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
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
This week, Mike continues his chat with Emma Fletcher, MD of Evera Homes & Chair of Swaffham Prior Community Land Trust, looking at housing provision and how CLTs can help. We also taker a look ahead at what's to come on Eastern Promise, and did you spot the slippery customer on Challenge:Anglia's visit to North Norfolk?
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Mike takes you to Lowestoft and unveils which of our three tunas of truth is a flounder. He also gleefully profanes the memory of one of Norfolk's greatest heroes...
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Mike chats to Norwich-based singer-songwriter Eliza Delf about her forthcoming album, 'Into the Wilderness', her unique sound and her East Anglian influences. Excerpts from 'Into the Wilderness' are featured here by kind permission of Eliza Delf.
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Mike talks to Emma Fletcher, MD of Evera Homes and chair of both Swaffham Prior's community land trust and its innovative district heating scheme. Emma details the progress of the district heating scheme so far, how it's not as radical as it sounds - if you're Danish - and the steps Evera Homes is taking to embed technology and net zero, as well as common sense innovations.
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Mike talks to Emma Fletcher, MD of Evera Homes and Chair of the Swaffham Prior Community Land Trust about homes and Swaffham Prior's district heating project. Mike also chats with Norwich singer-songwriter Eliza Delf about her debut album 'Into the Wilderness', unique sound and her East Anglian influences. Finally, Mike heads to the beach at Lowestoft and unveils whether fish, fleet or forebears are the fake in Challenge: Anglia! Excerpts from 'Into the Wilderness' are featured by kind permission of Eliza Delf.
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Mike Rigby unveils which of three likely stories is a LOT less likely, as Challenge:Anglia hits the beautiful borough of Bury St. Edmunds!
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Mike chats further to Ashley Shorey-Mills of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce about the huge opportunities for SMEs in the Sizewell C supply chain.
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Mike Rigby takes you to the Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club awards, where the cream of the construction sector meets to honour people and projects that were more than just a cut above. Chris Sargisson of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce hosts the event as we get reaction from the winners.
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
This week, host Mike Rigby takes you to the Norfolk Constructing Excellence Club awards 2022, learns more aboput the fantastic oppportunities for SMEs in the Sizewell C supply chain, and separates fact from fiction on Bury St Edmunds in Challenge:Anglia!
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
We sort the neckties from the cravats as the three statements of the legendary David Parfrey are put under the Challenge Anglia microscope!
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.