Category: Conversations

Stewart Jackson MP: Land Registry jobs saved.

This interview with Conservative MP Stewart Jackson followed the news that the Land Registry office in Peterborough has been saved from closure. It was broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday 18th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

This interview with Conservative MP Stewart Jackson followed the news that the Land Registry office in Peterborough has been saved from closure. It was broadcast at 07:15 on Thursday 18th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: Three hundred city jobs have been saved. That’s the big news this morning. The Land Registry announced yesterday they’d scrapped plans to close the Peterborough office. Six months ago staff were told the office was likely to close. Alex Bone, who works at the office told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about the moment they found out they were keeping their jobs.
AB TAPE: It was really surreal in that you’ve got three hundred people gathered there, and just the noise, the noise going on, the noise. And then our area manager came in and then there was just this deathly silence. He didn’t initially say straight away, he opened he ran through a number of things, some other things, and just thinking, just tell us please. And then he did say, right, the following offices are going to keep open. And then he announced Croydon, and you’re thinking right, OK, and then he said Peterborough, but it was a bit, a little bit drawn out, well it seemed to be, and there were a lot of happy faces obviously. Some people were actually crying with relief.
PS: Very relieved. Very happy people in Peterborough this morning. Conservative MP for Peterborough Stewart Jackson is with us. Morning Stewart.
SJ: Good morning Paul.
PS: A concerted campaign by the unions, and by your goodselves, seems to have paid dividends, yes.
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Opportunity Peterborough and Smarter Cities

This interview with Trevor Gibson from Opportunity Peterborough talks about their pilot project to map local environmental data to Google Earth as part of the IBM Smarter Cities project . Broadcast at 08:35 on Wednesday 17th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

This interview with Trevor Gibson from Opportunity Peterborough talks about their pilot project to map local environmental data to Google Earth as part of the IBM Smarter Cities project . Broadcast at 08:35 on Wednesday 17th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: A new project which will monitor the carbon footprint of residents and businesses like you, me, him and her across the city has been launched. Opportunity Peterborough has teamed up with IBM to produce a website which will show energy and water usage along with recycling rates for wards across the city. It looks pretty impresive actually. There’s a picture in a local magazine this morning. It’s a first for the UK, and the dream is that it will turn Peterborough into the country’s leading sustainable city. Trevor Gibson is from Opportunity Peterborough. Good morning Trevor.
TG: Good morning.
PS: I like the look of this. It looks pretty good. It’s very pretty indeed. Does it cost us anything, first of all.
TG: Well it’s initially a partnership between Peterborough City Council and Opportunity Peterborough, paid for, a relatively small pilot actually, and IBM and Green Ventures, and Royal Haskoning have come on board and formed a sort of an association of consultancies, if you like, to work on something that we think will be really dramatic for the city, and is already being taken an interest in by many organisations outside of the UK.
PS: Yes. Can you explain what it is exactly, in layman’s terms?
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Interview with Buttercross Tearooms

Spring in Central Park Peterborough, at the Buttercross Tearooms (prop. Vincent Terranova)

An interview with Vincent Terranova proprietor of the Buttercross Tearooms Central Park Peterborough, broadcast on the Peterborough Breakfast Show at 07:30 am on Tuesday 16th March 2010. Interviewer is Paul Stainton.

PS: Where better place to start our Springwatch campaign – where better to sit down and enjoy the signs of Spring, than the Buttercross Tearooms in central Park. Vincent Terranova works there and joins us now. Morning Vincent.
VT: Good morning, good morning.
PS: Are you feeling springlike this morning?
VT: Fantastic.
PS: Have you had a lolly?
VT: Definitely spring.
PS: Have you had a lolly? You’ve had a lolly.
VT: I’ve had my lolly this morning.
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Interview with Mike Fletcher March 16th 2010

Interview with Cllr Mike Fletcher Chairman Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee Peterborough City Council following the meeting on Monday 15th March 2010 where Council was invited to account for it’s spending on consultants. Broadcast at 07:45 on 16th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

Interview with Cllr Mike Fletcher Chairman Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee Peterborough City Council following the meeting on Monday 15th March 2010 where Council was invited to account for it’s spending on consultants. Broadcast at 07:45 on 16th March 2010 in Paul Stainton’s BBC Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: Now a review has begun into the amount of money the City Council spends on consultants. You may remember last week we broke the news that we’d spent something like .. was it nine million or something like that I don’t know? It was a million pounds a month, wasn’t it? Something like that. Five councillors will now spend six months looking at the cost of experts, and the amount of money they save the Council. It was twelve million, wasn’t it? We revealed on the Breakfast Show that it was twelve million for this financial year and Cllr. Mike Fletcher is Chairman of the Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee. Morning Mike.
MF: Good morning.
PS: The purpose of the meeting?
MF: Well to enquire into the use of consultants, and see just how effective they are. I can assure you that if I have anything to do with it, it’s not going to take six months, more like six weeks.
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Interview with Adam Barker March 15th 2010

Interview with Adam Barker selected Conservative candidate for the Walton ward replacing ousted candidate Charles Day. 07:20am 15th March 2010 on the Peterborough Breakfast Show.

Interview with Adam Barker selected Conservative candidate for the Walton ward, replacing ousted candidate Charles Day.  Broadcast at 07:20am on the 15th March 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PS: Last week on the show we revealed that Charles Day had been deselected as the Tory councillor in Walton. And next we are going to speak to a man who’s hoping to take his place.
(Sport Relief Promo)
PS: So as I mentioned, Charles Day deselected as the Tory councillor in Walton last week. We mentioned on the show that he will be replaced as Conservative candidate at the next election by Adam Barker. Charles Day not very happy about being deselected. This is what he had to say about it.
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Interview with Andrew Edwards March 15th 2010

Interview with Andrew Edwards Peterborough City Council’s Head of Strategic Property, on their plans to sell off the Lady Lodge Arts Centre for use as a private care facility. Paul Stainton’s Peterborough Breakfast Show – March 15th 2010 08:35 am.

Interview with Andrew Edwards Head of Strategic Property Peterborough City Council on Paul Stainton’s Peterborough Breakfast Show concerning the planned sell-off of the Lady Lodge Arts Centre to a private nursing facility.

PS: Before all that though, news that plans have been finalised to sell the former Lady Lodge Arts Centre in Orton Goldhay. If approved, a specialist care home will be built to cater for young people with disabilities. Andrew Edwards is the Council’s Head of Strategic Property. Morning ..
AE: Good morning Paul, how are you this morning?
PS: I’m very good thank you. The sun is shining, it’s a spring-like day across Peterborough. I can see it streaming in through the window in Priestgate. Beautiful day, and remind us of the history behind the Lady Lodge which was an arts centre for a while, wasn’t it, but it sort of fell into disrepair, didn’t it.
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Interview with Rowen Squibb March 10th 2010

An interview with Rowen Sqibb from Growborough on Paul Stainton’s Peterborough Breakfast Show – talking about vibrancy, Opportunity Peterborough and the night-time economy in Peterborough city centre.

Interview with Rowen Squibb from Growborough – 10th March 2010 08:40 am on Paul Stainton’s Peterborough Breakfast Show.

Paul: On yesterday’s show we revealed that Opportunity Peterborough had appointed a Head of City Vibrancy. You may remember we mentioned it once or twice. Now the organisation is currently being restructured, with all regeneration portfolios returning to the council. Steve Bowyer has took on the vibrancy role. He is the vibrant one. And he told us what the title actually means.
STEVE BOWYER TAPE: Vitality, if you like, would be another word. Actually a place where people want to come, and enjoy. Where businesses most importantly want to come and invest. Where it is a place of commercial interest, cultural interest, leisure interest etcetera. So a vibrant city is one where people want to be, whether they be individuals, people who live there, whether they be tourists, whether they be visitors, whether they be commercial companies, businesses, cultural organisations etcetera.
Paul: Well Darren Fower is Head of Peterborough Liberal Democrats. He was critical of Opportunity Peterborough’s project.
DARREN FOWER TAPE: I think questions need to be asked. And I will look forward to seeing what the people of Peterborough say, but from our point of view as the Liberal Democrat group on the city council, we’ll certainly keep an eye on them, as we have done for several years now. And if we find anything of interest, we’ll make sure that you find out first.
Paul: Well another organisation who are keen to raise the profile and awareness of Peterborough and add a bit of vitality and vibrancy to the city centre are Growborough. Rowen Squibb is looking to the heavens as I speak. He’s from the group. Good Morning.
Rowen: Good morning to you. How are you?
Paul: Are you vibrant?
Rowen: Well, it’s Wednesday morning isn’t it? Yes, I’ve been more vibrant.
Paul: It’s been pointed out to me this morning that it is 2010 as well. I was slightly wrong with the year earlier on, but, um, what do you make of this role of Head of City Vibrancy?
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Interview with Charles Day March 11th 2010

Charles Day Conservative councillor for Walton Peterborough explains how he was deselected without reason and speculates on the cause.

Paul Stainton interviews  Charles Day Conservative councillor for Walton, who has been deselected for the seat without being told why.
Thursday 11th March 2011, on the Peterborough Breakfast Show.

PB: Now a councillor for Walton has been left mystified after being deselected by the Peterborough Tory Party. Cllr Charles Day will be replaced by Adam Barker as the Conservative’s candidate for the next election. Charles Day is with us this morning. Morning Charles.
CD: Good morning.
PB: Not quite a perfect day. What’s going on?
CD: I have absolutely no idea.
PB: Who have you upset?
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