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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[PBM is currently compiling this year's annual Top 20 merchant countdown, set to appear in our April 2024 edition, and we need your help.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>PBM&#8217;s Top 20 merchant countdown, April 2024 edition: we need YOUR help</title>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <link>https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/nmbs-ceo-chris-hayward-offers-his-perspectives-on-merchant-market-for-2024/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=February-16-2024</link>
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[NMBS CEO Chris Hayward shares his views on what we are likely to see this year in the merchanting industry.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>NMBS CEO Chris Hayward offers his perspectives on the merchant market for 2024</title>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has called on the Chancellor to invest in property repair, maintenance and improvement to create purposeful jobs in every region and boost much-needed local growth across the country.]]></excerpt>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[LBS has become the latest UK builders’ merchant business to offer its customers an automated batching plant service for concrete, mortar and screed, supplied by fibo Collect.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>LBS installs fibo Collect drive through concrete, mortar &#038; screed solution</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Having embarked on a targeted strategy of increasing its presence in the builders’ merchant sector last year, Hallstone has recently celebrated the sale of its 500,000th bulk bag.]]></excerpt>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Manchester and London-based independent merchant Valves Instruments Plus Ltd (VIP) has recently joined NBG, citing the advantages of increased purchasing power and business support.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>NBG adds &#8216;VIP Partner&#8217;</title>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                <excerpt><![CDATA[Jeremy Norris has been appointed Managing Director of Lawsons (Whetstone) Ltd.]]></excerpt>
                                                                <title>Lawsons names Jeremy Norris as sole MD</title>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
                                
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                                    <header_content><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>News from PBM magazine &#8211; February 16th 2024</strong></p>
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