Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast

Growth at Dubai Airport has been "spectacular" over the past six weeks, according to their CEO Paul Griffiths, who has told the Business Breakfast that while transfer traffic is more "sluggish," he expects it to pick up in spring next year. Plus, the UAE is implementing big changes when it comes to the decriminalisation of bounced cheques. We get the banking lawyer Kamal Jabbar to explain everything. And buy shares of luxury handbag makers and don’t worry about inflation, it’s a short-term blip - that’s the word from Henk Potts, Director of Market Strategy at Barclays Private Bank!

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A new report suggests that over two thirds of UAE companies have increased the amount they spend on premiums per employee. We get the latest from Ahmad Bayaa, COO of Bayzat - the folks behind the report. Plus, we crunch the numbers on Saudi Aramco’s earnings. Is it hypocritical that the world’s biggest oil company reports record profit – on the day the COP26 climate change conference begins? We get the thoughts of Amena Bakr of Energy Intelligence Group. And vaccinated Australians are allowed to leave the country without special permission from today. What does that mean for the country and the economy? We speak to University of Queensland economist John Quiggan.

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We speak to media lawyer Fiona Robertson as Facebook rebrands, we find out what actually is changing and what isn’t. Plus, world leaders have gathered in Glasgow for the Cop26 climate summit. Tanzeed Alam of Earth Matters Consulting tells us more about it and how important it is for us here in the UAE. And it's Halloweenomics! We talk pumpkin sales with Spinneys commercial manager for grocery Tom Harvey.

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Pure Harvest Smart Farms has raised more than 64 million dollars in growth capital. We find out what exactly they're going to do with it with their founder and CEO, Sky Kurtz. Plus, we speak to DHL Express Country Manager, Geoff Walsh, and find out what the company has been doing to alleviate the supply chain crisis. And OPEC+ meets next week, as oil hovers around 86 dollars a barrel. We look at what the group might do next with oil broker Matt Stanley. 

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RAKBank reported a 73% jump in quarterly profit, reaching 229 million dirhams. Their CEO Peter England told the Business Breakfast that the UAE’s strong pandemic rebound boosted the bank’s performance. Plus, Australia is the latest country to pledge net zero emissions by 2050. We speak to Australian economist Sydney Demaria. And the great and the good of finance and investment are currently in Riyadh for the FII. We cross live to Eithne Treanor, Founder & CEO, E Treanor Media to get all the latest.

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We were broadcasting live this morning from DHL's state-of-the-art new innovation centre in Dubai South, the perfect place to get some answers to the current supply chain crisis. Matthias Heutger, the company's global head of innovation tells us about what might fix it. Plus, Tom has a new pet! DHL's Megan Wolski tells us more about Spot, the robotic dog! And CAFU the 'bring the petrol to you' people have expanded into Abu Dhabi. We speak to the company's head of expansion, Alaa El-Huni. 

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Management consultancy firm Kearney Middle East has revealed the results of the 11th edition of the annual Global Cities Report. We speak to their Partner, Rudolph Lohmeyer to find out where Dubai ranks on the new list and what we need to do to rise further up it. Plus, as both Saudi Arabia and the UAE set ambitious ‘net zero’ carbon targets, we speak to one of our favorite eco-warriors: Karl Fielder of Neutral Fuels. And will you take your dog to work? The team has an interesting discussion about pets in the workplace.

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We talk aviation with one of the big bosses at Boeing, Randy Heisey, who says passengers are desperate to get flying again and that the Middle East will require 3,000 new airplanes by 2040. Plus, the Dubai real estate market set a new transaction record in Q3. We ask Betterhomes' Group Managing Director Richard Waind how far this run can go. And the eyes of more than a billion cricket fans will be fixed on Dubai when India and Pakistan square-off in a Super 12 match at the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in Dubai. We get the thoughts of former chief cricket writer of The Times of India and The Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan.

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From Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine to Netflix TV show Squid Game, analyst Monte Saffedeine of IG has the latest analysis from earnings season. Plus, all the latest from last nights' Covid-19 presser about gatherings. And we speak exclusively with Edmund Bartlett, Jamaican Minister of Tourism about Expo 2020 and what it could mean for tourism sector.

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We’re broadcasting live from Ain Dubai at Bluewaters Dubai, a giant observation wheel 250 meters above the sea! We speak to the boss of Ain Dubai, Ronald Drake, who answers all of your questions about Dubai’s newest attraction. Plus, we're back in the office - what does that mean for the future of Zoom? We speak to the video conferencing company's head of international business, Abe Smith. 

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