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      <title>AUDIO NEWS: Jewson launches campaign to get Britain building and more women complete apprenticeships</title>
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      <title>AUDIO NEWS: 23% of tool thefts go unreported and just 1.1% of carpenters are female</title>
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      <title>AUDIO NEWS: Builders are unprepared for Making Tax Digital and 71% of tradespeople keep tools in their van</title>
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      <title>AUDIO NEWS: BEAMA warns about new regs update and roofer fixes pensioner's home for free</title>
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      <title>AUDIO NEWS: Installers predict growing revenue from heat pumps and data centre electricians earn $230K</title>
      <description><![CDATA[One in four heating engineers predict growing heat pump earnings, purchasing managers' report steep cost inflation and data centre electricians earn $230,000 a year]]></description>
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