Editing Uxbridge (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Uxbridge, Vine Street and Randalls store - geograph.org.uk - 797652.jpg|thumb|The former [[Randalls of Uxbridge|Randalls]] store is terraced, has a tower, and is in Art Deco style.]]
[[File:Vine Street, Uxbridge - geograph.org.uk - 355582.jpg|thumb|Looking down Vine Street from High Street]]
As of 2012, Uxbridge had {{convert|112175|sqm|sqft}} of town centre floorspace.<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 London Town Centre Health Check Analysis Report |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/gla_migrate_files_destination/2013%20TCHC%20report.pdf |publisher=Greater London Authority |access-date=28 September 2022 |page=24 |date=March 2014}}</ref> Uxbridge has two shopping centres, [[The Pavilions]] and [[The Chimes, Uxbridge|The Chimes]] (formerly Intu Uxbridge). Much of the town centre is pedestrianised. Just off the High Street is Windsor Street, a short street with older shops.

The town centre consists of retail outlets and office buildings, including the main UK and European offices of international companies such as [[Coca-Cola European Partners]],<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ccep.com/contact |title=Contact us |year=2017 |publisher=Coca-Cola European Partners PLC |access-date=10 April 2017 }}</ref> [[Cadbury]],<ref>Muspratt, Caroline. "[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/2809823/Cadbury-swaps-Mayfair-for-Uxbridge.html Cadbury swaps Mayfair for Uxbridge]." ''The Daily Telegraph''. 1 June 2007. Retrieved on 27 April 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://files.investis.com/cbry/08interim_trd/interim_jun08/interimstatementjune08.html |title=Cadbury plc Confirms Strong Start to 2008 |date=19 June 2008 |publisher=Investis |access-date=31 October 2012}}.</ref> [[Xerox]], [[General Mills]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.generalmills.co.uk/gmi/level2page.aspx?pagenumber=24 |title=Frequently asked |year=2012 |publisher=General Mills UK & Ireland |access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref> [[F. Hinds]], [[PAREXEL]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parexel.com/about/global-presence/europe/united-kingdom/ |title=Europe: United Kingdom |year=2012 |publisher=PAREXEL International |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=1 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101134425/http://www.parexel.com/about/global-presence/europe/united-kingdom |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Arri]], [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]], Monster Energy, [[American President Lines|APL]], Herbalife Europe. Other employers include [[NetApp]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.netapp.com/uk/contact-us/ |title=NetApp UK Contact Us |year=2014 |publisher=NetApp UK Ltd. |access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref> [[Anixter International]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anixter.com/content/anixter/emea/euc/en/about-us/contact-us/global-locations-contact-info/europe/united-kingdom.html |title=United Kingdom |year=2012 |publisher=Anixter International |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111220209/http://www.anixter.com/content/anixter/emea/euc/en/about-us/contact-us/global-locations-contact-info/europe/united-kingdom.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], [[WMS Gaming]], IBB Solicitors and [[Nexen]].

Within the London Borough, 55.1% of residents travel to the Uxbridge North and Uxbridge South wards to work, and only 8% of residents working there who also live within the wards.<ref name="Uxbridge North" /> The 2001 census measured a total of 6,007 (35.9%) of residents leaving the North ward to go to work. Uxbridge South had a figure of 5,666 (26.5%) of residents leaving the ward to work elsewhere.<ref name="Uxbridge South" />

In 2005 retail footprint research, Uxbridge ranked 9th in terms of retail expenditure in Greater London at £311&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caci.co.uk/msd.asp?url=lsp-retailfootprint.htm |title=Retail Footprint 2005 |access-date=5 October 2005 |publisher=CACI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020003313/http://www.caci.co.uk/msd.asp?url=lsp-retailfootprint.htm |archive-date=20 October 2007 }}</ref>

A terraced landmark with tower on Vine Street is what was [[Randalls of Uxbridge|Randalls]], the [[Art Deco]]-architecture department store owned by relations of [[John Randall (British politician)|John Randall]] MP. It is a 1939, remodelled rebuilding of a 1900 building.<ref>Pearce 2011, p. 61</ref> The building has the initial, mainstream category of [[listed building]] since October 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-504370-randalls-department-store-uxbridge |title=Randalls Department Store, Uxbridge |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=15 May 2011 }}</ref> The store closed in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hayes|first1=Alan|title=End of an era as Randall's of Uxbridge closes|url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/end-era-randalls-uxbridge-closes-8267279|access-date=7 September 2015|work=Uxbridge Gazette|date=11 December 2014}}</ref>