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                                                    <updated>2026-04-11T05:58:02+01:00</updated>
                        <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[New right to guest beer improving choice in Scotland]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/04/08/new-right-to-guest-beer-improving-choice-in-scotland" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2820</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The new right to a guest beer is improving choice in pubs where tenants are aware of it, but others are being discouraged from applying, a new report has revealed.
While Scottish pub tenants have a low awareness of their new right to stock a guest beer, those that are find it is improving trade and is useful to their businesses. However, some tenants are facing intimidation and have been discouraged from applying.
This is the conclusion of a new report published by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) into the Guest Beer Agreement on the first anniversary of its launch.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Industry" />
                        <updated>2026-04-11T05:58:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Mild magicians cast spell again]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/04/07/mild-magicians-cast-spell-again" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2819</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Anyone can become a mild magician during the UK’s longest running and largest promotion of the beer style which kicks off Friday. 
Organised by volunteers from several CAMRA branches, the Mild Magic trail, now in its 32nd year runs from 10 April until Sunday 17 May.
This year 102 pubs are taking part, covering a wide area in and around Greater Manchester and all will be stocking at least one cask mild for the five-week event.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-04-10T04:47:03+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[The drinks are on the Telegraph!]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/04/04/the-drinks-are-on-the-telegraph" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2817</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[WB Reporter]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Do you want to help your pub win a £5,000 round? 
Then enter it into the Telegraph’s Save Our Pubs competition and giving it a chance of being one of five that will get a £5,000 drinks tab for its customers to enjoy on National Pub Day – 16 May.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Industry" />
                        <updated>2026-04-09T06:32:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Plan your next festival trip]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/04/04/plan-your-next-festival-trip-3" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2816</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Matthew Rogers]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[There are some top festivals to look forward to this year. Members can now enjoy free entry to many CAMRA festivals (not including souvenir glass and programmes) when booking tickets in advance. For more information and to see all upcoming CAMRA events visit the events webpage.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-04-08T04:52:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Porter picks up plum prize]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/30/porter-picks-up-plum-prize" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2815</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[S&P owner and head brewer Andy Keely was left almost speechless when told his Plum Porter was the Champion Cask Ale of Norfolk 2026.
Keely, who is preparing to retire, said: “It’s good to see that us experienced elders can still teach the youngsters a thing or two.”
This is the first time Horseford-based S&P has taken the top award although its Blackberry Porter (4.4 per cent ABV) won the Speciality Class in 2025.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-04-07T04:37:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Pub franchises explained]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/04/02/pub-franchises-explained" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2814</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Ainsworth]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Recent years have seen a significant growth in the number of pubs being run under some kind of franchising arrangement. Various names are used – retail agreements, manchises (management franchises) or just franchises – but the models are all very similar.
Franchises were pioneered by Marston’s, but the bigger companies have now all adopted it, each with their own brand name e.g. Stonegate have Craft Union, Star Pubs and Bars have Just Add Talent and Greene King have...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-04-06T05:37:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Artisan cider makers must rise to challenge of cheap supermarket rivals]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/26/artisan-cider-makers-must-rise-to-challenge-of-cheap-supermarket-rivals" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2813</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Claire Daniels]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[I grew up in the North. Cider wasn’t something I rejoiced in during that time. Plastic bottles of carbonated, from-concentrate, fermented apple drinks featured often in teenage life, though not mine. It lacked in any character or challenge but it was cheap and did the job desired of it.  I judge not; I drank the malt-based equivalent for the same reasons but with a palate less inclined to sweet fruit or raging bubbles. Moving to Bristol, the appeal of the apple drinks on offer rema...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Opinion" />
                        <updated>2026-04-05T04:55:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Beauty and the yeast]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/26/beauty-and-the-yeast" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2812</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Laura Hadland]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The levelling up of brewing science is a constant source of fascination for me. I talked about hop extracts in this column last year. Before that, I was getting to grips with how thiols were being used to unlock new levels of fruit flavours and aromas. A visit to the SIBA trade show, BeerX, is always an opportunity for me to make new (well, new to me) discoveries about what the next avenue of flavour exploration is yielding.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Opinion" />
                        <updated>2026-04-04T04:45:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Swan flies again]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/30/swan-flies-again" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2811</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The Swan at Enford, Wiltshire has reopened thanks to new investment and campaigners who have pitched in to ensure that the only pub in the village remains a vital community asset.
Combined with the on-going hard work of a team of local volunteers who ran the pub for five months until January, this means that the Swan now has a secure future.
The volunteers included film star Rupert Everett (above) whose shifts pulling pints made headlines around the world.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Pub" />
                        <updated>2026-04-03T05:33:03+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[County calls out government over missing support]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/27/county-calls-out-government-over-missing-support" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2810</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Plunkett UK and campaigners in Cornwall have called on the government to provide stronger support for rural communities during an event at the Eden Project.
Speaking at Anthropy 2026’s session, How to build happier, healthier and wealthier places, Miatta Fahnbulleh MP emphasised her commitment to provide more support for neighbourhoods across the UK and shift greater power into community hands.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Industry" />
                        <updated>2026-04-02T04:25:03+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[CAMRA award nominations open]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/04/01/camra-award-nominations-open" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2809</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[WB Reporter]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Nominations are now open for CAMRA’s 2026 Pomona Award, which recognises people who have gone above and beyond to promote real cider and perry across the UK.
All forms of cider and perry activity will be considered with primary consideration given to activities over the previous 12 months. Where there is no outstanding contender in this category, consideration is then given to ongoing work in this field.
The nomination form, eligibility criteria and more information are here: camra.org.uk/awards/pomona-awards
Nominations close 1 August 2026, but submissions received after this date may be considered for an award in May 2027. ]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-04-01T09:29:03+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[‘Devastating loss’ of Scottish brewer]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/27/devastating-loss-of-scottish-brewer" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2808</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Roger Protz]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The lurid headlines and bizarre reports surrounding the collapse and takeover of BrewDog by an American manufacturer of cannabis have diverted attention from the loss of Perth’s cask beer brewer Inveralmond.
It was bought by oak-aged beer maker Innis & Gunn in 2016 and continued to produce a range of cask ales, including Ossian Golden Ale (4.1 per cent ABV), winner of CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Scotland in 2017.
Inveralmond opened in 1997 and was the first new brewery in Perth for 30 years. Production grew to 12,000 barrels a year.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Industry" />
                        <updated>2026-03-31T23:14:36+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[MPs to debate protecting cask beer]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/25/mps-to-debate-protecting-cask-beer" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2807</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Derby South MP Baggy Shanker has secured a parliamentary debate on protecting cask ale and recognising its production and serving as Intangible Cultural Heritage, after working with CAMRA.
Shanker has been working with the Campaign to support efforts to give cask beer greater recognition and protection, amid concern over the long-term decline in production and sales plus the growing pressure facing pubs, clubs and taprooms across the country.
The debate will allow MPs to discuss the importance of cask beer to Britain’s brewing tradition, the traditional skills involved in making and serving it, and the role pubs play in local economies and community life.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-03-30T05:35:03+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Beware of fake news about pubs]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/23/beware-of-fake-news-about-pubs" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2806</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[David Jesudason]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[You may have seen the headline screaming “Government tells pubs to serve warm beer” to counter rising energy costs. This, of course, looks like another attempt by Labour to deflect attention away from the way it has handled the crisis in hospitality.
Apart from one key point: it isn’t true. It doesn’t even take a huge amount of Googling to recognise there’s a massive disparity between the clickbait headline and what the actual policy is as most the articles contain the information – which is pretty dry to be honest. ]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Opinion" />
                        <updated>2026-03-29T05:41:02+01:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[PUBlic Affairs round up – March ]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/26/public-affairs-round-up-march-2" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2805</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Tori Wood]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[This regular series brings you up-to-date details on the Campaigns and Communications team’s campaigning for pubs, pints and people across Westminster, devolved parliaments and local government.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-03-28T05:43:02+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[No room for complacency]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/25/no-room-for-complacency-2" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2804</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Roger Protz]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[“There’s no room for complacency” – they were the wise words of CAMRA’s national chairman Joe Goodwin when he addressed annual meetings in the 1970s. He stressed that while the Campaign could record many successes, the battle to save real ale was far from over.
Today, as we celebrate CAMRA’s 55th anniversary, Joe’s mantra is as true as ever. We can indeed look back with pride on our undoubted achievements but we face an even more daunting...]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Opinion" />
                        <updated>2026-03-28T05:17:02+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[New beer aims to kickstart cask ale market]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/24/new-beer-aims-to-kickstart-cask-ale-market" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2803</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[LionHeart arrives on the bar with a roar in time for St George’s Day on 23 April, aiming to revitalise the cask beer market.
The newcomer is a well-balanced, 4 per cent ABV beer made with traditional English ingredients and is the result of a collaboration between brand owner Brookfield Drinks and Norfolk brewer Woodforde’s.
The launch is backed by a £2m investment that sets out to kickstart the cask category.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Industry" />
                        <updated>2026-03-27T05:53:03+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Seasonal springs into life]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/24/seasonal-springs-into-life" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2802</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Hook Norton has unveiled its April seasonal cask beer – Spring Light at 3.2 per cent ABV.
The brewery said the beer is hazy, zesty, and “effortlessly refreshing”, bringing bright grapefruit notes with a hint of coriander spice.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Industry" />
                        <updated>2026-03-26T05:39:02+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Writer scoops Forbes prize]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/17/writer-scoops-forbes-prize" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2800</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Claire Daniels]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[The Susanna Forbes Outstanding Contribution to Cider Culture Award for 2026 has been won by James Crowden (pictured). 
The award was renamed in 2024 in memory of BEER Magazine contributor Susanna Forbes who was influential in raising the profile of cider and perry. 
The award is open to written, audio, video or photography work about cider and cider making, that informs and entertains and the winner was revealed at Craft Con 2026,]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Campaign" />
                        <updated>2026-03-26T11:24:18+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Pub closures rise]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/20/pub-closures-rise" />
            <id>https://wb.camra.org.uk/2799</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Timothy Hampson]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Pub and bar company closures have doubled over the last five years as operators battle rising costs, taxes and changing habits.
Nearly 800 pubs and bars closed last year in England, Scotland and Wales, up three per cent on 2024.
The sector is fighting to cope with high staff, energy and ingredients costs, increased regulatory demands and changes to consumer behaviour.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <category term="Industry" />
                        <updated>2026-03-24T06:00:03+00:00</updated>
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