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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/pushon-research-resistance-to-change-stalling-ecommerce-and-digital-transformation/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=28/02/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[According to new research from PushON, builders’ merchants are facing major challenges in modernising their eCommerce capabilities.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>PushON research outlines “cost concerns and resistance to change” is stalling vital digital transformation in the builders’ merchant sector</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/ecoveritas-innovation-designed-to-make-packaging-reporting-and-compliance-easier-for-builders-merchants/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=28/02/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Ecoveritas has launched “a groundbreaking tech platform designed to streamline packaging reporting for builders’ merchants.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Ecoveritas “makes packaging compliance easier for builders’ merchants”</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/liquid-gas-uk-issues-new-guidance-for-safe-handling-of-non-refillable-lpg-cylinders/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=28/02/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Designed to assist merchant stockists, Liquid Gas UK has developed new industry guidance to support the safe storage and transportation of LPG and propylene non-refillable cylinders in the plumbing and heating sectors.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Liquid Gas UK issues new guidance for safe handling of non-refillable LPG cylinders</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/plumbing-and-heating-merchant-index-q4-sales-hint-at-growth-in-2025/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=28/02/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Figures released by the BMF in the Plumbing &#038; Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) for the final quarter of 2024 “indicate growing stability in the market, which may be a precursor to positive growth in 2025.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Plumbing &#038; Heating Merchant Q4 sales “hint at growth in 2025”</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/instantor-expands-uk-warehousing-capabilities/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=28/02/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Instantor has further advanced its supply chain strategy by investing in additional warehouse facilities in Great Britain.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Instantor expands UK warehousing capabilities</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/duftons-plumbing-and-heating-supplies-opens-new-branches-in-durham-and-stockton/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=28/02/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Duftons Plumbing &#038; Heating Supplies has expanded its operations with the opening of two new branches in the North East of England.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Duftons Plumbing &#038; Heating Supplies expands in the North East</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/pbm-top-20-merchant-countdown-2024-calendar-year-we-need-your-help/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=28/02/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[PBM is currently compiling this year's annual Top 20 merchant countdown, set to appear in our April 2025 edition, and we need your help.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>FINAL CALL to join PBM&#8217;s Top 20 merchant countdown for 2025</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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