Entrepreneur and investor Luke Johnson joins Michael Simmons to discuss what is going wrong for Britain’s business. From soaring taxes and the Employment Rights Bill to net-zero regulation, planning failures and the rise in economic inactivity, Johnson argues the UK is becoming hostile to entrepreneurs — and warns that many are already leaving for good.
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01:06 – Becoming an entrepreneur
03:32 – Tax & budgets
04:35 – NI hike
05:42 – “Greedy” supermarkets
06:57 – Employment bill
09:30 – Net-zero critique
11:31 – Britain’s worst taxes
15:38 – Lost ambition
23:30 – Gail’s Westminster
23:45 – Ultra processed food fad
24:33 – Advice to young people