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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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...
Presight and Shurooq have teamed up for a 100 million dollar AI investment fund
23 Sep 2025. Presight CEO Thomas Pramotedham revealed the news live on The Business Breakfast, outlining how the fund aims to back cutting-edge AI ven...
Will $100K US Visa Fees Hit UAE Tech Hiring?
22 Sep 2025. We’re broadcasting live from Presight HQ to find out where the AI firm fits into the wider G42 ecosystem and what’s next for its growth....
Live from Aldar’s latest real estate launch party!
19 Sep 2025. We’re live from Aldar’s latest Dubai launch party as Cecilia Reinaldo takes us inside the developer’s newest project and what it means fo...
The US Fed cuts interest rates by a quarter point, The UAE Central Bank immediately does the same
18 Sep 2025. The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by a quarter point and the UAE Central Bank immediately followed, lowering the base rate to...
Gulf’s Big Spenders & Coffee-Nomics
17 Sep 2025. Affluent Gulf consumers have doubled their spending in the past two years, according to Visa. We speak to Dr Saeeda Jaffar to find out wh...
Why are Asian companies moving to Dubai?
16 Sep 2025. More than half of the new companies setting up in Dubai this year are from Asia. We ask Professor Aditya Moses of the Indian Institute of...
Emaar Eyes Global Expansion
15 Sep 2025. Emaar Properties is planning acquisitions in “big countries” including the US, India, and China with Chairman Mohamed Alabbar saying the...
A Big Week for AI
12 Sep 2025. From Larry Ellison’s fortune jump to Abu Dhabi’s launch of K2 Think, it’s been a huge week for AI. Professor Nancy Gleason joins us to re...
UK FinTech firm Revolut arrives in the UAE
11 Sep 2025. UK fintech giant Revolut is one step closer to launching in the UAE after receiving initial Central Bank approval. We spoke to regional C...
Dubai’s Newest Unicorn
10 Sep 2025. US investment giants Permira and Blackstone have paid $525 million for a stake in Dubai-based Property Finder, valuing the company at $2...
PRYPCO has just closed a Pre-Series A round led by General Catalyst
09 Sep 2025. UAE proptech PRYPCO has closed a Pre-Series a round led by General Catalyst. We speak to founder Amira Sajwani about what it means for in...
Du selling more shares
08 Sep 2025. We’re live from NIO Hub Dubai with a flurry of announcements: Du is selling more shares in a secondary public offering, with just over 7....
Etihad Profit Jumps 32% in H1
04 Sep 2025. Discussing earnings - Etihad Airways posts record first-half profit, up 32% year-on-year, with passenger and cargo revenue both rising. M...
Gold hits a record high above $3,500
03 Sep 2025. Gold has surged to an all-time high above $3,500 an ounce, with silver topping $40 for the first time in 14 years. We get the story from...
Which professions do we most love to hate?
02 Sep 2025. It’s time for the annual Insight Discovery reputation survey, which jobs do we admire, and which ones do we mistrust? CEO Nigel Sillitoe...
Petrol prices flat for September, while diesel falls
01 Sep 2025. UAE petrol prices are flat for September, but down 7% from last year. We ask economist Ed Bell what that means for inflation and the oil...
Dubai's population crosses 4 million
29 Aug 2025. Dubai’s population has crossed 4 million, according to the Dubai Statistics Centre, that's growing at nearly 7% a year since 1985, the ye...
Nvidia Beats, Tariffs Bite & Women in Leadership
28 Aug 2025. Nvidia’s profits beat expectations, but shares fell on concerns over data centre demand. We get reaction from Josh Gilbert of eToro. Plus...
T-day: India tariff kicks in!
27 Aug 2025. 50% tariffs on Indian exports to the US come into effect today. We asked economist Daniel Richards what it means for India’s economy and...
UAE Finance Leaders Embrace AI Faster Than the Rest
26 Aug 2025. A new KPMG report shows finance leaders in the UAE are adopting artificial intelligence at a quicker pace than their global peers. We bre...
Back to School: The Business Behind the Classrooms
25 Aug 2025. Dubai will see 25 new schools, colleges and nurseries open this academic year, according to KHDA. As thousands of children return to the...
Markets bracing for Jerome Powell’s annual speech at the Jackson Hole economic event
22 Aug 2025. All eyes are on the Fed Chair today, what’s the main thing to watch when Jay Powell speaks at Jackson Hole? We ask Martin Hennecke of St....
GEMS Education has welcomed over 1,700 world-class new teachers
21 Aug 2025. With the new academic year kicking off, we sit down for an extended interview with Dino Varkey, Group CEO of GEMS Education, on school fe...
Dubai is setting global standards in facilities management
20 Aug 2025. Today’s show puts the spotlight on facilities management with Engineer Ali AlSuwaidi, Chairman of the Global FM Association and Vice Chan...