Eastern Promise - The Podcast

Mike runs down some of the latest news from the region:
Singer-songwriter Eliza Delf releases 'The Blackberry Thief' EP in time for Halloween;
The University of East Anglia's Enterprise Centre wins its fifth accolade from the British Council for Offices.
Send your news releases to: newsdesk@easternpromise.sitee.

To illustrate the science and R&D links that connect Norwich and Cambridge, Mike chats with Professor Gerard Parr MBE, Head of the Comuter Sciences School at the UEA, regarding the Smart Emerging Technologies Institute (SETI), which is one of the most exciting digital projects currently underway in the East.

The Great Eastern Promise Train Adventure finally rolls into Cambridge Station, but not before Roz Bird, CEO of Anglia Innovation Partnerships (which runs the Norwich Research Park); Belinda Clarke, Director of Agri-TechE; Fiona Lettice, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of East Anglia (UEA); and Douglass Cuff of IQHQ share their thoughts on the science and R&D links that connect Norwich and Cambridge.

It's a bumper crop this week, as the Great Eastern Promise Train Adventure finally rolls into Cambridge Station, but not before Roz Bird, CEO of Anglia Innovation Partnerships (which runs the Norwich Research Park); Belinda Clarke, Director of Agri-TechE; Fiona Lettice, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of East Anglia (UEA); and Douglass Cuff of IQHQ share their thoughts on the science and R&D links that connect Norwich and Cambridge.
And, to illustrate those connections, Mike chats with Professor Gerard Parr MBE, Head of the Comuter Sciences School at the UEA, regarding the Smart Emerging Technologies Institute (SETI), which is one of the most exciting digital projects currently underway in the East.
Mike also shares the latest news from the region, and shares your tales of terror, recounting the scariest places in the East of England!  Oo-er!       

Mike runs down your guiltiest pleasures (which, let's be honest, aren't all that guilty) in the East of England in this week's CROWDSOURCERY! 

Mike continues his tour around the Food Enterprise Park near Honingham with a trip inside its keystone tenant, Condimentum!  CEO Dave Martin takes us through the history of the plant, and how his team channels their Mint 'n Mustard Mojo!
This is the completely UNABRIDGED version with additional Dave, Mike and minty magic!

Welcome to Episode 40 of Eastern Promise, where we once again ride the region's rails following our recent Great Train Adventure!  This week, host Mike Rigby brings you or the business roundtable, featuring Norfolk Chambers of Commerce CEO Nova Fairbank, Partner at Carter Jonas Cambridge, William Rooke, and mentor and leadership expert Nigel Cushion, CEO of Nelsonspirit.
Our panel discuss the view from Cambridge, the opportunities in the relationship and the need to follow Admiral Nelson's example.  Eastern Promise's guests on the journey are having a lot of fun, so its a noisy train but you should hear the panel just fine.

Welcome to Episode 40 of Eastern Promise, where we once again ride the region's rails following our recent Great Train Adventure!  This week, host Mike Rigby brings you or the business roundtable, featuring Norfolk Chambers of Commerce CEO Nova Fairbank, Partner at Carter Jonas Cambridge, William Rooke, and mentor and leadership expert Nigel Cushion, CEO of Nelsonspirit.
Then, as if that wasn't enough, we follow up last week's trip around the Food Enterprise Park near Honingham with a trip inside its keystone tenant, Condimentum!  CEO Dave Martin takes us through the history of the plant, and how his team channels their Mint 'n Mustard Mojo!
And finally, Mike runs down your guiltiest pleasures (which aren't that guilty!) in the East of England in this week's CROWDSOURCERY! 

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!? 

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!
 
We discuss the future of the line, the stations and towns on the route, how we can unlock improvements and the opportunities that can flow from that unlocking.... (Part 1 of 3)