Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast

20 Aug 2025. Today’s show puts the spotlight on facilities management with Engineer Ali AlSuwaidi, Chairman of the Global FM Association and Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration at the American University of Sharjah, and Stuart Harrison, CEO of Emrill. Plus, we look at India’s economy with the S&P analyst behind the country’s first credit rating upgrade in 18 years.

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19 Aug 2025. We get reaction to the Washington talks from Charu Chanana, chief investment strategist at Saxo Bank. Plus, live from Delhi, Swarup Gupta of the Economist Intelligence Unit on Prime Minister Modi’s new tax cuts. And with UAE influencers now officially licensed as advertising businesses, we ask Bees & Honey’s Tatum Greig what this means for brands and creators.

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18 Aug 2025. Retailers are ramping up as the new academic year approaches, Landmark joins us to talk about the business of Back-to-School. Plus, why are more UAE firms ditching traditional legal hires in favour of project-based experts? We ask Sarah Jones of Rayne. And Al Reem Island is heating up as Abu Dhabi’s hottest property market - MERED’s Mikhail Podkopaev shares what’s driving the boom.

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15 Aug 2025. We crunch the numbers behind Dubai’s latest GDP data with Ed Bell of Emirates NBD. Plus, we talk Alaska-nomics, as Presidents Trump and Putin head to the icy tundra for today’s summit. Danny Sebright joins us from the US-UAE Chamber of Commerce. And, has the insurance industry bounced back from last year’s flood – and what’s happened to our premiums?  We asked the Liva Insurance CEO, Martin Rueegg.

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14 Aug 2025. As thousands of teenagers across the UAE await their exam results, we ask the admissions team at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and Crimson Education whether higher education is still the right investment in the age of AI. Plus, we hear from RAK Properties CEO Sameh Muhtadi on record earnings, and Binghatti’s CEO on raising half a billion dollars (and ringing a bell) in London.

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13 Aug 2025. Presight’s CEO says AI in the UAE has firmly taken hold, as the company posts first-half revenues of over AED 1 billion. We also unpack Knight Frank’s latest Abu Dhabi and Dubai office market report with Adam Wynne, and ask aviation expert Nick Humphrey why the Middle East leads the world in premium-class travel.

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12 Aug 2025. It's delivery-nomics! Talabat’s CFO breaks down their latest earnings and what they reveal about the UAE’s fast-growing delivery economy. Careem Groceries rebrands to Careem Quik, VP Chase Lario on speed, AI, and the future of online shopping. Plus, Trump delays China tariffs by 90 days - economist Ed Bell on what it means for global trade. And Vijay Valecha of Century Financial on oil’s biggest drop since June.

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11 Aug 2025. We get analysis from Emirates NBD’s Daniel Richards and Pepperstone’s Chris Weston. Tabreed’s CEO explains the business of keeping the UAE cool. And filmmaker Faisal Hashmi tells us why AI has some in the UAE’s film industry worried about the future of creative jobs.

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08 Aug 2025. Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Indian goods. Some Indian companies are moving operations to the UAE, to avoid the 50% tariff on Indian exports to the US. That's what professor Ulla Rao of Manipal University told Business Breakfast. Plus, Property Monitor’s Zhann Jochinke tells us if Dubai real estate is finally cooling despite the summer heat. And Al Ramz CEO Haisam Odeimeh explains how the brokerage posted a seven-fold profit jump.

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07 Aug 2025. It’s Day 2 of our live broadcast from Anantara Mina Ras Al Khaimah Resort by RAK Properties. We dive into the economics of hotels in RAK’s Mina development with Sietze Hoefnagel, Director of Operations. RAK Ceramics Group CEO Abdallah Massaad joins us to talk about local & global growth. And ADNOC Distribution is reporting record fuel sales - we speak to the company’s Chief Strategy Officer to break down the numbers.

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