Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast
by Dubai Eye 103.8
Latest episode
Forget working from home. How about the park?
Forget working from home. How about the park?
About this podcast
Daily highlights and exclusive interviews from Dubai's most informative news and business radio show. With a round-up of the day’s most important business stories, providing local content and context on the international issues that matter. Presented by Tom Urquhart & Brandy Scott.
Episodes
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- Forget working from home. How about the park? · 30 min03 Nov 2026. Dubai’s Work From Park destination is now open at Al Barsha Pond Park. Letswork co-founder Hamza Khan explains how it works and what it costs. Emirates NBD economist…
- Dubai to get largest M&S Foodhall outside the UK · 33 min02 Nov 2026. Al-Futtaim will open the largest Marks & Spencer Foodhall outside the UK in Dubai next month, regional boss Richard Flint tells The Business Breakfast. Plus, UAE…
- Halloweenomics: how much is your pumpkin this year? · 35 min30 Oct 2026. Choithrams CEO Mark Mortimer-Davies tells us what Halloween spending reveals about UAE shoppers. Al Masraf CEO Fuad Mohamed breaks down the bank’s nine month…
- UAE and Canada sign trade deal · 34 min29 Oct 2026. UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi joins us fresh from Canada to explain the opportunities opened by the new trade agreement. Primark CEO…
- Has the Gulf’s economic recovery stalled? · 34 min28 Oct 2026. Oxford Economics’ latest tracker points to a slowing GCC recovery. We ask Azad Zangana what that means for businesses and the outlook for 2027. ADNOC Drilling CFO…
- What could the US midterms mean for markets? · 32 min27 Oct 2026. We speak to Emirates NBD’s Maurice Gravier about what the US midterms could mean for investors, and discuss Anthropic’s IPO filing. Broadcasting live from Dubai…
- What does it cost to clean up an oil spill? · 32 min26 Oct 2026. After UAE authorities confirmed an oil tanker spill in the Gulf, Fuelre4m CEO Rob Mortimer explains the business of containing and cleaning it up. BB Broadcasting…
- Which professions do we most love to hate? · 42 min23 Oct 2026. The UAE has voted in the annual “least trusted profession” competition, and Insight Discovery reveals the results first on Business Breakfast. University College…
- Big Tech earnings divide markets as CBD delivers record profit · 32 min22 Oct 2026. Meta and Tesla’s latest results sent their shares in opposite directions, Capital.com’s Monte Safieddine explains. CBD CFO Darren Clarke breaks down the bank’s…
- Dubai office values triple as residential prices fall · 34 min21 Oct 2026. ValuStrat’s Sean Swinburne explains why Dubai’s commercial and residential property markets are moving in opposite directions. Plus, Oura CEO Tom Hale discusses the…
- DIP Holding IPO to offer 20% stake to investors · 34 min20 Oct 2026. Dubai Investments is selling a 20% stake in DIP Holding, the company behind Dubai Investments Park, in what could be Dubai’s first IPO in nearly a year. 5% of the…
- Dubai GDP contracts by just over 2% in H1 · 32 min19 Oct 2026. Dubai’s economy contracted by 2.3% in the first half of the year, even as finance, insurance and healthcare continued to grow. Oxford Economics helps us make sense…
- The countdown to Abu Dhabi F1 is on! · 37 min16 Oct 2026. With 50 days to go, Ethara’s Saif Rashid Al Noaimi and David Powell tell us how preparations are shaping up for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Plus, CPX reveals how…
- Can demand keep up with Dubai’s property pipeline? · 42 min15 Oct 2026. Aldar Development CEO Jonathan Emery explains why the developer has opened its first international World of Aldar experience in London. Marriott’s Stavros Fassaris…
- Dubai inflation drops to 5%: What does it actually mean for your wallet? · 31 min14 Oct 2026. Dubai’s inflation rate just dropped to 5% annualized for September, down half a percent from last year. But while housing prices are finally starting to cool, food…
- UAE approves AED 290 billion federal budget · 34 min13 Oct 2026. Emirates NBD’s Daniel Richards explains what businesses should take from the UAE’s new three year federal budget, which is more than 28%t larger than the previous…
- UAE economy grows despite Q2 contraction · 42 min12 Oct 2026. The UAE economy grew by just under half a per cent in the first six months of the year, despite contracting by more than 2% in Q2. Emirates NBD’s Daniel Richards…
- Will healthier snacks cost more? · 34 min09 Oct 2026. New UAE limits on sodium, sugar and fat will require some food manufacturers to reformulate their products. Hunter Foods’ Ananya Narayan discusses the cost and…
- Why Gulf economies are holding up · 41 min08 Oct 2026. Live from HSBC Tower, Simon Williams explains how Gulf economies have absorbed regional instability and why growth could rebound n 2027. HSBC UAE CEO Mohamed Al…
- HSBC sees a soft landing for the global economy · 30 min07 Oct 2026. Live from HSBC Tower as the bank celebrates 80 years in the UAE, HSBC’s Janet Henry expects a soft landing for the global economy, despite slower growth, higher…
