Eastern Promise - The Podcast
‘Eastern Promise‘ explores the full potential of the East of England. We talk to experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, disrupters and more, finding out why the Eastern region is the best place in the UK to start, run and grow a business. From architecture to zoology, every business has a place here, with Mike Rigby as your guide on this audio journey, celebrating and promoting our region. Eastern Promise also features the Plug Board; where a panel of three get to plug their own business, event or project in exchange for giving a plug to someone else in return. And there‘s also a bit of lighthearted audience participation in ‘CrowdSourcery’, where folk from across the East of England - and even beyond! - choose their favourite things on a given theme to share and celebrate! You can contact Mike at podcast@easternpromise.org.uk.
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Episodes
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
It's a bumper package this week, as Eastern Promise approaches its first anniversary!
We join agri-futurist extraordinaire, Clarke Willis MBE, who takes us on a tour of the Food Enterprise Park near Norwich. This is an abridged version and the full interview is available on the Eastern Promise podcast feed.
Then! To celebrate Eastern Promise's first anniversary, we take to the rails for a panel interview with Jonathan Denby, Head of Corporate Affairs at Greater Anglia, Andrew Summers, Strategic Director at Transport East, and Andrew Holdsworth, Assistant Director of Development & Growth at Breckland Council...ON A MOVING TRAIN!
Finally, your top tips for a night out in the East of England will come in VERY handy this weekend, with Beer, Jazz, LBGTQ+ cabaret and all manner of high-end eateries all awaiting you. What's not to love!?
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Mike runs down your favourite family days out, contemplates the no-escape room, visits the zoo with the Zoological Society of East Anglia, and hears more about the new attraction coming in 2024 at ROAR!! Dinosaur Park... All in a day's work thanks to CROWDSOURCERY!
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Eastern Promise is back in Cambridge this week, at ideaSpace West at the Hauser Forum, on the physical sciences campus to the West of the city. ideaSpace head Ben Hartley is once more our guide to these unique innovation and entrepreneurial hubs, and we'll meet Sam Goddard of Labmotive and Dr David Sinclair of Immense Ltd.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Eastern Promise is back in Cambridge this week, at ideaSpace West at the Hauser Forum, on the physical sciences campus to the West of the city. ideaSpace head Ben Hartley is once more our guide to these unique innovation and entrepreneurial hubs, and we'll meet Sam Goddard of Labmotive and Dr David Sinclair of Immense Ltd. And then...we run down your favourite family days out, contemplate the no-escape room, visit the zoo with the Zoological Society of East Anglia, and hear more about the new attraction coming in 2024 at ROAR!! Dinosaur Park... All in a day's work thanks to CROWDSOURCERY!
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
What's the best building in the East of England? I head into the wilds of...the UEA(?) and run down your top choices in...CROWDSOURCERY!
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
This week, we're Cambridge-bound to visit IdeaSpace, three multi-sector hubs of founders and entrepreneurs, spreads across three sites in the city. We drop in on the City Centre site and hear about the IdeaSpace philosophy from its Director, Ben Hartley, and chat with founders Anthony Quinn and Moti Tabulo. We learn more from Ben about the distinctiveness of IdeaSpace and the factors that set it apart from other innovation and accelerator hubs across the region.
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
This week, we're Cambridge-bound to visit IdeaSpace, three multi-sector hubs of founders and entrepreneurs, spreads across three sites in the city. We drop in on the City Centre site and hear about the IdeaSpace philosophy from its Director, Ben Hartley, and chat with founders Anthony Quinn and Moti Tabulo. We also mine your collective brilliance for the best building in the East of England in... CROWDSOURCERY!
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Woodlands, wetlands and wilderness, let's look at your favourite places to encounter the natural world in the East of England, thanks to a spell of...CROWDSOURCERY!
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Mike talks with Thomas Panton, CEO and co-founder of sustainable shopping platform GreenR, about etrhical purchasing and the startup founder's journey.
Find out more here: https://greenr.co.uk/
Please note, this link is provided for information only and does not constitute an endorsement.
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Part two of my very well received chat with Chris Sargisson, CEO of Diss and Thetford CAB and former CEO of Norfolk Chambers of Commerce, Chris reflects on what drew him to the position with the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Recorded on the terrace of The Unthank Arms in Norwich.
Welcome to Eastern Promise
Eastern Promise is the podcast that explores the full potential of the East of England. We showcase that potential, celebrate it and share it with you, our listener.
From architecture to zoology, your host Mike Rigby takes you on a tour of the region, finding out things you din't know you didn't know and surprising you as to the scale of fantastic stuff that's happening under our noses.
Photo, left: Mike and Engineer 49 record a Plug Board episode at the boardroom at the EpiCentre in Haverhill, Suffolk.