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.
Episodes
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
24 min
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.
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
17 min
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.
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
47 min
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.
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
4 min
Mike Rigby unveils which of three likely stories is a LOT less likely, as Challenge:Anglia hits the beautiful borough of Bury St. Edmunds!
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
21 min
Mike chats further to Ashley Shorey-Mills of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce about the huge opportunities for SMEs in the Sizewell C supply chain.
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
17 min
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.
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
45 min
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!
Apr 28, 2022
Apr 28, 2022
4 min
We sort the neckties from the cravats as the three statements of the legendary David Parfrey are put under the Challenge Anglia microscope!
Apr 28, 2022
Apr 28, 2022
23 min
Mike talks to Ashley Shorey-Mills, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce's lead on the Sizewell C Supply Chain, about the huge opportunities the supply chain will bring to the region.
Apr 28, 2022
Apr 28, 2022
30 min
Eastern Promise returns! This week, Mike chats to Ashley Shorey-Mills of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce about the opportunities to be had in the Sizewell C supply chain. Mike also puts you out of your monastic misery by letting you know whether it was David Parfrey's monky magic, his va-va-voom in Rome or his total tonnage of ties that was the fib in Challenge Anglia.
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.