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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A growing rental network, a coffee pivot, and a US green card shake up
26 May 2026. The Business Brunch: We speak to the head of a short term accommodation network that opened just one month before the conflict but is gro...
Trump says the Strait could reopen. Here’s what it means for us.
25 May 2026. President Trump says he’s close to a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Economist Nick Stadtmiller of Emirates NBD joins us to...
Dubai announces 1.5 billion dirhams of economic support
22 May 2026. The Executive Council of Dubai has put together a second package of economic incentives, this one worth 1.5 billion dirhams. The support...
New UAE pipeline bypassing Hormuz 50% complete, says ADNOC CEO
21 May 2026. The UAE’s new crude oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz is now 50% complete, as the country accelerates delivery towards 2027. Th...
Etihad Rail's Fujairah station ready to receive passengers
20 May 2026. The focus now turns to how the trains will fast-track tourism and transform the surrounding area. Georgia Tolley has been talking to Etih...
Are you creditworthy?
19 May 2026. Etihad Credit Bureau has launched a new service to help landlords make sure their tenants are creditworthy. Brandy speaks to Director Gen...
What will the West-East pipeline mean for the UAE's energy industry?
18 May 2026. ADNOC has announced it is accelerating construction of its West-East pipeline. The project, now expected online in 2027, will run from Ab...
Yas Island as the location for Sphere Abu Dhabi
15 May 2026. Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism and Sphere Entertainment Co. have announced Yas Island as the location for Sphere Abu Dhabi...
Dubai Taxi is acquiring National Taxi
14 May 2026. Dubai Taxi Company (DTC) has agreed to acquire National Taxi, adding 2,500 licence plates, a 12% jump in Dubai market share and a first f...
Q1 earnings: Presight, ADNOC Distribution and Emsteel
13 May 2026. Earning season: ADNOC Distribution on how the petrol station business is holding up, strong results across the board. Presight on being a...
Q1 earnings: Spinneys, ADNOC Drilling, ADNOC Gas and e7 Group
12 May 2026. Spinneys, ADNOC Drilling, ADNOC Gas and e7 Group all release their Q1 2026 numbers on The Business Breakfast. We speak to the C-suite of...
Aramco net profits rise more than a quarter in Q1
11 May 2026. Saudi Aramco saw net profit rise 26% in Q1 despite the conflict. Robin Mills of Qamar Energy joins us to explain how the East-West pipeli...
Emirates reports record profits
08 May 2026. Emirates Group and Emirates Airline have both reported record profits and revenues for the financial year ending March 2026, despite the...
Oil drops sharply on reports of a peace deal
07 May 2026. Reports of a potential US-Iran agreement sent oil prices tumbling and stock markets surging. Matt Stanley from Kpler joins us on what the...
EGF is looking for UAE manufacturers. Are you one of them?
06 May 2026. The Emirates Growth Fund (EGF) has launched the National Champions Programme to identify, prepare and lend to UAE manufacturers with the...
Two years to embed agentic AI in Dubai’s private sector
05 May 2026. Dubai has announced a two year action plan to bring agentic AI into the private sector through the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. Jessica Con...
Exclusive: Dubai Airports Q1 numbers. And airspace is back!
04 May 2026. Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, releases the Q1 earnings exclusively on The Business Breakfast. 18.6 million guests, 32,000 aircra...
The State of Dubai Dining
01 May 2026. Two restaurant stories: EatX founder Tom Arnel joins Georgia Tolley at The Guild in ICD Brookfield Place on adjusting their model for mor...
Jay Powell says not leaving Fed board, as rates kept on hold
30 Apr 2026. The Fed kept rates on hold and Jay Powell confirmed he's staying on as Governor. Economist Jeanne Walter and Keith Fitz-Gerald break down...
The UAE is leaving OPEC and OPEC+
29 Apr 2026. The UAE Energy Minister called it a policy driven evolution aligned with long term market fundamentals. But what does leaving OPEC after...
Back to business. What does it look like?
28 Apr 2026. Day 2 of The Business Breakfast broadcasting live from ICD Brookfield Place.
The Arts Club Dubai opened during a pandemic and is s...
Premium Dubai offices still in demand
27 Apr 2026. The Business Breakfast broadcasting live from ICD Brookfiled place this morning - and premium office space is holding firm despite everyt...
Landlord-tenant relationship during the conflict
24 Apr 2026. One commercial landlord joins us to talk about what his tenants are asking for and what he's prepared to offer. Plus, Allianz Trade is pr...
Landlord-tenant relationship during the conflict.
24 Apr 2026. One commercial landlord joins us to talk about what his tenants are asking for and what he's prepared to offer. Plus, Allianz Trade is pr...
Earnings, fuel warnings and a market finding its feet
23 Apr 2026. Commercial Bank of Dubai is out with its Q1 numbers and the CFO joins us to break them down. The IEA is warning of jet fuel shortages in...
Hot desks in the park. Rents dropping. And 55 events all hitting at once
22 Apr 2026. Dubai is shifting toward a renters market with rents down 12.5% year on year, but office space tells a completely different story, with r...
Dubai’s hotels are closing for refurb. What does that mean for the city?
21 Apr 2026. Several Dubai hotels have closed for renovation. STR, a hospitality data company, joins us to explain what that means for the city’s room...
Implications of reopening and closing again on Strait of Hormuz
20 Apr 2026. The Strait of Hormuz opened on Friday and closed again on Saturday and the impact on oil prices and shipping insurance costs was immediat...
World's first vertiport ready in Dubai
17 Apr 2026. The world's first commercial vertiport is ready next to DXB, with air taxis potentially flying before the end of 2026. We speak to Skypor...
Business of School is Back!
16 Apr 2026. UAE children are returning to classrooms but has the move come fast enough to ease financial pressure on schools? Education consultant Sh...
What does the UAE Labour Law say about being absent from work?
15 Apr 2026. The ceasefire is holding but the legal questions aren't going away. Chris Bailey-Gibbs from Hadef and Partners breaks down what UAE Labou...
Hormuz: The Blockade, the Peace Talks and What Comes Next
14 Apr 2026. Bit of a theme today on trade! Oil prices are swinging as hopes for peace talks jostle with realities on the ground in the Strait of Horm...
While Global Supply Chains Struggle, The UAE Is Finding Its Footing
13 Apr 2026. Q1 job numbers are up. Economic zone fees are coming down. Dubai property is holding steady. And one UAE company is posting 19 percent re...
Home renovations, Holiday Homes and Banks supporting SMEs
10 Apr 2026. David Cook, CEO of Contractors Direct, discussed a four-way business collaboration making home renovation easier for UAE residents. Harri...
Oil prices may be falling but don’t expect cheaper flights just yet
09 Apr 2026. IATA is warning that even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and traffic returns to normal, jet fuel prices will take considerably longer to...
Oil prices plummet and stocks surge on ceasefire news
08 Apr 2026. How easy (or not) will it be for energy companies to get oil flowing again through the Strait of Hormuz, and what has five and a half wee...
MAF offering local companies the opportunity to get on their shelves
07 Apr 2026. Majid Al Futtaim has launched Ma’an in partnership with Dubai SME, giving UAE small businesses direct access to Mall of the Emirates, VOX...
A new package to support the tourism industry will be announced 'very soon', says economy minister
06 Apr 2026. The UAE Minister for Economy and Tourism HE Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri says authorities are in daily contact with the sector and a new tou...
More fee deferrals announced as part of Dubai's support package
03 Apr 2026. Dubai has added more fee deferrals to its billion dirham economic support package. Three month deferrals on local services fees, accommod...
Dubai’s Billion Dirham Support Package: What It Means on the Ground?
02 Apr 2026. Dubai announced a billion dirham economic support package. We speak to a hotel owner about what this will actually mean on the ground an...