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CONTENTS


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22 The Month


What’s been happening in the past month


News Extra


Planning for Brexit and putting the future of Young Merchants first


People


Movers, Shakers and 10 minutes with...Fibo’s md.


Business Helpdesk How to survive the Christmas party


Comment and Opinion


Steve Boyer talks septic tanks and treatment plants


Lintels


IG celebrates at the end of its 60th anniversary year.


Merchant Focus Tippers: an independently- minded independent.


Merchant Focus The NMBS tells us about strength in numbers


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Drainage and Plumbing


The trends and developments in the drainage and plumbing sector


Training Graham Plumbers’


Merchant’s new approach to training


IT


Software that’s helped Huws Gray and the Impact of Virtual Reality technology


Timber


Some big names give an insight into the sustainability of the sector


BMF Industry Voice News and views from the BMF


Product News All the latest from suppliers


And Finally


News, the odd slot and the crossword


December 2018 www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net


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