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                                                                                <name>paul-davies</name>
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/bmf-adds-online-recruitment-service-to-bmcareers-website/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The Builders Merchants Federation has launched Building Materials Jobs, a free online recruitment support service on BMCareers.com website.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>BMF adds online recruitment service to BMCareers website</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/eh-smith-architectural-solutions-opens-new-digbeth-design-centre/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[EH Smith Architectural Solutions has opened its new Digbeth Design Centre – billed as a “first-of-its-kind” destination for the architecture and construction community in the Midlands.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>EH Smith Architectural Solutions opens “world’s largest commercial brick display centre” in the heart of Birmingham</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/nhbc-reports-new-home-registrations-up-for-third-consecutive-quarter/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Figures released by the National House Building Council show 30,643 new homes were registered to be built in Q3 2025, up 8% on Q3 2024 (28,304).]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>NHBC reports “new home registrations up for third consecutive quarter”</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/national-buying-group-2025-conference-highlights-the-importance-of-building-partnerships/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[With a packed agenda that mixed an insightful business programme and comprehensive supplier exhibition alongside ample social networking time, including the group’s Annual Awards, NBG’s 2025 Conference showcased the importance of ‘Building Partnerships.’]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>NBG 2025 Conference highlights the importance of Building Partnerships</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/wienerberger-opens-smeed-dean-concrete-tile-factory/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Situated at the firm’s historic Smeed Dean brickworks, wienerberger UK &#038; Ireland has opened its first concrete tile factory in the South of England.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>“State-of-the-art” Smeed Dean concrete tile factory opened by wienerberger UK &#038; Ireland</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/worcester-bosch-university-of-salford-study-shows-exceptional-performance-of-hybrid-heat-systems/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Worcester Bosch is calling on government to “seriously consider including hybrids in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Worcester Bosch and University of Salford study shows “exceptional” performance of hybrid heat systems</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/forterra-hydrogen-plans-gain-momentum-with-pipeline-boost/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=14/11/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Forterra states that its work to decarbonise brickmaking is set to enter a new phase, as plans for the East Coast Hydrogen Pipeline — set to pass near the manufacturer’s Kirton brickworks — pave the way for an expansion of its hydrogen-fuel trials beyond its Measham factory.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Forterra’s hydrogen plans “gain momentum with pipeline boost”</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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