Editing Airdrie, North Lanarkshire (section)

==Economy==

===Overview===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Airdriesavingsbank.jpg|thumb|right|Airdrie Savings Bank]] -->
As outlined in the history section, Airdrie's traditional economic activities of weaving, coal mining, and heavy industry have ceased to exist. Although the [[Glenflagler]] Distillery is now closed, the town still retains a strong involvement in the [[whisky]] industry. Airdrie was also home to a [[Crimpy]] Crisps factory. Given its location near to Glasgow and other commercial or industrial areas, Airdrie might now be considered something of a commuter town. In fact, housing construction in Airdrie has been very prominent in recent years, with builders developing a number of [[brownfield]] sites following the closure of various factories such as Boots (who closed their factory in 2004). Nonetheless, it does retain significant economic activity.

===Notable employers===
*Albert Bartlett & Sons, a supplier of [[root vegetables]] in the UK. The Bartlett brothers, Alan, 52, and Ronnie, 44 are jointly ranked in The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 as the 63rd richest persons in Scotland and the 969th richest persons in the UK with a worth valued at £80 million.<ref name="bartlettbrothers">{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3800679.ece |title=The Bartlett brothers' entry in The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 |newspaper=The Times|access-date=2009-01-28 |location=London |date=27 April 2008 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612102818/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3800679.ece |archive-date=12 June 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Inver House Distillers Limited]], headquarters and warehousing in Airdrie. Products include [[Old Pulteney]], [[Balblair]], [[Heather Cream]] and Coldstream Gin.
*[[Airdrie Savings Bank]] was a small commercial [[bank]] that operated in the town and around Lanarkshire.<ref name="BBC2">{{cite web | title=Airdrie Savings Bank to close four branches | website=BBC News | date=2015-05-28 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-32917658 | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref><ref name="BBC3">{{cite web | last=Fraser | first=Douglas | title=Airdrie Savings Bank to close its doors | website=BBC News | date=2017-01-18 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-38669275 | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>

===Trading estates===

There are two trading estates in the town, Brownsburn Industrial Estate and Osprey Trade Park.