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

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

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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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