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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/bmbi-figures-confirm-first-comparative-quarterly-growth-in-over-two-years/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=30/05/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The latest BMBI figures reveal that sales at builders’ merchants have shown a positive start to the year, “largely due to a significant upturn in March which saw value sales increase by +7.2% compared to the same month last year.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>BMBI figures confirm “the first comparative quarterly growth in over two years”</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Figures released in the Plumbing &#038; Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) for the first quarter of 2025 show an improving market.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Positivity for Plumbing &#038; Heating Merchants, with Q1 value sales up +4.0%</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Roofing tiles manufacturer Northstone has partnered with Onduline Building Products to expand its offering into the growing low-pitch roofing market.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Northstone partners with Onduline to expand low-pitch roofing offer</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/wolseley-group-celebrates-launch-of-first-flagship-renewables-centre/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=30/05/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Renewables Centre has officially opened the doors to its first flagship training facility in Shrewsbury.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Wolseley Group celebrates launch of first flagship Renewables Centre</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 07:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/nmbs-releases-updated-sustainability-report/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=30/05/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[NMBS has recently released its updated 2024 sustainability report, providing a comprehensive look at the progress it has made in its journey towards net zero emissions.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>NMBS releases updated sustainability report</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 10:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Leyland’s fast-track management programme is designed to help ambitious members of the team progress into senior positions.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Leyland programme helps colleagues “fast-track to management”</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 07:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/why-has-this-market-leading-company-expanded-operations-to-the-uk/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=30/05/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Professional Builders Merchant editor Paul Davies chatted with Instantor’s UK Sales Director Dan Wild to hear all about...]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Why has this market-leading company expanded operations to the UK?</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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