BrewDog founder James Watt at his home in London, June 17, 2024
TRADE unionists have slammed Brewdog’s James Watt as he splashes his millions on “vapid” TV while ditching the living wage for his workers.
Mr Watt, who co-founded craft beer giant Brewdog in Aberdeenshire in 2007 before going on to accumulate a fortune of over £250 million, has complained that after the Labour government’s October Budget, there has “never been a more difficult time to start a business in the UK.”
He said: “There are still an amazing batch of entrepreneurs and opportunities in the UK, but I think the environment at the minute does mean that some need that extra support to really grow to their full potential.”
It’s hard to understand how minor divisions can come to dominate the process of building a challenge to the rule of the rich when the desperate need for a vehicle to fight poverty and despair is so abundantly clear, writes MATT KERR
