Editing Newark-on-Trent (section)

==Economy==
British Sugar PLC runs a mill on the outskirts that opened in 1921. It has 130 permanent employees and processes 1.6 million tonnes of sugar beet produced by about 800 UK growers, at an average distance of 28 miles from the factory. Of the output, 250,000 tonnes are processed and supplied to food and drink manufacturers in the UK and across Europe. At the heart of the Newark factory's operations is a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, with boilers fuelled by natural gas to meet the site's steam and electricity requirements and contribute to the grid enough power for 800 homes. The installation is rated under the government CHP environmental quality-assurance scheme.

Other major employers are [[Ransome & Marles|a bearings factory]] (part of the [[NSK Ltd.|NSK]] group) with some 200 employees, and Laurens Patisseries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laurens.co.uk/index.html|title=< Laurens Patisseries >>>|date=25 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025063651/http://www.laurens.co.uk/index.html |archive-date=25 October 2008 }}</ref> part of the food group [[Bakkavör]] since May 2006, which bought it for £130 million. It employs over 1,000. In 2007, [[Currys]] opened a £30 million national distribution centre next to the A17 near the A46 roundabout, and moved its national distribution centre there in 2005, with over 1,400 staff employed at the site at peak times. Flowserve, formerly [[Ingersoll Rand|Ingersoll Dresser Pumps]], has a manufacturing facility in the town. Project Telecom in Brunel Drive was bought by [[Vodafone]] in 2003 for a reported £163 million. Since 1985, Newark has been host to the biggest antiques outlet in Europe, the Newark International Antiques and Collectors Fair, held bi-monthly at Newark Showground. Newark has plentiful antique shops and centres.