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 Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Mike Rigby reads out your answers to a riddle that was wrapped in an enigma, found buried in a byzantine bucket under the Great Ship at Sutton Hoo... This week, the listeners choose a motto for the East of England.
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Part 2 of Mike's interview with Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman. George discusses the thorny issue of planning including new settlements, net zero, energy policy and the growth and development of the Norwich Research Park...
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Mike Rigby is your host for episode two of Eastern Promise, the podcast that explores the full potential of the East of England. This week, we have the concluding part of Mike's interview with Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman, plus the return of Challenge: Anglia!
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Mike Rigby reads out and reacts to your responses to a question that isn't so much burning as giving off a low even heat. This episode: if the East of England had a National Anthem, what would it be? Stay tuned for some off the wall choices...
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Collecting the interview with George Freeman MP, the Plug Board (with Andy Hunter of Samuel Ward Academy, Haverhill, Dennis Caswell of the Cambridge Catering Co. and Romy Frow of Travel Counsellors) and we round off with the measured in(s)anity of Challenge: Anglia! 52 minutes of East Anglian goodness: Eastern Promise as it's meant to be heard.
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Welcome to the Plug Board, where three guests from the East of England get to shamelessly plug their own business, project or event so long as they give an equally shameless plug to someone else in return.
This month, Mike is joined by Andy Hunter of Samuel Ward Academy, Haverhill, Dennis Caswell of the Cambridge Catering Co. and Romy Frow of Travel Counsellors) with plugs for chip shops, Italian restaurants and net zero recruitment consultants!
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Part 1 of Mike's interview with Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman. George discusses the region's economy post-COVID, his plan for 'Local Regeneration Corporations' and the East's colossal strength in science...
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.