Tag: Neil Darwin

Peterborough Attracting Inward Investment

07:20 Friday 4th March 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: We’re selling the city this morning. Yes, we’re getting .. no we’re not getting rid of it. No, we’re selling the city. It’s a big advertising campaign to promote us, and it’s been launched in London. Posters are going to be displayed at Kings Cross Station for three months, and taxis will be branded with the Cathedral Square livery for a year. It’s part of a marketing strategy by Opportunity Peterborough. Pleased to say Neil Darwin has come in this morning, Director of Economic Development. Morning. Continue reading “Peterborough Attracting Inward Investment”

Peterborough News 2nd November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 2nd November 2010.

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Peterborough City Council have agreed to pay £175,000 to refurbish the Woolworths Building in order to encourage TK-Maxx to lease the property from the private landlords some time next year.
As it becomes apparent that Council budget cuts are affecting those least able to cope, questions are being raised about why the councillors themselves and the top earners at the Council have not offered to accept any cuts to their income.
The BBC Peterborough studio is afflicted by equipment failures for a second day in a row.
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Peterborough News 29th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Friday 29th October 2010.

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East Anglian Air Ambulance no longer want to work with the volunteer Magpas service, but Magpas say they will continue to operate using the Cambridgeshire police helicopter, and will buy their own if necessary.
Mayor Keith Sharp has promised to get a new war memorial in Cathedral Square Peterborough by 2012.
Local Enterprise Partnerships have been given the go-ahead by Government, replacing EEDA locally. Opinions are divided on whether Cambridge and Peterborough have enough in common to make the idea a success.
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Peterborough News 25th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Monday 25th October 2010.

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Following the loss of funding for the planned work on Stanground and Orton Longueville Schools, and a possible question mark over the funding on Ormiston Bushfield for which contracts have been signed, local representatives will meet Lord Hill, Parliamentary under-secretary of state for schools, to discuss the city’s requirements, and a possible way forward. Council may be required to put some money in. but Matthew Lee Deputy Leader says he is committed to delivering a decent school environment for pupils in the south of the city.
Hammerson have put in an application for a small extension to the Queensgate Shopping Centre. Opportunity Peterborough admit they have not delivered so well on their brief in the past, but promise to do better in the future to attract business to the city, and top-quality shops to Queensgate.
A representative cross section of local unions assembled in Laxton Square on Friday to express their concern at possible job loses arising from Government cuts.
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Peterborough News 14th October 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Thursday 14th October 2010.

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Peterborough calls itself Home of Environment Capital and makes an environmental policy pledge.
Cambridgeshire Police leave the central heating off as long as possible to save cash.
Shailesh Vara together with Cllr Holdich and school representatives will meet Govt to argue that planned work on Orton Longueville and Stanground schools should proceed, despite the Building Schools for the Future funding cut.
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Neil Darwin on Peterborough’s Image

As part of the ongoing debate surrounding recent negative publicity about Peterborough in the national press, Neil Darwin from Opportunity Peterborough talks to the BBC’s Andy Gall about what they are trying to do with the limited resources at their disposal. Continue reading “Neil Darwin on Peterborough’s Image”

Peterborough News 23rd August 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 23rd August 2010.

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Following recent unfavourable publicity, a general consensus is emerging that Peterborough needs to find the funding to make an energetic effort to improve its image, and emphasise the good points about the city that would attract the right sort of interest from investors, companies and individuals.
The Italian community held a protest yesterday against the sudden closure of their Fletton church. They question the stated reasons for ending worship on the site.
A Fleet Hargate couple defend their right to a costly medical procedure that enabled them to lose a combined total of 20 stone in weight.
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