Air Date: November 14th, 2025

Hosts: Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter

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This episode of The Go Radio Business Show with Sir Tom Hunter and Lord Willie Haughey dives into the big topics shaping Scotland’s business landscape.

From heartfelt tributes to trailblazing entrepreneurs to fiery debates on business rates and inspiring stories of innovation, this episode is packed with insights, passion, and practical calls to action.

Tribute to Vera Weisfeld: Celebrating a retail pioneer who transformed marketing and championed women in business.

Business Rates Uproar: Why rate hikes could devastate Scotland’s high streets and hospitality sector.

Scotland Innovates: Orbital Marine secures £7M for tidal energy; Green Home Energy saves Ayrshire jobs; Airbus brings 1,200 skilled roles to Prestwick.

Planning Done Right: Centre Parcs wins approval for a £700-lodge development in the Borders, creating 1,200 permanent jobs.

Global Business Moves: Netflix vs Paramount in a multi-billion-dollar battle for Warner Brothers.

Economic Outlook: Interest rate predictions, inflation trends, and Europe’s shrinking GDP share.

Social Impact: The future of eco funding and the Kiltwalk’s ambitious £100M charity goal.

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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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Air Date: November 30th, 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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This week’s episode is packed with energy, optimism, and hard-hitting business insights. Fresh off Scotland’s historic qualification for the World Cup, Tom and Willie kick off with celebrations and what this means for national morale and business confidence.

From there, they dive into the Rachel Reeves Budget—is it really a budget for growth or just tax and spend?

Impact on Scottish businesses – minimum wage hikes, tax changes, and succession challenges for family firms.

Housing emergency – why planning delays and regulation are strangling growth, and their bold call for an “Action Group” to fix it.

Energy crisis – why Scotland’s industrial future is at risk and what needs to change.

North Sea oil & windfall tax – the unintended consequences of policy decisions.

Family businesses: 84% of Scottish firms – succession tax changes could kill them.

Plus, good news stories:

JP Morgan’s £1M investment in Glasgow’s GROW programme.

Scotland’s life sciences strategy aiming for £25B growth.

Family businesses celebrated as the backbone of the economy.

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