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 Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
This Week: Eastern Promise rolls onto the Norwich Research Park to visit the Quadram Institute and chat to its Director, Professor Ian Charles OBE. Not only that, but I'm joined by Dr Tammy Dougan, Life Science and Healthcare Partnerships Lead for the University of Cambridge, who joins the QI's Head of Public Affairs, Andrew Stronach, for a tour of the Institute.
Both the tour and the interview with Professor Charles are abridged in this 'omnibus' edition but can be found in full on the Eastern Promise podcast feed.
And finally! Where do YOU meet your contacts for coffee and cake, eh? Stand by for recommendations aplenty in another CROWDSOURCERY!
Eastern Promise is brought to you in association with Mills & Reeve.
Find out more at: https://easternpromise.org.uk
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
In this second panel, we examine what tools and actions will empower this Breckland slice of the Cambridge-Norwich Tech Corridor - from Attleborough, through Snetterton and down to Thetford - to collaborate with, and empower the growth of, the ever-dynamic city of Cambridge.
To discuss this, Bidwells Partner and Ox-Cam Arc Lead, Rob Hopwood, Director of Snetterton Business Park Paul Downing, Mills & Reeve Real Estate lawyer Anna Aldous and Norfolk County Council's Director of Growth and Investment, Chris Starkie join Mike Rigby at Breckland Council's Dereham HQ.
And finally: to market, to market! We look at your favourite street markets to find out what's fresh and hot today!
Eastern Promise is brought to you in association with Mills & Reeve.
https://easternpromise.site.
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
On our first panel of an ongoing series, we look at the capability of a slice of Norfolk's southernmost geography on the Cambridge-Norwich Tech Corridor, from Attleborough, through Snetterton and down to Thetford, to bring their direct road and rail links to Cambridge, ample space, first-class quality of life and more to collaborate with, and empower the growth of, the ever-dynamic city of Cambridge.
To discuss this, Mike talks with Breckland Council Deputy Leader Sarah Suggitt, Bidwells Partner and Ox-Cam Arc Lead, Rob Hopwood, Matt Samways of real-estate firm Inuti, and Norfolk County Council's Director of Growth and Investment, Chris Starkie.
Eastern Promise is brought to you in association with Mills & Reeve.
https://easternpromise.site.
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
This Week: To market, to market! We look at your favourite street markets to find out what's fresh and hot today!
Eastern Promise is brought to you in association with Mills & Reeve.
https://easternpromise.site.
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
This Week: We look at the capability of a slice of Norfolk's southernmost geography on the Cambridge-Norwich Tech Corridor, from Attleborough, through Snetterton and down to Thetford, to bring their direct road and rail links to Cambridge, ample space, first-class quality of life and more to collaborate with, and empower the growth of, the ever-dynamic city of Cambridge.
To discuss this, we've assembled two stellar panels, featuring Breckland Council Deputy Leader, Cllr Sarah Suggitt, Bidwells Partner and Ox-Cam Arc Lead, Rob Hopwood, Director of Snetterton Business Park Paul Downing, Matt Samways of real-estate firm Inuti, Mills & Reeve Real Estate lawyer Anna Aldous and Norfolk County Council's Director of Growth and Investment, Chris Starkie.
And finally: to market, to market! We look at your favourite street markets to find out what's fresh and hot today!
Eastern Promise is brought to you in association with Mills & Reeve.
Find out more at: https://easternpromise.org.uk
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
What's the top networking events that you just can't miss. We find out in another CrowdSourcery!
Eastern Promise is a Priors Croft production in proud association with Mills & Reeve, Achieving more, together.
Find out more at: https://easternpromise.org.uk
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
It's part one of our occasional series looking into the work of the region's professional sports clubs in our communities. For our first stop, we're flocking to The Next, Horsford home of Norwich City Community Sports Foundation. Mike pays the Nest a visit, chatting with Foundation CEO Ian Thornton OBE. We drop in on the 3G pitches, the Challenge Woods and the Clubhouse, where a Dementia Cafe is in full swing.
Eastern Promise is a Priors Croft production in proud association with Mills & Reeve, Achieving more, together.
Find out more at: https://easternpromise.org.uk
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
This Week: It's part one of our occasional series looking into the work of the region's professional sports clubs in our communities. For our first stop, we're flocking to The Next, Horsford home of Norwich City Community Sports Foundation.
Mike pays the Nest a visit, chatting with Foundation CEO Ian Thornton OBE. We drop in on the 3G pitches, the Challenge Woods and the Clubhouse, where a Dementia Cafe is in full swing.
And finally, what's the top networking events that you just can't miss. We find out in another CrowdSourcery!
Eastern Promise is a Priors Croft production in proud association with Mills & Reeve, Achieving more, together.
Find out more here: https://easternpromise.org.uk
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Were you born to run? Well, lots of you clearly were as we show a clean pair of heels to another CROWDSOURCERY!
Eastern Promise is brought to you in association with Mills & Reeve: Achieving More, Together.
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
We're in Ipswich, joining the 550th anniversary festivities of the birth of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey: titan of Tudor politics. I'll be talking to Kath Cockshaw FRSA of Locus MS, Emily Shepperson from the Suffolk Archives and [checks notes] one Henry VIII!
Visit our website: https://easternpromise.org.uk. Eastern Promise is brought to you in association with Mills & Reeve: Achieving More, Together.
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.