Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast
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Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast
Daily highlights and exclusive interviews from Dubai's most informative news and business radio show. With a round-up of the day’s most important business stories, providing local content and context on the international issues that matter.Presented by Richard Dean & Brandy Scott.
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Emirates Places $38 Billion Boeing Order
18 Nov 2025. Broadcasting live from the Dubai Airshow 2025, we break down the biggest headline of the week: Emirates has ordered 65 Boeing 777s, along...
Dubai's a magnet for talent, but do some residents risk being left behind in the AI gold rush?
17 Nov 2025. Is the city’s liveability being tested, and are some residents at risk of being left behind? Georgia Tolley reports from New York at the...
Dubai Chambers opens first New York office
14 Nov 2025. Dubai Chambers is heading to the US, opening its first American office in New York, an announcement made at the Dubai Business Forum. Exe...
Dubai Exhibition Centre Expansion Nears Its First Milestone
13 Nov 2025. Dubai Exhibition Centre’s AED 10 billion expansion is powering ahead, with Phase 1 on track for completion in Q1 2026. We speak to the ma...
Abu Dhabi Takes Flight with Emirate-Wide Vertiport Network
12 Nov 2025. Abu Dhabi is building a citywide network of air taxi vertiports, with more than 10 sites planned and the first two ready early next year....
Eye on Abu Dhabi: ADGM at 10
11 Nov 2025. Abu Dhabi Global Market is marking 10 years, but what will the next decade look like? We speak to Arvind Ramamurthy, Chief of Market Deve...
Dubai Economy Grows 4.4% in H1
10 Nov 2025. Dubai’s economy expanded 4.4% in the first half of 2025, with Q2 growth hitting 4.7%. We ask economist Jeanne Walters which sectors drove...
Emirates Group posts record H1 profit
07 Nov 2025. Emirates Group has announced another record-breaking half-year, with profits up 13% year-on-year. We crunch those Emirates numbers like a...
Adnoc Drilling has just made a second regional acquisition
06 Nov 2025. ADNOC Drilling has announced its second regional acquisition, buying an 80% stake in MBS Petroleum Services adding 21 rigs to its fleet a...
Dubai Holding launches AI venture with Palantir
05 Nov 2025. Dubai Holding and Palantir Technologies have launched a joint venture called Aither, aimed at driving AI transformation across the UAE’s...
The Rise of the Purple Dirham
04 Nov 2025. We speak to Paralympian and entrepreneur Jessica Smith, the woman behind the Purple Dirham - an initiative championing accessibility and...
Dubai Duty Free Hits Record October Sales
03 Nov 2025. Dubai Duty Free has logged its best-ever October and the third-highest monthly sales in its history. CEO Ramesh Cidambi joins us to break...
Boom in real estate brokers - but how many can actually make it?
31 Oct 2025. Dubai gained 37 new real estate brokers every day last quarter, but how many actually make it in the business? We ask Nathan Kearney of E...
Fed Cuts Rates - UAE Follows Suit
30 Oct 2025. The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by a quarter of a percent and the UAE Central Bank followed immediately. We ask economist D...
Are jobs keeping up with population growth?
29 Oct 2025. We spoke to Dr. Trefor Murphy of Cooper Fitch after UAE job creation rose 3% in Q3. Plus Emirates’ Nick Moore on biometrics, Skywards Mil...
UAE Budget Forecasts 30% Rise in Revenues for 2026
28 Oct 2025. The UAE Cabinet has approved the 2026 federal budget, projecting a 30% increase in revenues and balanced spending for another year. We as...
Amanat to IPO education subsidiary
27 Oct 2025. Investment firm Amanat plans to sell a 30% stake in its education subsidiary, Al Masar Al Shamil Education, ahead of a listing on Saudi A...
Emaar Launches Dhs100 Billion Luxury Masterplan
24 Oct 2025. Loads of masterplan announcement - including Emaar launching Dubai Mansions, 40,000 ultra-luxury homes, as part of a wider 100 billion di...
Why Fewer People Are Asking for Pay Rises in the UAE?
23 Oct 2025. Salary negotiations in the UAE have declined sharply over the past year, according to Michael Page’s latest report. We ask the team behin...
Record-Breaking Summer for Miral
22 Oct 2025. Abu Dhabi’s theme park operator Miral Destinations has announced its best summer ever. We speak to the CEO about how they kept the visito...
The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World
21 Oct 2025. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has launched a national campaign positioning the UAE as “The Startup Capital of the World.” We sp...
Is Golf in Dubai Getting Too Expensive?
20 Oct 2025. Are tee times in Dubai getting harder to book and pricier too? We speak to Chris May, CEO of Dubai Golf, about why membership costs are r...
LVMH shares surge on China demand - what does that mean for the luxury fashion market?
17 Oct 2025. LVMH shares have posted their best day in more than two decades on hopes the Chinese luxury shopper is making a comeback. We ask the team...
Heriot Watt is expanding into Saudi Arabia.
16 Oct 2025. Heriot-Watt University is expanding into Saudi Arabia after receiving the green light to open a new campus. We speak to Professor Dame He...
IMF upgrades its forecast for global growth
15 Oct 2025. The IMF has raised its forecast for global growth this year to 3.2%, though it warns that the full impact of trade tariffs has yet to be...
Dubizzle has announced its IPO plans
14 Oct 2025. Dubizzle will sell just over 30% of its shares ahead of a November listing on the Dubai Financial Market. CEO Haider Ali Khan joins us to...
Dubizzle has announced its long-awaited IPO.
13 Oct 2025. We get analysis from market expert Sameer Lakhani on what the listing means for investors and the UAE’s tech scene. Plus, Chinese company...
Silver dirham special
10 Oct 2025. More retirees are moving to Dubai, often to be closer to family. We look at what it takes to make the move, from visas to insurance, and...
Riyadh Air Sets Date for Take-Off
09 Oct 2025. Riyadh Air has confirmed the date of its inaugural flight, launching to London on October 26, with a Dubai route following a month later....
MAF to Build a Mall in a Forest
08 Oct 2025. Majid Al Futtaim is going green - literally. The company has announced plans to build its 30th shopping mall in a forest. We speak to Kha...
What travellers really want and are willing to pay?
07 Oct 2025. A major new global study reveals what travellers really want from airports and airlines and what they’re actually willing to pay for. We...
A Big Rocket-Thrusting Announcement!
06 Oct 2025. The UAE’s Technology Innovation Institute has hit a new milestone in space propulsion. We get the details of this “big rocket-thrusting a...
Abu Dhabi GDP grew 3.8% in Q2
03 Oct 2025. Abu Dhabi’s GDP grew 3.8% in Q2 compared with a year earlier, with the non-oil economy up 6.6% to its highest quarterly value ever, now m...
New JV set up to operate Etihad Rail passenger services
02 Oct 2025. Etihad Rail has created a new joint venture with French train operator Keolis to run the UAE’s passenger rail services when they launch n...
Motorists in the UAE will have to pay more to fill up at the pump this month
01 Oct 2025. We put the latest fuel price hike in context with Emirates NBD economist Jeanne Walters. Plus, Careem is expanding beyond ride-hailing wi...
Farewell Richard Dean: A Business Breakfast Special
30 Sep 2025. It’s the end of an era as we bid adieu to our very own Richard Dean, who hangs up his headphones after two decades on The Business Breakf...
Flying Taxis Come to RAK
29 Sep 2025. Ras Al Khaimah is getting flying taxis! Skyports, Joby, and RAKTA have signed a deal to launch an air taxi service, connecting Dubai, the...
Rent cap in Riyadh, Good or Bad?
26 Sep 2025. Saudi Arabia has frozen rent hikes in Riyadh for the next five years to tackle soaring prices. We ask Matt Myers of Heriot-Watt Universit...
What Does a Smart City Look Like?
25 Sept 2025. It’s Day 4 of our live broadcast from Presight HQ in Abu Dhabi for AI Week in partnership with Microsoft. Martin Yates, Executive Office...
The OECD has upgraded its global economic growth forecast
24 Sep 2025. The OECD has raised its global growth forecast to 3.2% this year, but warned the full impact of tariffs is still to come. We ask Emirates...