Editing Swindon (section)

==Economy==
[[File:swindon.train.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|Hagley Hall, a Swindon-built locomotive, on display in the eating area of the McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Swindon]]
[[File:Brunel Statue 12th may 2019.jpg|alt=|thumb|Havelock Square, near the Brunel Centre]] Major employers in the town include [[BMW]]/[[Mini]] (formerly Pressed Steel Fisher) in Stratton, [[Dolby Labs]], international engineering consultancy firm [[Halcrow Group|Halcrow]], and retailer [[W H Smith]]'s distribution centre and headquarters. Electronics company [[Intel]], insurance and financial services companies such as [[Nationwide Building Society]] and [[Zurich Financial Services]], the energy companies [[RWE|RWE Generation UK plc]] and [[RWE npower|Npower]] (a company of the [[Innogy]] group), the fleet management company [[BNP Paribas|Arval]], pharmaceutical companies such as Canada's [[Patheon]] and the United States–based Catalent Pharma Solutions and French medical supplies manufacturer [[Vygon (UK)]] have their UK divisions headquartered in the town. 

Swindon also has the head office of the [[National Trust]] and the head office of the [[UK Space Agency]]. Other employers include all of the national [[UKRI|Research Councils]], the [[British Computer Society]], and [[TE Connectivity]].

From 1985 to 2021, Japanese car manufacturer [[Honda UK Manufacturing|Honda]] had its sole UK plant at [[South Marston]], just outside Swindon.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=30 July 2021 |title=Swindon Honda Plant closes down with loss of 3,000 jobs |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2021-07-30/swindon-honda-plant-closes-down-with-loss-of-3000-jobs |work=ITV News}}</ref> In March 2021, it was announced that logistics firm [[Panattoni]] would move to the former Honda site.

Swindon was for a time a centre of excellence for [[3G]] and [[4G]] mobile telecommunications research and development for [[Motorola]], [[Lucent Technologies]] (later [[Alcatel-Lucent]]), [[Nokia Networks|Nokia Siemens Networks]] and [[Cisco]].{{Cn|date=September 2024}} The factory built in 1998 for Motorola's GSM division at Groundwell, north Swindon, has been described as "striking and futuristic".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motorola Building, Swindon |url=http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?c=1175&m=8&s=115&ss=462 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=SwindonWeb}}</ref>