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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/cordiners-timber-building-supplies-secures-royal-warrant/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=03/01/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Cordiners Timber &#038; Building Supplies is “thrilled and honoured” to have been awarded a Royal Warrant for goods supplied to His Majesty The King.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Cordiners secures Royal Warrant</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/latest-bmbi-report-shows-merchant-sales-rallied-in-october-with-significant-month-on-month-increase/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=03/01/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in December, shows builders’ merchants’ total value sales in October were +7.3% higher than September.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Latest BMBI report shows merchant sales rally with a +7.3% month-on-month increase</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/instantor-rolls-out-mobile-training-academy/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=03/01/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Instantor has launched a brand new dedicated training and demonstration vehicle which will be visiting merchants across the UK and Ireland.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Instantor rolls out mobile training academy</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/tippers-acquires-three-branches-from-bps/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=03/01/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Tippers, the Midlands-based family-run independent builders’ merchant, has announced the acquisition of three branches from BPS (Building &#038; Plumbing Supplies).]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Tippers confirms acquisition of three branches from BPS</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/editors-viewpoint-weathering-the-storm-january-2025/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=03/01/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[In the Viewpoint column of PBM’s January 2025 issue, editor Paul Davies reflects on the current state of the market.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Editor’s Viewpoint: Weathering the storm</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 08:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/construction-leadership-council-material-supply-chain-group-statement-december-17-2024/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=03/01/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The final statement of 2024 from the Construction Leadership Council’s Material Supply Chain Group “continues to report good levels of product availability overall.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Construction Leadership Council Material Supply Chain Group statement, December 17 2024</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/payless-switches-to-nbg-for-better-buying/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=03/01/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Rochester-based Payless Builders Merchants has joined NBG in a move it states will enable it to gain “enhanced buying power and increased business support.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Payless switches to NBG “for better buying”</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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