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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/travis-perkins-warns-social-landlords-to-be-proactive-with-mould-complaints/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=07/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[With Awaab’s Law having come into effect, Travis Perkins is urging landlords to take every possible step to prevent mould and damp in social housing.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Travis Perkins warns social landlords “to be proactive with mould complaints”</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The work of builders’ merchants in supplying the materials necessary to help to build 1½ million new homes, improve existing dwellings and improve resilience against flooding were all on the agenda during a recent BMF-arranged constituency visit by Toby Perkins MP.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Flood resilience on the agenda as MP congratulates Huws Gray on 35th anniversary</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Chris Cyrol, Product Marketing Manager at Epicor, considers the level of AI readiness in 2025, exploring how workforce strategy is reshaping the building supplies industry.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Epicor assess AI readiness in the merchant sector</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/dart-tool-group-discusses-smarter-product-placement/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=07/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[DART Tool Group declares it has identified a common challenge in the builders’ merchant sector, stating that “customer loyalty isn’t the issue — basket size is.” Business Development Director Keith Johnston shares the simple strategies that will help merchants maximise sales.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>DART Tool Group discusses smarter product placement</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/eci-software-solutions-smarter-inventory-management-protects-profit/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=07/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Brian Bowerfind, Division President, LBMH and Distribution at ECI Software Solutions, explains how “smarter inventory management protects profit.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>“Smarter inventory management protects profit”</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[In the viewpoint column of PBM’s November edition, editor Paul Davies considers the findings of a number of recent customer research projects and the implications for the merchant sector...]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Editor’s Viewpoint: Customer insight</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/made-for-trade-celebrates-consecutive-double-wins-at-2025-national-fenestration-awards/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=07/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Made for Trade and the Korniche brand have done it again, celebrating a further two National Fenestration Awards.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Made for Trade celebrates “consecutive double wins” at the 2025 National Fenestration Awards</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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