Bitesize Business Breakfast

Now we learn about a new crisis facing the global – and Dubai’s - tech industry: a chronic shortage of engineers. Dean Nelson is Head of Uber Compute, he was in Dubai this week to promote his non-profit industry body - Infrastructure Masons - and he spoke with Richard about the reasons for his visit.

We had an update on one of the Gulf’s biggest – and bitterest - bankruptcy cases: Saudi Arabia’s Al Gosaibi group. Back in 2009 it defaulted on billions of dollars of debts, in what was Saudi Arabia’s biggest financial meltdown, leaving local and international banks with unpaid debt of about $22 billion.

This week - on Wednesday - a new bankruptcy court in Saudi Arabia will hear the case, in what's being described as a legal landmark for The Kingdom. Simon Charlton is Chief Restructuring Officer Acting Chief Executive Officer at Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Bros. joined us on the show.

As we gear up to Dubai Expo 2020, Richard was at the launch of the Dutch Pavilion. He was talking to Hans Sandee, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Dutch Commissioner General for Expo 2020 Dubai and Michiel Raaphorst (V8 Architects). They looked at what the Pavillion will look like and contain and what they will be growing inside it. It isn't what you might expect in terms of that typical Dutch foliage - tulips - it's something completey different.

Looking at what the Dutch Pavillion for Expo 2020 will look like and contain, update on one of the Gulf’s biggest – and bitterest - bankruptcy cases, and the unilateral increase on credit card limits

How many successful companies can claim to be a fifth generation family owned business? Well KRBL India, the Largest Basmati Rice millers and exporters in the Food Industry, are just that. Priyanka Mittal is the Director.

We look at the role of project management in the construction industry and ask: are they a vital link in the chain or an unnecessary expense? Franklin Holtforster is the Founder & CEO, MHPM Project Managers Subsidiary of Colliers Project Leaders

We continue our 'Made in the UAE' series. This week: Dhs5 billion cable company Ducab. Earlier this year they opened a new factory in Abu Dhabi's KIZAD industrial zone. Richard spoke with Ducab managing director Andrew Shaw on the factory floor.

Latifa Al Gurg, Founder of Twisted Roots, a modest Fashion label. She won a competition to dress more than 30,000 Expo 2020 Dubai staff and volunteers.

For Market Analysis and a look at the outcomes from the 175th OPEC Meeting, we had Ed Bell - Commodity Analyst Emirates NBD in the studio.

Is project management a vital link in the construction industry chain or an unnecessary expense? The company that will dress more than 30,000 Expo 2020 Dubai staff and volunteers and the world's largest Basmati Rice millers and exporters