Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast

The team discussed this idea after Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser told her staff that she is banning internal calls on Fridays for a better work-life balance. Plus, we find out more about the UAE's ambitious plan to double the industrial sector. And, do you want to join the top 1% of Dubai’s rich list? If so you need Dhs4.7 billion. We hear from Financial planner Hannah Greenwood about how much we should be saving.

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Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths joins us to talk about passengers and passports and we get the views of aviation expert Vinamra Longani from India. Plus, Sacha Jaffri has raised $62 million for charity through his art and Tom was there to help him auction off his painting.

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We get the views of an economist and a recruitment specialist about this move which will allow foreigners working for companies in other countries to self-sponsor and work in the emirates. Plus, Emirates Catering is setting up a giant Kosher Kitchen, providing food to planes, events and hospitality companies. We speak to the man running it.

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We ask Dr. Walid Zaher, Chief Research Officer of G42 Healthcare. Plus, we speak to airline group IATA: following the successful launch of its digital health passport in Singapore, when will it be rolled out here? And, we speak to James Mullan of WhichSchoolAdvisor.com about how school operator GEMS will have to cut costs after the UAE ordered a freeze on school fees.  

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We ask a range of experts from economists to real estate companies. Plus, what does the sports sponsorship landscape look like one year from the start of COVID-19? And, we pay tribute to Jamie Dornan's father who has passed away in the UAE.

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British cruise company P&O have said their summer cruises will only be available to those who have had both the vaccine jabs - which led to the debate what about families with children not old enough to get the jabs? Plus, it's been a year since the Targeted Economic Support Scheme was launched through the UAE's banks to try and limit the economic effects of the pandemic - we get the view from the banking sector with RAKBANK CEO Peter England. And, we get the reaction to Emirates Team New Zealand beating Luna Rossa to retain the America's Cup with proud Kiwi Gary Chapman.

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But that figure is expected to rise to well over 10%, after a new rule calling for at least one woman on every board. We speak to the people behind the research and one Emirati board member on this new regulation. Plus, we hear from Sky Kurtz - Mr Cherry Tomatoes - and his Pure Harvest crew as they have just raised another 60 million in funding. And, we talk Dubai tennis and toblerone in airports with Colm McLouglin of Dubai Duty Free.

 

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Well they do now at one company in Ras al Khaimah - we speak to the HR boss behind the move plus one of the top experts on work benefits. And, Bitcoin has crossed 60 thousand - time for Bitcoin Matt and his cat to make another appearance - including a walk on song remixed by our own Richard Dean.

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We get reaction from the man in charge of the plan, an urban planner, and an economist. Plus, amid concerns about the Astrazeneca vaccine, we speak to the CEO of the Cambridge Medical Center about vaccine safety. And, we look at the UAE's F&B sector's road to recovery.

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In this special edition, we hear from two medical experts about the UAE's response to COVID-19 and we look back at some of the iconic interviews of 2020.

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