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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/administrators-appointed-to-national-timber-group/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=01/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Alvarez &#038; Marsal has been appointed as administrators to National Timber Group entities, launching the sale of the business and its assets.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Administrators appointed to National Timber Group</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The Builders Merchants Federation has offered a mixed response to the Budget announcement, critiquing “we needed to see a jumpstart to get the sector moving.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>BMF issues reaction to the Autumn 2025 Budget</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/construction-industry-responds-to-2025-autumn-budget/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=01/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[PBM presents a number of reactions from the construction sector - including merchants, manufacturers and trade organisations - to the Autumn Budget.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Construction industry responds to 2025 Autumn Budget</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                                                                <name>paul-davies</name>
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/stock-management-okarno-argues-that-it-is-all-in-the-delivery/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=01/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Stacey Booth, Head of Marketing &#038; Portfolio at Okarno, examines how embracing smaller, more flexible deliveries enables merchants to differentiate themselves in a dynamic market.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Stock management: Okarno argues that it is all in the delivery</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/gripping-yarns-time-saving-installations-with-chumpfix/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=01/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Inventor, and former electrical professional, Kieran Pye tells PBM about the development of CHUMPFix and the timesaving benefits it offers to all trades on site.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Gripping yarns</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Having recently expanded its long-established Viper brand into Power Tool Accessories, Samac Fixings says the new range is “going down a storm with savvy builders’ merchants.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Making an impact: the new Viper PTA range from Samac</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[In an early teaser for PBM’s December issue, editor Paul Davies cautions that the merchant sector needs to pay close attention to the ways in which the big home improvement retailers are increasingly setting their sights on growing their share of the trade market.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Editor’s Viewpoint: A clear divide?</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 07:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                    <header_content><![CDATA[<p class="xxmsonormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>News from PBM magazine – December 1st, 2025</b></p>
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