Bitesize Business Breakfast
Bitesize Business Breakfast
This is a brand new version of the Business Breakfast Bitesize podcast as we join forces with the Agenda and the ARN News Centre to keep you updated throughout the week.Tom Urquhart now joins Richard Dean and Brandy Scott, as we bring you all the latest information around the COVID 19 outbreak, closures, and sanitation efforts. Plus all the usual conversations, business and breaking news.The Busin…Follow the podcast:
Could we get a new Dubai airport?
We hear from DXB boss Paul Griffiths about the future of the airports and would we see a move to Dubai South. Plus, as the Fed decided to hold interest rates & the UAE Central Bank followed suit, we asked Carla Slim of Standard Chartered Bank what this means for those of us living in the GCC. And, …
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Dubai to get more than 9000 new hotel rooms this year
This is the number from a new Knight Frank report. STR's research says the Middle East's hotel industry is the strongest in the world on metrics such as occupancy and Revpar & Dubai's average room rate sits above the regional average. We get details from Phillip Wooler of STR & Tim Cordon of Radiss…
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Would a certificate convince you to buy a pre-owned car?
19 Sep 2023. Ameen Jaber, Head of Marketing, Al Masaood Automobiles joined us to explain why they're seeing an increase in demand. Plus, we get the details from the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, where Dubai-based professor Taufiq Rahim is our man on the ground. And, Banking giant Citi sa…
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iPhones on SALE! But have we lost the appetite for smartphones
Tech veteran Ashish Panjabi reveals the true state of the local gadget market. Plus, the DIFC starts selling residential property for the first time this week. We speak to Knight Frank about expected demand. And we get on our bike to discuss the business of cycling following the announcement of mor…
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The economics of traffic in the UAE
We look at the economics of traffic here in the UAE as motorists continue to complains of congested roads. Phil Clarke of 4E Road Safety & Transport Consultants for the technical side of traffic and what could that mean to our economy with Jeanne Walters, Economist of Emirates NBD. Plus, we talk ta…
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No summer slowdown for the Dubai real estate market
New report from Property Monitor says that the summer slowdown which we normally witnesses pretty much didn’t happen this year. Zhann Jochinke, COO, Property Monitor + Director of Market Intelligence & Research at Cavendish Maxwell talk us through the report. Plus, the International Energy Agency w…
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Apple unveiling its latest range of phones
We get the reaction to the Apple launch of Dubai-based tech journalist Daanesh Kalyaniwalla. Plus, we get the lowdown on the Lulu IPO, from lawyer Andrew Tarbuck, Partner, Head of Capital Markets, Al Tamimi & Company. And, talking oil demand with Matt Stanley, Client Liaison Lead, Middle East, Afri…
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Do we need another smartphone?
Ahead of tonight’s new iPhone launch - we speak to tech researchers Counterpoint, as smartphone sales fall to their lowest in a decade. Plus, we talk education as Georgetown University announced the launch of its new Executive Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA) program at the DIFCAc…
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The UAE agrees a landmark railway project at this weekend’s G20 meeting in India
It's a deep dive of what happened with G20 meeting in India. We've got reaction from two economist: Shalini Mittal in Delhi and Ed Bell in Dubai. We also also have Christopher Seymour, Head of Strategy and Investment for Middle East, Africa and South Asia Mott MacDonald and Chair of RICS MEA and h…
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World leaders gather in India for this weekend’s G20 meeting.
08 Sep 2023. We find out what the meeting means for the UAE - who has been invited as a special guest, plus what the mood is on the ground. We also look at July's incredible air passenger numbers with regional IATA boss Khalid Kashif.
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