Bitesize Business Breakfast

Yesterday, an Instagram influencer Instagram contacted us after her account was suspended and later reactivated without a reason, we spoke to Fiona Robertson, Media & Entertainment Lawyer, Al Tamimi & Co. about the UAE laws around social media.

Brandy has been speaking to artisanal producers down at the new Ripe Market about setting up a small business in the UAE.

One of those entrepreneurs is Elvira Distefano. Through her company Now Way, she has reinvented the picnic blanket, adding reinforced corners and recycled pegs to make a lightweight ground cover that can be used in the desert, at the beach, at school sports days, and will always stay put.

Talking electric vehicles, investing, to tip or not to tip flight attendants and the second IKEA in Dubai

Steven Cleaver, Director, Shopping Centers Dubai, Al-Futtaim Malls joined us to explain how mall owners plan to keep the customers coming back in 2019. He also explained the new trend of retailtainment.

Ben Pullen, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Global EVRT joined us ahead of the Middle East’s first Electric Vehicle Roadtrip starting next week.

Gautam Duggal, Head of Wealth Management for the UAE, Africa and the Middle East and Europe at Standard Chartered, joined us to discuss their 2019 Outlook Report and some tips on where to put YOUR money.

Looking at social media and what happens when one of the big platforms temporarily blocks your account. 

Nicole Majdalany, a fashion stylist and social media influencer based in the emirate, had her Instagram account deactivated without warning over the weekend. (Update: A few days after this interview, her account @nicole_ontrend was reactivated.)

As part of our Back in Business focus, Brandy has been down at Ripe market, speaking to artisan and small scale producers about how they set up their companies here in Dubai.

We’re going to hear this morning from the owner and designer of clothing company Tipsy Gypsy. Cristina Franco set up her company in Dubai ten years ago – and is now using it to create jobs for women in small villages around the world.

Ahead of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, Badr Saeed Al Lamki, Executive Director, Clean Energy, Masdar joined us to discuss the big focus this year - batteries.

Real estate, transformation of television, and how to make a positive change in your professional life