CHRIS MANN: The good news of 400 new jobs being created at Babraham Institute where the Government has put in £44 million to the research campus, and we have to contrast that with the bad news, particularly in Peterborough, where 1,500 temporary winter contracts have come to an end, and people there are seeking new work. Let’s put it in perspective now. The Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce John Bridge joins me live. John, good evening to you.
JOHN BRIDGE: Yes. Good evening Chris.
CHRIS MANN: Quite sharp, isn’t it, the contrast between the top end where skilled workers are very much wanted in this county, and the bottom end where others, well, their work comes and goes? Continue reading “Local Chamber Pledges Council Support For Inward Investors”
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Cambridge Travel Debate
17:47 Wednesday 7th September 2011
Drive BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
ANDY HARPER: Let’s just talk about an issue that was raised this morning on our Cambridgeshire Breakfast Show. It was all about how people get to work across Cambridgeshire, and the debate over the Guided Bus. Because the Guided Bus is now a month into full service. After Cambridgeshire Breakfast, Andy Harper was joined in the studio by a panel of local people with a knowledge of Cambridgeshire’s transport issues, to discuss what needs to be done now, and in the future, so the county can cope with further growth on our roads, and avoid gridlock. Mark Rix, who runs a cleaning company and has to drive around Cambridge every day, feels the Guided Bus has made a bit of a difference, but wants more to be done to ease congestion. (TAPE) Continue reading “Cambridge Travel Debate”
John Bridge and the Freudian Slip
08:13 Wednesday 18th May 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
PAUL STAINTON: It’s a good morning for Peterborough, John. Your reaction to the fact the Olympic torch is coming to the city?
JOHN BRIDGE: Oh absolutely delighted Paul. It really is a good positive thing, and will create lots of excitement, and, you know, looking forward to the beginning of July next year with the Olympics towards the end., it really will help all the people of Peterborough to be able to actually engage in the run-up to the election, and actually create the kind of atmosphere that we all want to be a part of, and the excitement that will inevitably come with the Olympics being in England.
Take a look at John’s credentials in the Cambs Chamber.
John Bridge on the A14
10:40 Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Andy Harper Show BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
ANDY HARPER: Well, it is chaos on Cambridgeshire’s roads again this morning, because of this accident on the A14. And it has a massive knock-on on the lives of people across the county. When the upgrade of the road was abandoned by the Government, it was proposed to improve it using private investment, possibly even a toll road. In November, John Bridge from Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce, who was working on it, gave the chances of success as 50%. I wonder what they are now. John, good morning to you.
JOHN BRIDGE: Yes, good morning Andy.
ANDY HARPER: We often seem to speak to you John, when there’s chaos on the A14, which is of course far too often. And once again, people are saying look, something has got to be done. We know the Government aren’t going to spend any money on it, so what are our alternatives? Continue reading “John Bridge on the A14”