News about James Watt

James Watt, the outspoken and controversial Scotsman who jointly started the craft beer juggernaut alongside Martin Dickie, has warned any move to raise the tax on asset sales will 'destroy entrepreneurial spirit in the UK'. The 42-year-old, who is dating Made In Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo (left), 29, took to LinkedIn to blast Sir Keir Starmer (top right) and Rachel Reeves (inset) as the Chancellor reportedly mulls over hiking CGT from to as much as 39 per cent - a claim strongly refuted by the Treasury. In his post, the businessman also hit out at proposals to tear up the UK's borrowing rules and re-categorise government debt to create additional headroom in the Budget - saying the plans would 'increase the ferocity of the wolf at our door'.

Choosing where to raise a family can be one of life's most important decisions. And with the average house price in the UK now £357,255, according to Rightmove, finding somewhere affordable but with good schools, low crime rates and friendly communities is becoming increasingly difficult. But there are bargains to be had if you know where to look - and have an open mind. From a 'diamond in the rough' market town popular with London commuters, to a pretty Scottish coastal town with an average house price of just £130,000, we've consulted property experts and local residents, reviewed statistics and analysed Rightmove property price data to bring you the UK's most affordable cities, towns and villages to bring up a family.

Former Made in Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo has been accused of handing out disinformation claiming that vets are heavily paid by major dog brands to promote their products. The former I'm a Celebrity winner recently founded a raw dog food brand named Wild Pack after saying she found out that dried kibble contains glycotoxins. She has since been at odds with the pet food industry describing it as the 'kibble cartel', saying that glycotoxins are harmful to dogs and the chemicals are linked to cancer , diabetes , and kidney failure. It comes after she says her dog food business was rejected from joining UK Pet Food, the governing body for manufacturers and suppliers.

The Made In Chelsea star has been dating the millionaire BrewDog co-founder since last summer and the pair now live together in London. When I ran into her last week and asked about what she'd like for her milestone birthday, the former I'm A Celebrity winner replied: 'I always want jewellery - a lovely piece of jewellery would be nice. Darling, I am always in the market for a diamond ring.' When I asked if she meant an engagement ring, Toff told me: 'It would be the ultimate 30th birthday present. You never know, I can hope and pray and I was praying yesterday so hopefully it's not too far off.' Watt's fortune has been estimated at £262 million, so there should be plenty in the bank for a wedding.

Georgia Toffolo's career as an 'influencer' - making thousands of pounds from a single picture or video on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok- is the stuff of fantasy for most people. Now her boyfriend James Watt, the 42-year-old founder of the craft beer giant BrewDog, is claiming he can turn ordinary people into influencers too, if they sign up to plug products on his new venture, Social Tip. But could anyone - even an ordinary person like me - really become the new Toff? I've come to meet the couple to find out.

The Scottish brewery, said to be worth £2billion, said in its latest interim sustainability report (bottom right) that it would 'wind down' its claim to be carbon negative - meaning it was producing less carbon emissions than it was offsetting. The firm, co-founded by James Watt (inset bottom), has previously promoted its lagers, ales and stouts as 'planet positive beer' but staff have been told to prepare to move away from the carbon negative messaging, which featured on bartender uniforms (left) and cans of beer sold in shops. It comes after the firm stopped paying the 'real' living wage to new recruits in its bars and that half of the trees in the 'Lost Forest' (top right) - a supposedly carbon-busting BrewDog-owned tree plantation in Scotland - had died before they could take root.

Brewdog tycoon James Watt told yesterday of his 'pure shock' after his lobster fisher father was diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer. The multi-millionaire Scot said the news had hit his family 'like a sledgehammer' as his father Jim had been fit and healthy all his days. In an harrowing post on Instagram, Mr Watt said he and his partner Georgia Toffolo had been at his father's hospital bedside for the last 10 days.

James Watt quit as chief exec of the craft beer giant a month ago. And yesterday he announced plans for Social Tip, an app developed alongside former Made In Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo that will allow consumers to become influencers. Those who post on social media about brands they like will be rewarded with money.

BrewDog founder James Watt says he leaned on his girlfriend Georgia Toffolo for advice during the development of his new influencer market venture, a month after stepping down as chief executive of the craft beer giant. On Monday, the entrepreneur announced plans for Social Tip, a new app platform which he said is designed to allow normal consumers to become influencers. The business will allow Britons who post on social media about brands they like, which are signed up to Social Tip, to be rewarded with money based on the level of engagements. Mr Watt, who has remained an adviser and non-executive director at BrewDog, said he spoke to the former Made in Chelsea star and influencer, during the creation of the new business. He claims BrewDog largely 'grew on word of mouth' and believes Social Tip will allow companies to grow their audience in a similar way.

Just before 8pm on Hogmanay last year, Georgia Toffolo pulled up outside the BrewDog headquarters in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, for a New Year's party. The sleek, silver brewery on the north-east coast of Scotland is not, perhaps, the natural place you'd expect the glamorous I'm A Celebrity winner and Instagram star to see in the New Year. But Ms Toffolo was there to celebrate with her boyfriend, controversial BrewDog founder James Watt, and found him working in his office. 'You'd been working most of Christmas and all day when I drove into BrewDog H.Q. to remind you that we had friends and family arriving soon for a celebration downstairs,' she wrote on Instagram last weekend.

Mr Watt, 41, this week handed over the reins of the top job to chief operating officer James Arrow but will remain with the group as a non-executive director on the board and continue to advise them on strategy. He has insisted he had been considering quitting 'for a while' amid his tenure being marred by criticism and controversies, including accusations by former workers the firm had a 'culture of fear' with 'toxic attitudes' towards junior staff. After nearly two decades, having started BrewDog in a garage in Aberdeenshire with his friend Martin Dickie, Mr Watt says he is now burnt-out and admitted 'there are people that can' run a company with 3,000 people 'better'. Last year, it was reported he sought specialist help after he was described as 'semi-autistic' in the wake of allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards staff.

James Watt will hand over the reins to chief operating officer James Arrow but will remain as a non-executive director in a role of ' captain and co-founder'. He will also keep his 21% stake. Watt, who is dating former Made in Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo (pictured), set up Brewdog with Martin Dickie in 2007.

The reality star couldn't contain her pride as she took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a sweet message to her boyfriend after he stepped down as CEO of BrewDog.  James Watt announced he was leaving the top job after 17 years after his tenure was marred by a string of controversies including a 'toxic' workplace culture row.  The businessman, 40, will hand over the reins to chief operating officer James Arrow, but will remain with the group as a non-executive director on the board and continue to advise them on strategy.

When James Watt first set up a brewery in his humble Aberdeen garage in 2007, even he may have struggled to believe how much it would change his life. This is the man credited with bringing craft beer to the masses - with his BrewDog brand now impossible to escape in pubs and supermarkets up and down the land. Needless to say that success has brought him enormous wealth, and upgraded his social status, to the point where he now dates Georgia Toffolo - a certified Queen of the Jungle. But as Mr Watt steps down as CEO of BrewDog after 17 years today, his legacy is marred by a string of controversies, including allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

James Watt will hand over the reins to chief operating officer James Arrow, but will remain with the group as a non-executive director on the board and continue to advise the group on strategy. The group said it had put in place succession plans after Mr Watt first told the board last year he wanted to step away to focus on his other projects and interests. Mr Watt will take on the newly created non-executive role of 'captain and co-founder' and retains his 21 per cent shareholding in the firm.

The co-founder and chief executive of Brewdog James Watt will step down after 17 years leading the Scottish brewer and pub firm. Watt, who retains a 21 per cent stake in the business, will remain with the board in the newly created non-executive role of 'captain and co-founder' as chief operating officer James Arrow takes over as boss.

The 'Lost Forest' (left and bottom right) on Kinrara estate in the Cairngorms has been a key part of the Scottish brewery's marketing campaign as it seeks to reinvent itself as a 'carbon negative' beer producer, a claim that has landed it in hot water with ad watchdogs. But campaigners have obtained documents showing more than half of all trees it has planted on the estate have already died - and that £690,000 of taxpayer cash has been put towards the company's environmental efforts to date. BrewDog, which stands to receive £1.2million of grants in total for its forestry project, says that the trees were killed by an unseasonably hot summer as company boss James Watt (top right) moaned: 'Sustainability is hard.'

An entrepeneur who cried after she was brutally rejected on Dragons' Den has revealed she is now set to make millions from her business.   Nicola Wood (pictured left, in 2024, and on the show in 2017), from Bury in Greater Manchester, appeared on the BBC show in 2017 with her hair product business and was reduced to tears when Dragon Peter Jones (right) said her idea was 'appalling'. The 52-year-old is the owner of Hair Made Easi and asked the Dragons for an £80,000 investment in return for a £25,000 stake in her business. 

Since recently moving into her boyfriend James Watt's opulent apartment earlier this month, Georgia Toffolo has given viewers a glimpse into her enormous wardrobe. The former Made in Chelsea actor, 29, who met the BrewDog founder, 41, on a blind date last year, was delighted to show fans her brand new closet space. The blonde beauty posted where she keeps her designer handbags and her favorite high-heels on Sunday evening, posting them on Instagram.

For a large portion of my childhood, I battled the Scottish cringe. I was probably in my thirties before I felt I had it licked. However, a new strain of it has been unleashed, and resistance for this Scot seems to have been futile.

On Tuesday, Georgia Toffolo revealed that she and boyfriend James Watt had reached a major relationship milestone as they opened up about their relationship. The former Made in Chelsea actress, 29, who met BrewDog founder Craig, 41, on a blind date last year, gushed that she is 'the one'. The pair decided to'move in' together soon as carrying bags between their two houses is 'getting really silly' since the couple plans to spend 'every night together.'

Watt, the BrewDog boss and serial corporate whinger, took to LinkedIn last week to defend the craft beer giant's decision to stop paying employees the'real' living wage, which is higher than the legal minimum. Watt received immediate assistance from (you guessed it) THG's Moulding, not long after announcing how unfair the'media storm' was and how'very difficult' the decision had been.

James Watt, the craft beer company's story would be turned into a film, according to co-founder James Watt on LinkedIn. The Rise of BrewDog will chronicle Watt's "thoroughly rises, low lows, failures, triumphs, and controversies that dogged him and co-founder Martin Dickie as they turned the Scottish brewer into a global giant. Watt, who wrote the script, might have preferred that some of BrewDog's more unpleasant aspects of the plot be left out, according to Whispers.

Georgia Toffolo has stated that she hopes that her new boyfriend James Watt will be 'the one.' After being arranged on a blind date by a friend, the former Made in Chelsea actress, 39, and the Brewdog founder, 40, first met together over the summer. In a recent interview with MailOnline, Georgia - who is known by her pals as Toff - revealed that the next step was'sneaking around.' But now the pair has gone public with a series of love letters.