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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/forgefix-marks-official-launch-of-screw-prostate-cancer-awareness-campaign/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=19/01/26</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[ForgeFix has now officially  launched its campaign to ‘Screw Prostate Cancer’ in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK, as it aims to raise £100,000 and get 100,000 men to check their risk of prostate cancer.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>ForgeFix marks official launch of campaign to ‘screw prostate cancer’</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Marsh Industries has announced a significant operational expansion at its Bridgwater manufacturing facility with the introduction of a dedicated back shift, increasing overall capacity and strengthening service levels for customers across the UK.]]></excerpt>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/renewables-centre-launches-new-training-facility-in-scotland/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=19/01/26</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Scottish heating engineers will now be able to benefit from free air source heat pump training, following the opening of a new Renewables Centre location in Dalgety Bay, Scotland.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Renewables Centre launches new training facility in Scotland</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/eh-smith-announces-updated-leadership-structure-to-support-long-term-growth/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=19/01/26</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[EH Smith has confirmed “a series of measured leadership appointments at Group holdings level,” designed to strengthen its long-term future.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>EH Smith announces updated leadership structure to support long-term growth</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/bmf-names-new-chair-for-bmf-ambassador-group/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=19/01/26</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The BMF has appointed Gavin Crane, Chief Executive of Band of Builders, as Chair of the BMF Ambassador Group, which promotes the building materials sector and raises awareness of the diverse range of career opportunities it offers.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>BMF names new Chair for BMF Ambassador Group</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/okarno-names-new-managing-director/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=19/01/26</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Okarno, the leading supply chain and fulfilment partner within the Saint-Gobain group, has appointed Ross Baxter as Managing Director “to spearhead its next phase of growth.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Okarno names new Managing Director</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/civils-lintels-appoints-new-national-sales-director/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=19/01/26</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Civils &#038; Lintels – part of the Huws Gray group of companies – has announced the appointment of Tariq Ahmad as National Sales Director.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Civils &#038; Lintels appoints new National Sales Director</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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