The Business Breakfast, Dubai Eye’s award winning weekday business programme, will broadcast live from Melbourne, Australia as part of a special “Victoria Week” from 8 -12 May 2011.

Throughout the week, presenters Malcolm Taylor and Brandy Scott will be interviewing high profile industry leaders with links to the UAE, from a range of business sectors including finance, transport, sport and tourism.  They will also be covering the inaugural Australian Arab Business Forum & Expo on 5-6 May, which aims to promote and facilitate two-way trade and investment between Australia and Arab nations.

The Forum is supported by the State Government of Victoria, which also works to promote and assist business links across the region through the Victorian Government Business Office, its Middle East and North African (MENA) office, based in Dubai.

The Victorian Government Business Office provides help and assistance for Victorian exporters trading throughout the region, and works closely with local companies looking to source products and services, business introductions and investment opportunities with Victoria.

John Butler, Commissioner – MENA, State Government of Victoria, said: “There are already a number of high profile companies from the GCC region with business ties to Victoria.  These include Emirates Airline, title sponsor of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s major thoroughbred horserace, Etihad Airways who sponsors Etihad Stadium, Melbourne’s multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue and Toyota Australia, which manufactures all of the Camry taxis for Dubai and Abu Dhabi from its main factory located in Melbourne.

“Bringing the region’s most popular business radio programme to Melbourne will allow us to highlight the immense range of opportunities for businesses wishing to establish business links with Victorian companies,  and to showcase the state capital, which was recently named the world’s second most livable city, as an excellent place to live, work and conduct business."

Steve Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Arabian Radio Network, said: “We are incredibly excited to support this initiative and are looking to make this Forum a regular event. Business connections between Australia and this region are increasing at a significant rate and these types of initiatives only help to further enhance relationships between these economies.”

Mr Butler joined The Business Breakfast presenters Brandy Scott and Malcolm Taylor, at the Dubai Eye studio prior to their departure to Melbourne to present them with a book called Melbourne Symmetry, a 112 page publication of recent images giving a contemporary perspective of Melbourne.

The Business Breakfast broadcasts every weekday morning from 6-10am on Dubai Eye 103.8.