Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast

11 Dec 2023. As Sultan Al Jabr tells climate negotiators to get a wriggle on  - why does the global economy need a climate deal? And what does reducing emissions mean for the UAE economy? All that with Ed Bell - Senior Economist Emirates NBD. The UAE on Sunday set out a green powered action plan aimed at driving efforts to achieve new environmental goals - we'll speak to Adrienne Doolan, CEO, Green Touches Echoes of Sustainability to get her thoughts on what companies can do to be more sustainable. Plus, as the Cop28 President calls for negotiators to come together, we'll get the current state of talks from Estonia's Vice-minister of Climate. Finally, we'll hear from Nila Pendarovski, General Manager, Rove Expo -on who's been checking in to the only hotel on site at expo city, located in the coveted blue zone. 

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08 Dec 2023. As Saudi Arabia offers a 30 year tax relief for companies moving their headquarters to the Kingdom, we speak to KSA specialist Alex Nicholls about what this tax waiver could mean for take up. Plus, we'll hear from tax law expert Thomas Vanhee about how the Saudi tax regime is evolving. We'll also get the latest on Binghatti Holdings plans to build a luxury residential Mercedes-Benz tower in Dubai with CEO Muhammad Bingatti. Finally, we'll be talking re-commerce with Lynn al Khatib, VP Communications, Chalhoub Group as the market in the GCC is expected to hit a value as high as $780 million by 2026, up nearly 60 per cent compared to 2022.

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07 Dec 2023. The buildings breakthrough, the global push for near zero emission and resilient buildings by 2030, has been unveiled at COP. But what came out of the discussions? We get the latest from Dan Richards - senior economist, Emirates NBD. We also hear from Saeed Al Abbar, CEO, AESG about the agreement involving 27 countries and what kind of regulations he wants to see come out of it. Plus, we get the latest on Putin's oil visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia from Sean Evers, Founder & Managing Partner, Gulf Intelligence. Finally, we'll hear from Eric Salomons, Executive Vice President, Head of Product Development, DFM on their pilot programme for trading carbon credits, scheduled to debut at COP28.

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06 Dec 2023. We get the latest from Senior Economist, Emirates NBD - Dan Richards and get his take on the pledges we've seen so far and what their knock on economic impacts may be. As the president of the ongoing UN climate talks, Sultan al-Jaber, hits back at claims he denies a core part of climate science, we speak to Karl W. Feilder, Founder and CEO, Neutral Fuels + International Speaker on Net Zero to get his take. Plus, we hear from John Kelly, Rolls-Royce President for META about how its innovations in technology are serving to enable the process of decarbonising hard to abate sectors like aviation, and how these can be accelerated through government support and regulatory frameworks. Finally, we speak to Sarah Townsend, Senior Editor, AGBI about Cop28s total funding pledges made to date. 

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05 Dec 2023. The Business Breakfast is on the road again and this time we're at Expo for COP28. We speak to Shargiil Bashir, Chief Sustainability Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) about UAE banks pledging more than AED1tn ($272bn) in sustainable finance in a major announcement at COP28 in Dubai. Plus, we'll find out we'll speak to the restaurateur planning to serve quarter of a million meals at Cop - Naim Maadad, Chief Executive & Founder, Gates Hospitality. And, we'll speak to Ian Johnston, Chief Executive, Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) about their latest announcement that it will waive regulatory fees on ESG Nasdaq Dubai listings with immediate effect. Finally, we'll sit down with Atul Arya - Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Strategist, S&P Global to find out more about the major accomplishments at this COP

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01 Dec 2023. We have the latest from the OPEC+ meeting, what it means for oil price and what it means for the UAE. But what will lower petrol prices mean for inflation? We put that to Khatija Haque - Chief Economist Emirates NBD. We hear from the CEO and President of Volvo, Martin Lundstedt, about their push for a fossil fuel phase out timetable at Cop. Plus, Aldar Development CEO Jonathan Emery tells us about a big announcement and  CBRE's Mr Research, Taimur Khan, tells us about that new study on the premium LEED certified offices can command.

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As ADFW draws to a close - we get the latest on the US GDP revised upward - why, what does it tell us about the health of the US economy and what could it mean for interest rates and what will it mean for us? We’ll also be looking at what we learned from the Beige Book. As Abu Dhabi global markets grants financial services permission to crypto exchange Rain, we speak to the UAE General Manager, Benjamin Grolimund. Plus, Energy expert Matt Stanley tells us what to expect at today's OPEC+ meeting after it was delayed. Finally, we speak to real estate expert John Lyons about what some unexpected numbers tell us about the off plan market. 

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It’s our penultimate day down at ADFW. We speak to Khatija Haque Chief Economist Emirates NBD about Saudi hosting Expo 2030 after it won 119 votes - but what will it mean for the economy? We’ll also be speaking to Charles Hoskinson, CEO & Founder, Input Output Global + Founder at Cardano Foundation before he takes the stage here at ADFW about international best practices in finance, crypto and the US government. Plus, we’ll hear from Abdulla Salem Al Nuaimi, CEO, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) as the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Tuesday launched its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) benchmark index ahead of the COP28 summit. Finally, we’ll speak to Sameer Lakhani, Managing Director, Global Capital Partners as the Dubai Taxi Company today announced an increase in the number of shares offered in the UAE Retail Offer of its IPO in response to significant oversubscription of the UAE Retail Offer.

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We’re on the road again this week - day 2 broadcasting LIVE from the Abu Dhabi Finance Week. With people flocking to Abu Dhabi for the F1 and now Finance week we wanted to know how busy reservations have been at one of the UAE’s top restaurants - LPM. Their Global Operations Director, Nicolas Budzynski, gives us an inside look and news that they’ve expanded to Las Vegas. We’re also talking tax with Oscar Orellana-Hyder, Co-Founder, Cordell Partners about the introduction of corporate tax which has resulted in a rise in demand for tax professionals like accountants and auditors. Plus, after Binance-gate, we speak to the FSRA about the fine art of regulating crypto exchanges and we’re finding out about the financial educational platform Yabi  as it raises 8 million dollars in a seed funding round. 

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We’re on the road again this week - broadcasting LIVE from the Abu Dhabi Finance Week. As we look ahead to COP28 next week we spoke to Khatija Haque, Chief Economist, Emirates NBD about what the focus will be and what it could mean for markets. Exactly a year ago, Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, the judiciary of the UAE capital’s financial free zone, launched a new blockchain-based system that was aimed at digitally certifying judgments and allowing their availability and enforcement anywhere in the world. Linda Fitz-Alan, Chief Executive at ADGM Courts joined the Business Breakfast for the latest on that and why ADGM Courts is taking mediation to the metaverse. Plus, we hear from Kareem Elsirafy, Managing Partner, Modus - UAE-based venture platform who are investing a total of $2.8 million in new start-ups operating in the Middle East markets. Finally, we’ll hear from Kabir Mulchandani, Chairman and Founder, FIVE Holdings. They are considering expanding the hotel brand into London and even Saudi Arabia, boss Kabir Mulchandani has told the Business Breakfast. Kabir also said a potential IPO could be ready to go within 12 months - and that Dubai was the priority for a listing. 

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