Michael Bergson

Feeding and watering the people of Glasgow since 1994

[Sir Tom Hunter @SirTomHunter]

A 481% increase in business rates, from £111,000 to £645,000 a year. Hearing this from Kevin Martin, Managing Director of MML Leisure, shows the reality facing hospitality.

These are the kinds of costs that make it harder for businesses to keep going.

[Go Radio @thisisgoradio]

On this morning’s Go Radio Business Show, Lord Willie Haughey and Sir Tom Hunter invited some of the country’s leading business voices to expose the real impact of rising costs on jobs, investment, and the future of our high streets in a special episode tacking Scotland’s business rates crisis, featuring:

▪️Kevin Martin (MML Leisure)
▪️@DonaldCMacleod (Holdfast Entertainment)
▪️@SMontgomerySHG (Scottish Hospitality Group)
▪️@BergsonMichael (Buck’s Bar Group)
▪️@JohnMcGlynn (Scottish Capital)

A stark warning from the front line of Scottish business: rising costs, a broken system, and the real risk to jobs, investment, and the future of our high streets.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, or via our Go Radio YouTube channel.

In association with @BarclaysHampden Hospitality & Events.

[Alan D Miller @alanvibe]

Glasgow was famous for incredible nightlife & culture. Yet bureaucrats have suffocated this great City

Michael Bergson has dedicated his life to making Glasgow a place to go out, visit & enjoy. He’ll be stalking at Together Take Back Democracy Tour

Weds 25 March 7pm at The Garage (arrive early)

Stop the Net Zero madness
No to Digital ID
Yes to Free Speech, Juries & Appeals
We are strong Together @GlasgowCC @scotgov

[Alan D Miller @alanvibe]

Scotland: Fed up with impositions that damage & harm?

Come along Weds 25 March Live in Glasgow

Brave Citizens with Maggie Oliver
Stop suffocating Hospitality & Retail with mad Road measures! Donald Macleod & Michael Bergson
Scrap Digital ID
Scrap Net Zero

@MaggieOliverUK @weeglesgapoet @BergsonMichael @GlasgowCC

Tix👇
https://t.co/AnjrPNn0WT

[Together @Togetherdec]

JOIN us 25th March (NEXT WEEK) in Glasgow with
Michael Bergson & many more amazing speakers

Buy Tix: https://t.co/Dm0DEbwnwN

Join us as we continue our Take Back Democracy Tour

Stronger #together

[Open Goal @opengoalsport]

🔥🍗 KYLE LAFFERTY vs NIALL MCGINN BUCK'S BAR HOT WINGS CHALLENGE

Hot wings & great stories in this HILARIOUS ep including when Paddy McCourt popped a snus on the bench for @NorthernIreland when he thought all subs had been made 🤣

YouTube 📺 https://t.co/ibFieKF7Q5

🔥🥵🍗⚽️

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@MaedaMealOfThat @AlexIsABanana I own Buck’s @MaedaMealOfThat .

You gave me a right good laugh today.

Message me any time you want to book yourself a table for 2. The food’s on me.

[Hospitalityhealth @hosphealth]

We had a catch up this week with Michael Bergson, @BergsonMichael owner of Bucks Bar & Thundercat, and asked him our 10 quick fire questions. Read his interesting responses here https://t.co/SsSGAW6475

[Together @Togetherdec]

GLASGOW: "This government is funded by our industry (retail & hospitality) but is doing its most to destroy us"
@BergsonMichael

@GlasgowCC policies like LEZ are destroying many of the sectors that bring jobs, people and life to the city

We must #FreeOurStreets in Glasgow

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

Delighted to see the comments on this post.

The public are not falling for this.

[Scottish Greens @scottishgreens]

Low Emission Zones will save lives.

Reducing air pollution in our city centres helps us all to breathe cleaner air.

Every Green vote makes a difference for people and planet. #VoteScottishGreens 🌍

[Together @Togetherdec]

GLASGOW: "This government is funded by our industry (retail & hospitality) but is doing its most to destroy us" @BergsonMichael

@GlasgowCC policies like LEZ are destroying many of the sectors that bring jobs, people and life to the city

We must #FreeOurStreets in Glasgow

[Together @Togetherdec]

Glasgow Low Emission Zone means "a lot less everything sold across the city centre... a penalty based system is the wrong way"

@BergsonMichael - another speaker at our Glasgow event Tuesday evening!

Nearly 250 tickets sold - still time to get yours: https://t.co/rnN3lOilDW

[Go Radio @thisisgoradio]

There are fears extending parking charges will "decimate" Glasgow's economy.

The council plan to make motorists pay until 10pm - and a new poll from @FSB_Scotland and @scothospgroup has found 97% of city firms reckon that'll damage trade

Half say they'd need to cut staff while four in ten fear they'd go out of business.

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@scothospgroup @thisisgoradio As SHG have pointed out page 10 of the budget clearly states on line 24NR32 that £686,000 is expected to be raised by this measure from 2024-2027. @GlasgowCC

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@HumzaYousaf So if Boris hadn’t partied those people would have been able to attend those funerals to mourn the loss of their loved ones? Your party supported his disgusting inhumane rules and then some.

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@HumzaYousaf This is why we need a UK wide scheme so that we don’t make it more challenging for Scottish businesses than rest of UK market. You know this.

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@HumzaYousaf Tennent’s offtrade sales are cans. They say DRS will disadvantage their cans vs glass bottles of glass not included. They know DRS will raise prices and cause customers inconvenience.

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@spikedonline It’s Ramadan. If Kate Forbes had been appointed during Christmas time and pictured her family singing carols around a tree you think there would have been a backlash? I don’t.

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@NicolaSturgeon @ScotParl I don’t think these responses were what Nicola was expecting.

[Michael Bergson @BergsonMichael]

@NicolaSturgeon @MarkDrakeford @PrifWeinidog Entire UK is skint mainly because of lockdown/Covid policies that both @PrifWeinidog and @NicolaSturgeon were rabidly cheerleading. You both wanted to go further and keep them longer. This is your mess too.