Peterborough Chamber of Commerce

Iain Crighton On The Amazon Christmas Hiring

17:48 Wednesday 3rd October 2012
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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”

Cambridge Travel Debate

17:47 Wednesday 7th September 2011
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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 on the Co-op Depot Closure

17:40 Monday 10th January 2011 Drivetime BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY BURROWS: Let’s return to our top story this afternoon, and it’s the grim news that 230 jobs at the Co-op distribution centre in Peterborough are under threat. The company in Ivatt Way Westwood says efforts will be made to redeploy staff. The company has sites in Huntingdon, Godmanchester, and plans for a new base in Hampshire. But the firm has said it is likely there will be redundancies. John Bridge is from the Peterborough and Camnbridgeshire Chambers of Commerce. Evening to you John.
JOHN BRIDGE: Yes, good evening Andy.
ANDY BURROWS: Well as I was saying to the Peterborough MP Stewart Jackson earlier on in the programme, this is not good news is it? It’s not what we want to hear.
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Peterborough News 24th November 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 06:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 24th November 2010.

Topics:
In its annual report Ofsted has included Peterborough as one of ten councils failing to adequately safeguard children. A spokesman from Peterborough City Council says improvements have been made to the referral system which failed, but they must wait for their next inspection to receive an adequate rating.
A spokeman from Anglia Ruskin University Student Union says they have made no special arrangements to participate in today’s 11am national student protest against the rise in tuition fees.
TUC have agreed a route for their counter-march on December 11th against an English Defence League protest in the city.
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Government is Taking the Region for Granted

As we await the Comprehensive Spending Review, Will Pope from EEDA points out that despite being an economic benefit to the Treasury, this region does not get a fair proportion of Government spending per head, and John Bridge from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Chambers believes it is clearly unacceptable that vital work to upgrade the A14 trunk road is still in the balance.
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Hugh Sherwood and John Bridge on the World Cup Spending Spree

Hugh Sherwood from Charters Bar and John Bridge from Peterborough Chamber of Commerce keep their chins up despite England’s exit from the World Cup and a probable end to the boost in business that came with it. Broadcast at 08:10 on Monday 28th June 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Peterborough News 28th June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Monday 28th June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Six local schools are considering academy status. More details.
Police have launched Operation Retain which will see them introducing themselves to customers before the drinking starts and swooping on licensed premises which breach their terms of reference. Latest figures show trouble down 40%.
21,000 turned out to the Peterborough Festival on Saturday. Stavros Flatley was the big draw.
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Peterborough News 22nd June 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 22nd June 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

Topics:
Peterborough could miss out on a predicted relief package on National Insurance contributions for business start-ups if the East of England is considered too prosperous.
Stewart Jackson MP has been appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Owen Paterson Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Peterborough Environment City Trust are launching a mobile phone app. designed to accompany instruct and inform people as they take walks around the region.
Spokespersons from business and the local Chamber of Commerce and a retired Huntingdon Mayor speculate on what today’s Budget might hold today and how it might affect all of us.
There could be trouble ahead for the new Cathedral Square fountains as maintenance costs rise and repair costs are an unknown quantity.
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