BBC transcripts
09:50 Thursday 4th October 2012
Mid-Morning Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
RONNIE BARBOUR: Here comes John, John Knowles. Hi John.
JOHN KNOWLES: Hello.
RONNIE BARBOUR: You’re a Labour councillor from Peterborough. Talking of the state of rental properties, and how you can get it fixed and the response from landlords. What have you got for me John? Continue reading “Renting In Peterborough – Massive Scandal Mooted”
17:48 Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Drive BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
CHRIS MANN: A thousand extra jobs are coming to Peterborough over the busy Christmas period. Online retailer Amazon has announced over one thousand seasonal employees are being recruited at the Peterborough Fulfillment Centre. Iain Crighton is Chairman of Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, and joins me now. Very welcome, isn’t it?
IAIN CRIGHTON: Yes, it’s the sort of stuff which puts a smile on your face. And I’m sure there’ll be a thousand people hopefully who’ll be smiling at the end as they go into Christmas. It must be nice to have a little bit of pocket money coming in. Christmas will seem that little bit better, won’t it? Continue reading “Iain Crighton On The Amazon Christmas Hiring”
An interesting (?) insight into the workings of the Ebay Customer Services Department
We had occasion to advertise a car for sale on Ebay.
The auction ran, and the eventual winner emailed to ask for the registration number, so that he/she could insure the car and run an HPI check on it.
Continue reading “Ebay Customer Services Department”
07:07 Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: Cambridgeshire is the fastest growing county in the country. The city of Cambridge has grown by almost 14% over the past ten years, Peterborough by almost 20%. It’s been predicted that Cambridge will grow by more than a quarter between now and 2031. The entire county will grow by 20% in that time. Peterborough has doubled in size since the 1960s. But where are all these people going to live? All these people that come here, where are they living now? Ed Balls says the key is to build more affordable homes. But can people actually buy them? Can they afford affordable homes? .. Dotty Mcleod is with us this morning. Continue reading “Cambridge Key Workers and the Housing Racket”
07:20 Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Bigger Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: You’d like a bit of building to be done, wouldn’t you, on the PDH site in Peterborough that’s been derelict for who knows how long?
STEWART JACKSON: Well it’s been empty, that site, since December 2010. And given that the Trust, the Hospital Trust, has got an indicative deficit if they don’t make some pretty big changes, of £54 million, one would have thought that in the last twenty two months they would have got round to actually disposing of the site and start the process of building good quality homes there. Continue reading “PDH Site Still Derelict As Talks Continue and Costs Mount”