Radio and Podcast
Talking Shop
With Diane Wehrle, former co-founder of Springboard
With Simon Bell, COO and co-founder of Immaculate Vegan
With Joe Wykes, CEO of Jolleyes
...With Victoria Ward, Former Tesco Head of Merchandising
This week we're joined by Victoria Ward, a retail consultant at First Friday, who has almost three decades of merchandising experience. We discussed her journey to becoming head of merchandising at Tesco, the close relationship between buyers and merchandisers, and how stock and cash flow are two sides of the same coin.
Checking In
Unpacking trends shaping today's travel from Siteminder's changing traveller report
The future of the hostel market
Lee Pickersgill, Energy Manger at Valor Hospitality
...With Chris Eigelaar, Resort Director at The Belfry Hotel & Resort
Resort Director at The Belfry Hotel & Resort. Chris talks to us about his career beginnings in South Africa, his current role as
...With Michael Mason-Shaw, GM of Hyatt Place London City East
This week we spoke to Michael Mason-Shaw, general manager at Hyatt Place London City East. We spoke about his career, starting as an art graduate, becoming Accor’s food and beverage country manager, and onward to GM roles working with Cycas Hospitality Management. We touched on his passion for sustainability and how to bring it into hospitality, and how technology is the key change the industry has seen since he started back in 1999.
With James Horn, F&B Director at The Cumberland
With Arnaud de Saint-Exupéry, VP of Hyatt UK & Ireland
With Jane Pendlebury, CEO of HOSPA
With David Anderson, Aimbridge Hospitality
Riverside Radio
Riverside Reports - 17th February 2023
Jonathan Cox and Julia Bright present Riverside Reports and speak to a Treasury Minister about an event in London today to protect nature. Sir Mark Rylance tells us why he’s supporting a campaign for a statue of anti-war campaigner Brian Haw to be placed in Lambeth and Julia goes quack-ers meeting some ducks on Clapham Common! Produced by News Editor Cam Hall.
Riverside Reports 14th October 2022
Listen back to Riverside Reports presented by Stephen Menon and Eve Bennett. On the show: - Battersea Power Station is finally open and we get your news and reactions - We’re joined live by Leonie Cooper, London GLA member for Merton and Wandsworth - Police in Kingston organises a walk and talk event to address the concerns of LGBTQ+ people and their safety for National Hate Crime week - The first British black farmers market is held in Brixton - And, we speak to Jemima Hartshorn, the founder of
Riverside Reports 09th September 2022
This programme was produced in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II. From the moment she rose to the throne through her 75th Jubilee celebration and death, we followed her life. We also featured locals' vox pops, in which they discussed what the Queen meant to them and how they will remember her.
Riverside Reports 26th August 2022
- How a Merton Community is rallying together following the fatal explosion a few week ago
- We’re joined live by Councillor Jim Millard who’s going to update us on Annual Full of Life Fair Which promises to return bigger and better than ever
- Plus, as usual all your news and arts from Merton, Richmond and Lambeth.
- We’re joined live by Councillor Jim Millard who’s going to update us on Annual Full of Life Fair Which promises to return bigger and better than ever
- Plus, as usual all your news and arts from Merton, Richmond and Lambeth.
Riverside Reports 12th August 2022
- There is up-to-date information on Monday’s explosion in Pollard’s Hill which killed a four-year-old girl and remains the site of an ongoing emergency response. Lewi Harries speaks with the Reverend Deji Ayorinde, pastor at Pollards Hill Baptist Church
- Mike Adlington, senior accessibility and inclusion manager at South Western Railway tells Richard Wheatley about their new ‘My Eyes’ app designed to help visually impaired travellers
- Lloyd Bradley, series curator of ‘Reggae on Film’ at Lambeth's BFI Southbank talks to Harrison Galliven about the history and influence of Reggae Music
- plus your arts and local roundups from Lambeth, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth
- Mike Adlington, senior accessibility and inclusion manager at South Western Railway tells Richard Wheatley about their new ‘My Eyes’ app designed to help visually impaired travellers
- Lloyd Bradley, series curator of ‘Reggae on Film’ at Lambeth's BFI Southbank talks to Harrison Galliven about the history and influence of Reggae Music
- plus your arts and local roundups from Lambeth, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth
Riverside Reports 5th August 2022
- Is Wandsworth Labour planning a U Turn on the council tax pledges? - We’ll hear from Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond about opposition to the proposed redevelopment of the All England Lawn Tennis Club - Plus all your sport, arts and news from Lambeth, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth
Radio documentary
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Too Much Food For Thought - The UK obesity crisis
Too much food for thought is a documentary that looks into the rise of obesity cases in the UK. It also looks at how the recent government food strategy which was released in the month of June, implemented no groundbreaking policies to put an end to this epidemic. Infact, the recommendations made by restaurateur Henry Dimbleby, on universal free school meals, tax on sugar and salt, ban on junk food adverts and many more, were not taken into consideration. Instead the government put the onus on i
