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 Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
This Week: In an episode that couldn't be more timely, Mike Rigby talks to Tristan Fischer of Fischer Farms - a vertical farm just outside Norwich - about his philosophy, why a Lichfield-based organisation came to Norwich, and what the potential for Controlled Environment Agriculture to aid plant scientists at the Norwich Research Park and beyond.
Also this week, we honour our American audience, whose listening figures eclipsed every audience in the world except England - that's right bigger than Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland!
And finally, we find out whither you wander as we set off to tread our region's most historic streets for another CROWDSOURCERY!
Eastern Promise is proud to be supported by Mills & Reeve.
Find out more at: https://easternpromise.org.uk
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
This Week: And finally: We list your major milestones for the year ahead and Mike Rigby goes to barely credible lengths to hide his lack of material...
Find out more about Eastern Promise at https://easternpromise.org.uk
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
This Week: I talk to Clarice Benney of Connect Health Tech about this ground-breaking collaborative community at the nexus of tech and medicine, as well as sakuting the winners of the 2023 Connect Health Tech Community Awards!
Find out more here; https://connect.cam.ac.uk/health-tech
And finally: We list your major milestones for the year ahead and Mike Rigby goes to barely credible lengths to hide his lack of material...
Find out more about Eastern Promise at https://easternpromise.org.uk
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
This Week: We delve into your big plans for 2024 and find out what's got you salivatin', despite the waitin'! Yes, that's all on the first 2024 CROWDSOURCERY!
For more information, go to https://easternpromise.org.uk
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
This Week: Mike Rigby and co-host Sally Osborne try out the UrbanXR pop-up shop in Castle Quarter, Norwich. UrbanXR's James Lee Burgess helps them experience some mixed reality retail that just might save our high streets...
For more information, go to https://easternpromise.org.uk
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
This Week: Happy New Year! We kick off 2024 in fine fettle, as Mike chats to Waveney MP Peter Aldous about offshore wind, online democracy, and the regeneration of Lowestoft. Pete also gives us his hot take on the Autumn Statement...
For more information, go to https://easternpromise.org.uk.
* Please note: interviewees views are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Eastern Promise or its presenters.
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
This Week: Happy New Year! We kick off 2024 in fine fettle, as Mike chats to Waveney MP Peter Aldous about offshore wind, online democracy, and the regeneration of Lowestoft. Peter also gives us his hot take on the Autumn Statement*, delivered minutes before we recorded the interview...
And there's more! Mike and co-host Sally Osborne try out the UrbanXR pop-up shop and experience some mixed reality retail that just might save our high streets.
And finally! We delve into your big plans for 2024 and find out what's got you salivatin', despite the waitin'! Yes, that's all on the first 2024 CROWDSOURCERY!
For more information, go to https://easternpromise.org.uk.
* Please note: interviewees views are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Eastern Promise or its presenters.
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
This week: What's on your Christmas list for the East of England? Let's find out in another bauble-bustin' CROWDSOURCERY...
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
This week:Eastern Promise head honcho Mike Rigby chairs a Bidwells Bitesize event looking at the potential of onshore wind energy, . An expert panel consisting of Chris Thyer and James Alflatt of Bidwells, and Isobel Morris from the RSPB, look at the potential, possibilities and, yes, pitfalls of onshore wind, and answer key questions such as: what is the current planning situation? What effect do they have on wildlife? And what should landowners do if apporached? Recorded as live at the Centrum building on Norwich Research Park in November 2024.
And finally! What's on your Christmas list for the East of England? Let's find out in another bauble-bustin' CROWDSOURCERY...
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
And Now! We run down your festive frivolities and Mike adds to the Christmas spirit by composing some appropriately (awful) East-of-England themed Cracker Jokes, for your listening...we want to say 'pleasure'?
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.