Foster Refrigerator, the UK market leader, manufactures a wide range of award-winning commercial refrigeration equipment and systems for the foodservice, bakery and retail industries.

The innovative refrigeration product range includes blast chillers and freezers, refrigerated storage cabinets and counters, walk-in fridges, walk-in freezers, refrigeration systems, prep stations, ice makers, water coolers, temperature monitoring and refrigeration equipment specially developed for the professional baker.

Early signs indicate the UK hotel industry is over the worst, the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) UK hotel forecast revealed last month..
With RevPAR1 teetering around the £50 mark, growth rates are expected to deteriorate further before Christmas but entering the New Year the speed of decline should begin to slow.
The report (UK hotels forecast: Not out of the woods yet) predicts a RevPAR fall of 12.1% overall this year, which will slow to a 2.4% decline in 2010.
Robert Milburn, UK hospitality & leisure leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, said:
“While domestic and overseas leisure tourism has been a tonic for UK hotels, the stark absence of corporate travel has left the sector severely weakened. Overseas visits are down nine per cent2 and air travel is expected to contract further, making the return of the business and conference markets critical for a full recovery.”
We last saw a room rate fall of this magnitude (8.1% in 2009) in 2002 when rates fell almost six per cent. While rate declines will slow at last, economic and travel fundamentals remain weak and despite accelerating cost cutting programmes, the evidence points to more savage trading at the end of the year. Rate declines will ease in 2010 but we foresee no RevPAR growth in any quarter over the year.”

Heating and air conditioning should come hand in hand, now with the heat pump air conditioning systems. Installing an air source air conditioning system with heat pumps means you get a system that heats and cools, providing you with the ultimate in climate control. Heat pump air conditioning from EcoAir is a very energy efficient means of heating your office or home. The capital cost of installing a heat pump air conditioning system is affordable, especially in your home - even the government agrees and they have done something about it, the vat charged is at a preferential rate of only 5%.

All air conditioning systems with heating mode qualifies for 5% vat rate if installed by an approved installer at a domestic or charitable organisation premises.

To view EcoAir’s range of heating and air conditioning systems…

Chosen by the most respected restaurants and catering establishments throughout Europe for over eighty years and with a reputation that now encompasses three continents, Mareno’s range of products continues to provide individual cooking solutions for all in-line or island style requirments.

With over 140 models to choose from and seamless co-ordination assured, the Protagonista 90 Range provides an unparalleled choice of equipment for today’s catering facilities - large or small.

The range offers total flexibility, with its ergonomic design and modular dimensions enabling chefs to obtain the maximum performance out of every product without having to compromise the ability to control the entire process in the kitchen.

Quality, efficiency, reliability and technological innovation have combined to keep the Comenda range of warewashing systems at the forefront of hygienic washing excellence for over 40 years. One of the world’s premier brands, Comenda is synonymous with professional warewashing and with over 100 technically advanced models in the range, a solution for can be found for washing every type of item in the modern kitchen.

From under-counter front-loading glass and dishwashers to pass-through units and rack conveyors, through to the largest flight type dish, utensil and tray washers and automated handling systems - in short Comenda has the warewashing answer.

The company’s latest model is the result of advanced technology XLC is a genuine integrated washing system which can be used with integrated tabling, scrapping and clearing tables, etc.

Attention to detail is innate within all Comenda models and with every warewashing solution we start with the design element. Every product is steeped in quality right down to the smallest construction detail enabling us deliver a package that provides maximum performance and hygiene, together with definitive reliability and minimum maintenance - in other words, complete efficiency without compromise. With Comenda - we simply offer the ultimate “Just Wash.” package.

If something’s worth doing it’s worth doing properly or so the saying goes and, although some of our dealers were beginning to think that our claims to be launching sous vide water baths starting to sound a bit like the boy who cried wolf, here they are.

Why did they take so long? Well these are Instanta’s first products outside our traditional field of hot beverage equipment and we wanted them to be perfect from the start. For this reason we have been trialing the baths with some top chefs throughout 2008 and 2009 and tweaking them until all their exacting standards were met.

We now believe that we have the best sous vide water baths available with all the features needed for perfect sous vide cooking.

• 38 litre and 25 litre models.
• Digital display includes both “Set” and “Actual” temperature control to within 0.1˚C. Temperature range from room temperature to 99.9˚C.
• Low water level warning including boil-dry protection.
• Unique agitation pumps the water regularly around the bath to eliminate hot and cold spots.
• Five timers including hours, minutes and seconds. As soon as these individual buttons are pressed the time will count upwards allowing the chef to see at a glance exactly how long a particular portion has been in the bath. Pressing the button again returns the time to zero.
• Heavy duty hinged safety glass lid
• Removable stainless steel rack system for suspending pouches as standard
• Stainless steel partitions to divide tanks available as an optional extra
• Easy draining for cleaning
• Powerful 3kW element
• Brushed stainless steel fi nish and stainless steel tanks
• Insulated tanks for energy effi ciency
• Low voltage switching
• Scientifi c standard temperature sensor
• Extra deep tanks to chefs’ specifications

Labcold unveiled the latest model in their pharmacy fridge range to great acclaim at The Pharmacy Show. The new 66 litre version comes complete with all the technology already present in larger models such as digital display, high/low alarms and temperature maximum/minimum recording, in a neat, compact version that can either sit on a bench top or be conveniently wall mounted on integral brackets.

Designed from the ground up to meet the demands of a busy pharmacy, like all the other models in the Labcold pharmacy range the new 66 litre features fan air circulation and a door lock to ensure easy compliance with all Responsible Pharmacist regulations.