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      <title>Construction Blogging</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2006_02_18.html#e8</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The internet revolution has started to hit the construction industry. Most companies involved in the supply and specification of construction materials have websites, they all use email, and some do business directly over the internet. ... [620 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:13:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Markup or Margin ?</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2006_01_07.html#e7</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We've welcomed the new year in with a new article Markup or Margin ?. This article is especially written for merchants (and anyone in the selling business) who not only need excellent customer service skills and product knowledge, but also need to be able to handle the tricky business of working with nett costs, gross profits and supplier discounts. ... [100 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 7 Jan 2006 10:58:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Articles</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2005_12_10.html#e6</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We now have several new articles. These are a series of articles by the Federation of Master Builders. They are mainly on subjects related to maintainance and improvement of domestic properties. ... [57 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>'Elf and Safety</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2005_11_19.html#e5</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Words to strike fear and dread into every tradesmans heart. The awful 'Elf &amp; Safety executive reaches ever further into every aspect of the construction industry. ... [219 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:25:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Insulation Changes</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2005_11_12.html#e4</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unless you've been in a coma for the last couple of years, you will be aware of the soaring levels of insulation required in domestic dwellings. Celotex [1] used to be an expensive luxury. ... [330 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:10:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Over 2000 Domains</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2005_11_05.html#e3</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We've been pleased with the reaction to the launch of our Building Search service. It's still a beta service, so we're working on improving it and ironing out the bugs, but we've had some nice feedback. ... [111 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:17:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Better Late Than Never</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2005_10_29.html#e2</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well, we were a little early going live with the website. Since last month we've had two excellent articles online : Being Independent The strengths of independent builders merchants. ... [145 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Nov 2005 22:04:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Start of a Good Thing</title>
      <link>http://www.buildingtrade.org.uk/arch_d7_2005_10_08.html#e1</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well, the summer is over. The grey clouds are once again sweeping over the British building trade - both literally and metaphorically. ... [143 words]]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
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