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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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Investing is power to not let your money lose value overtime, but how? Hear Baytukum Founder Latifa Bin Haider's advices.

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Sam Altman may be on the verge of a dramatic comeback at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company that created ChatGPT. Altman was fired by the board of directors on Friday – but multiple media reports suggest that investors including Microsoft want him back. We’ve got the latest analysis from Nancy Gleason, Director of the Hilary Ballon Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at NYUAD, and Associate Professor of Practice, Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi on whether Altman’s a hero or a villain. In the lead up to National Day we look at what the UAE's job market is looking like and where the country has reached in its Emiratization efforts with Talib Hashim, Managing Director of TBH Advisory and Partner in Sdara. Plus, we speak to ​​​​​Zhann Jochinke, COO, Property Monitor + Director of Market Intelligence & Research at Cavendish Maxwell on Dubai property transactions setting a new annual record. Finally, the Coca-Cola Arena is hosting more business conferences, pivoting from its usual diet of concerts and entertainment events - we speak to Mark Jan Kar, General Manager, Coca-Cola Arena to tell us more. 

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We’ve got the latest from Ed Bell, Senior Director, Market Economics, Emirates NBD on what’s moving the markets as we head towards the weekend. Plus, it’s part two of our interview with Tony Douglas, CEO, Riyadh Air talking about Saudi Arabia's start-up airline Riyadh Air which is set to place an order for narrow-body aircraft in the next few weeks. We’ll also hear from Paul Kelly, Operations Director, Allsopp & Allsopp on the rental market which has remained robust, with 40,840 transactions. Apartment rentals have dominated, while villa and townhouse rentals have also seen significant activity. Finally, we hear from Danny Van Otterdijk, Chief Communications Officer, DP World for day two of the season-ending DPWTC at JGE.

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Joe Biden and Xi Xinping held several hours of talks in San Francisco, on the sidelines of the APEC meeting. Biden said “the planet is big enough for both of us to succeed” whilst also addressing economic ties with China. We’ll have the latest analysis on that with Ed Bell, Senior Economist at Emirates NBD. As we broadcast live this week from DC Aviation Al Futtaim's VIP Terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, we’re celebrating the company's 10th anniversary amidst the Dubai airshow. Etihad Airways CEO Antonoaldo Neves, joined the Business Breakfast as he pledged to triple the number of passengers by the end of the decade. Plus, Tero Taskila, CEO, Beond - the newly established luxury airline that has showcased its first passenger plane at the Dubai Airshow explained how they’re about to launch their first flights from Riyadh, Zurich and Munich to the Maldivian capital, Male. We also hear from Riyadh Air CEO, Tony Douglas who’s set to place an order for narrow-body aircrafts within the next few weeks. 

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On the Bitesize podcast today we’re broadcasting live from DC Aviation Al Futtaim's VIP Terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport celebrating the company’s 10th anniversary during the week of the Dubai Airshow. Brandy spoke to His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum - CEO and founder of Emirates Group at his semi-annual round table and began by asking after the massive wide body order, will they now buy narrow body? Plus, Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports exclusively revealed to the Business Breakfast that they are set to match and even exceed pre-pandemic passenger traffic. Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai gave us the latest about their order for 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners worth $11 billion (Dh40.37 billion) at the Dubai Airshow. Finally, Peter Van Driel, CFO, ADNOC Gas told us about their quarterly net income of $1.1billion. 

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We’ve got the latest on Salik reporting its highest Q3 revenue since the toll gates went live. Revenue was up more than 14 per cent, as the number of registered vehicles and revenue generating trips grew. However, Salik net profit for the first nine months fell, despite higher revenue. The company said this was due to changes to the operating structure, which meant it was hard to compare the performance on a like for like basis with last year. Meanwhile, Emirates and FlyDubai ordered more than $60 billion of new planes on Day One of the Dubai Airshow. Richard has an exclusive interview with Sir Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airlines - Emirates airline announced an order for 95 Boeing aircraft at a value of $52 billion. Plus, we’ll hear from Faheem Aziz, Chief Executive Officer, Safa Capital, as today is the latest day for Dubai listed companies to report their Q3 earnings. Finally, we’ll hear from Shiraz Khan, Head of Taxation, Al Tamimi & Co on the UAE ministry of finance announcing new corporate tax decisions for companies in free zones.

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We’re broadcasting live from DC Aviation Al Futtaim's VIP Terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport all this week, celebrating the company's 10th anniversary. On today’s Bitesize podcast we’ve got the latest from Sameer Lakhani, Managing Director, Global Capital Partners,  on the Dubai Taxi IPO announced this morning. Just under 25 per cent of the company’s shares will go on sale from the 21st of this month, with a minimum subscription of 5 thousand dirhams. We’re also speaking to Aviation expert Nick Humphrey and ask what we're likely to see in the way of new orders and announcements from this year's airshow. We’ll also hear from private jet guru Holger Ostheimer, Managing Director of DC Aviation Al-Futtaim on exactly what it’s like in the private terminal. Finally, we speak to AC Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani about the opening of Casa Milan Dubai, the new home of the Rossoneri in The Middle East. 

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On today’s Business Breakfast bitesize podcast we’ve got the latest on the region’s first crypto IPO announced this morning from Phoenix Group. We’ll also be discussing the latest Emirates numbers with aviation expert Vinamra Longani - with the group reporting a record first-half profit of 10.1 billion ($2.7 billion). Plus, we’re joined by Weisi Xie, Director, Shanghai, Economist Intelligence Unit to discuss the potential upcoming meeting between Joe Biden and Chinese President XI Jinping. They are expected to hold summit talks in San Francisco next week as they seek to stabilize tense ties by meeting in-person for just the second time in nearly three years. But could it overshadow everything that happens at APEC? Finally, we’ll speak to Chandu Siroya - Managing Director, Siroya Jewellers & Vice Chairman of Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group to discuss Diwali-nomics as Indians rush to buy gold to celebrate Diwali. 

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The dollar's rebound extended for a third day on Wednesday after some Federal Reserve policymakers left the door open to further rate hikes. Daniel Richards, senior economist, Emirates NBD joined us to discuss the latest on that and why we should be investing in new roads. Taimur Khan, Associate Director & Head of Research, CBRE, explained how residential transactions in the booming Dubai real estate market has reached new milestones exceeding previous records. Plus, a brand-new free paper has been launched in Dubai, with over 80,000 copies distributed across the UAE - Matthew Amlot from Arabian Business joined us to tell us more. Finally, Mo Mansour, Head of UAE, Remitly came down to Dubai CommerCity to explain why Dubai has been ranked as the number one city people from around the world want to move to. 

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On the BITESIZE podcast today Daniel Richards, Senior Economist Emirates NBD has the latest on Aramco’s profits which are down with oil at a 3-month low. Manpreet Gill, Chief Investment Officer for the Africa, Middle-East and Europe (AMEE), Standard Chartered joins us explaining that geopolitics remains a risk, with the focus on any disruption to oil supplies in the Middle East as a potential channel to financial markets. Plus, Shane McGinley, News Editor, Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI) discusses how FATF is almost certain to take the UAE off the grey list next year and explains what the UAE has done over the past 18 months to improve its AML performance as some British citizens living in the UAE have had their UK bank accounts closed because they live in a "risky" country. Finally, Founder & Owner of Workplace Maven Oliver Baxter joins us to discuss WeWorks and what other businesses can learn from their mistakes. 

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Dubai approves a budget of a quarter of a trillion dirhams for the next three years. Daniel Richards, senior economist Emirates NBD crunched the numbers for us and gave us his key takeaways from the budget. Agthia Group Reports AED 3.27 Billion Net Revenue During The First Nine Months 2023 - we discussed the latest on those numbers with Alan Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Agthia Group. Plus, we were joined by Bayut and Dubizzle CEO Haider Ali Khan who updated us on their IPO plans, Chat GPT and property portal wars. Finally, Alex Zeitz, Director of Experience, International Port Ops, and Special Events from Virgin Voyages explained how Dubai Harbour has welcomed the iconic Resilient Lady from Virgin Voyages on its maiden call to the Arabian Gulf. 

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On today's podcast we've got the latest on the Saudi private sector job creation being at a 9 year high with PMI numbers showing the Saudi private sector continuing to grow - all of that with Daniel Walker, senior economist at Emirates NBD. Plus, we're live from Dubai CommerCity this week so we speak to Faisal Jassem, Senior Director of Sales here about this being the first and leading free zone dedicated exclusively to digital commerce in the Middle East Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. We go live to Riyadh to speak to Phil Hine, Human Capital Advisor, Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Saudi Arabia's non-oil sector that's experiencing a significant increase in employment. Finally, could AI create a world where no one needs a job? We’ll find out more with the CEO of Tripler. 

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02 November 2023: Fitness Coach and entrepreneur Charlie Johnson started as a ftiness coach before growing his business in Europe, and expanding into Dubai.

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26 October 2023: Serial impact entrepreneur Matteo Boffa tells Tom and Neil why he puts his money in companies that can both turn a profit and make a difference. 

He is joined by Riwa Khan, who is behind vegan ice cream brand Majama. 

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12 October 2023: Saeed Alghafri, CEO of Emirates Steel, tells Tom and Neil how he suffered from a burnout and got through it. 

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05 October 2023: Magician and hypnotist Luca Gallone has amassed 12 million followers on Tiktok, and appeared on The Ellen Show. 

He shares some tips on how to go viral and be your own boss. 

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28 September 2023: Etiquette coach Ziying Zhou quizzes Tom and Neil on how to behave in a business meeting.

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