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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/forgefix-launches-prostate-cancer-uk-partnership-to-screw-prostate-cancer/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=31/10/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[ForgeFix has announced a partnership with Prostate Cancer UK for a year-long series of awareness building and fundraising initiatives.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>ForgeFix launches Prostate Cancer UK partnership to ‘Screw Prostate Cancer’</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[More than 1,000 independent builders’ merchants and suppliers came together to celebrate at the NMBS annual Dinner Dance.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>“NMBS has never been in better shape” as Chris Hayward addresses final Dinner Dance celebration</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/lucia-di-stazio-installed-as-new-master-worshipful-company-of-builders-merchants/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=31/10/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Lucia Di Stazio has been installed as Master of the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants (WCoBM) for the ensuing year.]]></excerpt>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/stelrad-radiators-launches-new-in-branch-training-initiative/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=31/10/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Stelrad has launched a new ‘in-branch’ training initiative targeted at installers who use the branch and staff who work in it.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Stelrad Radiators launches new in-branch training initiative</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/bradfords-building-supplies-celebrates-255-years/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=31/10/25</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Bradfords, the oldest builders’ merchants in the UK, is celebrating its 255th year in business, reflecting on its “proud heritage and commitment to progress and innovation.”]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Bradfords Building Supplies celebrates 255 years</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Huws Gray Building Supplies &#038; Solutions has unveiled the first of its newly branded lorries — marking an exciting step in the phased rollout of the company’s refreshed visual identity.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Huws Gray’s new livery hits the road</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Filstorage, the leading racking, storage and display equipment supplier, has appointed well-known industry expert Richard Johnson as Managing Director.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Filstorage names new Managing Director</title>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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