Forest Group - Contractor of the Year Finalist - National Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Heat Pump Awards!

By Forest Group

25 Feb 2025

Forest Group finalist National ACR and Heat Pump awards

Forest Group - Contractor of the Year Finalist - National Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heat Pump Awards!

We’re thrilled to announce that Forest Group has been shortlisted as a Contractor of the Year finalist in the prestigious National Air Conditioning, Refrigeration & Heat Pump Awards 2025!

This recognition is a testament to the dedication, expertise, hard work and support of our amazing team—without whom this achievement wouldn’t be possible.

Being named a finalist is an incredible honour, and we can’t wait to celebrate with other industry leaders on 6th March at The Midland Hotel, Manchester.

A huge thank you to the event sponsors, including World Refrigeration Day, the IOR (Institute of Refrigeration), and Refcom, for supporting and recognising excellence in our industry.

Joint managing director Andrew Fraser said: “This achievement is all down to our fantastic team. Their commitment, expertise, and passion drive everything we do, and we couldn’t be prouder.”

About Forest Group
The Forest Group is widely recognised as the commercial refrigeration service and air conditioning provider of choice. Primarily operating in the north of England, Midlands, Wales and Scotland, our directly employed team of engineers work on behalf of Customers ranging from large, contracted Customers to independent, locally owned businesses.

Our multi-award winning Group Companies, Forest UK Limited and GB Refrigeration Limited have been supporting our Customers for over 35 years building a reputation for the highest quality of service and reliability. We continue to provide our high standards of service and response even during seasonally high weather through our resource levels which are maintained all year round ensuring you get the stability and support you need when you need it.

Our range of services extend from Refrigeration equipment including walk in fridges, walk in freezers, commercial cabinets, blast chillers, bottle coolers, ice machines, cellar cooling and specialist equipment including retarders and provers, though to air conditioning and catering equipment.

Our regionally based Team of Engineers are best placed to support your needs, with a local understanding of your unique challenges combined with the strength and support of the Group.

With a strong reputation for retaining long term contracts, often being asked to extend our area of coverage at renewal, you can be assured that the high standards achieved throughout our Group are second to none. This enables us to offer market leading quality of service together with highly competitive pricing to every Customer.

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