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Budget Fallout: Business Under Pressure & Scotland’s Missed Billions

Episode 135 Published 6 months ago

Air Date: November 7th, 2025

Hosts: Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter

This is a catch-up version of the weekly, Go Radio Business Show, Sundays from 11am with WYRE (www.trywyre.com)

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Budget Breakdown: Is this really a budget for growth, or just another tax on business?

Minimum Wage Impact: One company faces an extra £600k a year—what does that mean for pricing and jobs?

Business Rates & Hospitality: Why Scotland’s hospitality sector is sounding the alarm.

Inheritance Tax Shake-Up: Family businesses brace for April changes.

Glasgow’s Missed Opportunity: £7.3 billion in lost GDP—could a mayoral system fix it?

AI & Big Tech: Jeff Bezos predicts AI will outpace the internet—are UK pension funds pulling out too soon?

Financial Powerhouses: The hidden influence of BlackRock, Vanguard & State Street—why Martin Wolf calls it “scary.”

Housing Crisis Solutions: From planning bottlenecks to developer challenges—can Scotland turn the tide?

Good News Highlights:

£160M Chinatown redevelopment in Glasgow

Barclays sponsors Hampden Park

£2.4M offshore wind funding for Scottish firms

BAE Systems to hire 144 apprentices in Glasgow

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