We investigate your happy places in the East of England, where you go to rest and recalibrate.  A lot of our contributors choose water, some pick pooch walking, long countryside ambles ofwhich we have many.  And coffee shops are ever a popular place to watch your fellow humans and enjoy the benefits of a well-crushed Arabica bean.. 

The makers of this podcast apologise to Scotland for shooting bagpipes out of season, and BBC East for...everything, really.

Yes, we're very sorry - BUT!  It's time for a spell of CROWDSOURCERY!

This Week: We preview the forthcoming East of England Tech Collaboration Event at the Sainsbury Centre on the University of East Anglia's campus, itself a curtain-raiser to Cambridge Tech Week!  

And then, for the main event, I chat to Rachel Hales, founder of Get Synergised and the With Purpose platform, along with Hannah Chapman of the Cambridge Acorn Project and Nick Finlayson-Brown, partner and Head of the Cambridge office of Mills & Reeve.

And then and then!  We tell you what's happened to your favourite CrowdSourcing feature...(Spoiler alert - not much).

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This Week: We celebrate your Unsung Heroes in another star-spangled CROWDSOURCERY!

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We are proud to be supported by Mills & Reeve.       

This week: This is it!  The Grand Finale is upon us, with the last panel comprising Dr Riaz Bhunnoo, Director of the GlobalFood Security Programme for UK Research and Innovation; Dr Stella Peace, Director of Healthy Living and Agriculture for Innovate UK; Shadow Food and Farming Minister and MP for Cambridge Daniel Zeichner MP; and host  and Director of the Quadram Institute, Professor Ian Charles OBE.  We'll hear what they made of the event and their advice on collaboration, the need for a narrative, and  where the Norwich Food Science Supercluster should focus to see continued success.

And Finally!  We celebrate your Unsung Heroes in another star-spangled CROWDSOURCERY!

For More Information, please go to https://easternpromise.org.uk.

We are proud to be supported by Mills & Reeve.       

Let's kick off another round of community-sourced goodness looking at sporting venues across the East of England in another goal-hanging CROWDSOURCERY... 

This Week: Your host Mike Rigby takes you back to the Norwich Food Science Supercluster event and we hear from Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, Professor David Maguire, who introduces the second half of the event.  Then, after the audio of the film promoting the Innovation capabilities of the supercluster, Imogen Shipperlee of Hethel Innovation, , Dr Nick Goodwin of Anglia Innovation Partnership, Dave Martin of Condimentum and Dr Jon Clarke of the John Innes Centre, then take us through the current innovation climate in Norwich, Norfolk and the East of England.  It's an intriguing discussion which highlights the possibilities as well as the true depth of the facilities in Norwich.

And finally: let's kick off another round of community-sourced goodness looking at sporting venues across the East of England in another goal-hanging CROWDSOURCERY... 

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Eastern Promise is proud to be sponsored by Mills & Reeve 

We are but eight episodes away from our centennial episode - 100 episodes shining a light on the very best of the East of England, whether in  - Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk & North Essex.  But how should we mark the milestone?  You tell us your view with a magical touch of CROWDSOURCERY!

Find out more at: https://easternpromise.org.uk.

Eastern Promise is proud to be supported by Mills & Reeve.      

This week: We continue our coverage of the recent Eastern Promise Norwich Food Science Supercluster summit with our Infrastructure panel.  It should probably have been called the 'planning' panel as that's the primary focus: the Food Enterprise Zone upon which the Food Enterprise Park is forming; the proposed HP3 facility (Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet) on the Norwich Research Park, and the scale of the ambition the supercluster can support (SPOILER ALERT: It's limitless!)  

And Finally!  We are eight episodes away from our centennial episode - 100 episodes shining a light on the very best of the East of England, whether in  - Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk & North Essex.  But how should we mark the milestone?  You tell us your view with a magical touch of CROWDSOURCERY!

Find out more at: https://easternpromise.org.uk.

Eastern Promise is proud to be supported by Mills & Reeve.      

We celebrate your best indie businesses in another sense-shattering CrowdSourcery!

If you want to get in touch you can contact me via https://easternpromise.org.uk

This Week: We're back with our second panel from the recent Norwich Food Science Supercluster summit, this time looking at INVESTMENT.  How we get it, how we keep it, what's already happening and how we can do more to boost the number of angel investors.  

First, we'll hear from Mills & Reeve's Head of VC and Investment, Zickie Lim, then you'll hear from our panel of James Allen (New Anglia LEP & Connected Innovation);  Caroline Dean (Partner, Mills & Reeve); Chris Starkie (Director of Growth & Investment, Norfolk County Council) and Prof. Andy Neely (at the time of recording, Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor for Enterprise & Business Relations for Cambridge University).  It really is encouraging and I urge you to take a listen!  

And finally: We celebrate your best indie businesses in another sense-shattering CrowdSourcery!

If you want to get in touch you can contact me via https://easternpromise.org.uk