to understanding the benefits of coaching, how this differs from mentoring and includes a useful list of organisations who can offer help with setting up coaching schemes or offer coaching.