Editing Crawley (section)

=== Service industry and commerce ===
[[File:VirginTheOffice02.jpg|thumb|Former [[Virgin Atlantic]] head office.]]
While most of the jobs created in the new town's early years were in manufacturing, the [[Tertiary sector of economic activity|tertiary sector]] developed strongly from the 1960s. The [[Manor Royal]] estate, with its space, proximity to Gatwick Airport and good transport links, attracted airport-related services such as logistics, catering, distribution and warehousing; and the corporation and private companies built offices throughout the town. Office floorspace in the town increased from {{convert|55000|sqft|m2|-2}} in 1965 to a conservative estimate of {{convert|453000|sqft|m2|-2}} in 1984.<ref name="econhist"/> Major schemes during that period included premises for the [[NatWest|Westminster Bank]], [[British Caledonian]] and [[Paymaster General|The Office of the Paymaster-General]].<ref name="econhist"/> The five-storey Overline House above the railway station, completed in 1968, is used by Crawley's NHS [[primary care trust]] and various other companies.<ref name="nhs">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Trust.aspx?id=5P6&v=6|title=NHS: West Sussex PCT|access-date=5 September 2007|publisher=Department of Health|year=2007|work=NHS Choices: West Sussex PCT (list of sites)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231559/http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Trust.aspx?id=5P6&v=6|archive-date=26 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="otheroverlinecos">{{cite web|url=http://www.locallife.co.uk/crawley/jobagencies3.asp|title=Locallife Crawley|access-date=5 September 2007|publisher=Locallife Ltd|year=2007|work=Locallife Crawley: Business directory|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927070806/http://www.locallife.co.uk/crawley/jobagencies3.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:SchlumbergerHouseGatwick.jpg|thumb|left|[[Schlumberger]] House, the head office of [[WesternGeco]] at Gatwick Airport]]
Companies headquartered in Crawley include [[Doosan Babcock Energy]],<ref name="DoosanBabcock">{{cite web|url=http://www.doosanbabcock.com/live/cme74.htm|title=Contacts Europe|year=2009|publisher=[[Doosan Babcock]]|access-date=29 October 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312102536/http://www.doosanbabcock.com/live/cme74.htm|archive-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> [[WesternGeco]],<ref name="WesternGeco">{{cite web|url=http://www.westerngeco.com/about/contact/regions.aspx |title=Regions, WesternGeco |year=2009 |publisher=[[Schlumberger|Schlumberger Ltd]] |access-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601064428/http://www.westerngeco.com/about/contact/regions.aspx |archive-date=1 June 2009 }}</ref> [[Virgin Atlantic]],<ref name="VAA">{{cite web|url=http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/allaboutus/howtofindus/index.jsp|title=Our Offices Around the World|year=2009|publisher=[[Virgin Atlantic]] Ltd|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-date=9 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209013045/http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/allaboutus/howtofindus/index.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> Virgin Atlantic's associated travel agency [[Virgin Holidays]], [[William Reed Business Media]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.william-reed.com/contact-us|title=William Reed Business Media|access-date=19 September 2012|archive-date=22 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922172131/http://www.william-reed.com/contact-us|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dualit]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=David |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/interiors/11064079/Toast-of-the-Nation-how-Dualit-became-makers-of-the-ultimate-design-classic.html |title=Video: Toast of the Nation: how Dualit became makers of the ultimate design classic |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 September 2014 |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922121129/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/interiors/11064079/Toast-of-the-Nation-how-Dualit-became-makers-of-the-ultimate-design-classic.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Office of the Paymaster-General.<ref name="econhist"/> Danish company [[Novo Nordisk]], which manufactures much of the world's [[insulin]] supply, has its UK headquarters at the Broadfield Business Park,<ref name="Novo">{{cite news|url=http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/company-celebrates-90-years-of-providing-insulin-to-diabetics-1-4838317 |title=Company celebrates 90 years of providing insulin to diabetics |date=5 March 2013 |work=Crawley Observer |publisher=[[Johnston Press|Johnston Publishing Ltd]] |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103204550/http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/company-celebrates-90-years-of-providing-insulin-to-diabetics-1-4838317 |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and [[BDO Global]] has an office in Crawley.<ref>Sukhraj, Penny. "[http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1783326/bdo-bromley-moves-gatwick BDO Bromley moves to Gatwick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113032524/http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1783326/bdo-bromley-moves-gatwick |date=13 January 2012 }}." ''[[Accountancy Age]]''. 29 January 2007. Retrieved on 12 February 2011.</ref> The UK headquarters of [[Nestlé]] is in the Manor Royal area of Crawley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nestle.co.uk/en-gb/aboutus/locations |title=Nestlé in the UK & Ireland Locations |access-date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=6 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906084059/https://www.nestle.co.uk/en-gb/aboutus/locations |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition the registered offices of TUI UK and [[Thomson Airways]] are located in Crawley.<ref>"[http://www.thomson.co.uk/editorial/legal/website-terms-and-conditions.html Website Terms and Conditions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918213035/http://www.thomson.co.uk/editorial/legal/website-terms-and-conditions.html |date=18 September 2008 }}." [[TUI UK]]. Retrieved on 2 January 2011. "TUI UK Limited ("TUI UK") trades under a number of brands including Thomson, and has its Registered Office at TUI Travel House, Crawley Business Quarter, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9QL."</ref><ref>"[http://flights.thomson.co.uk/en/popup_booking_conditions.html Booking Conditions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119063448/http://flights.thomson.co.uk/en/popup_booking_conditions.html |date=19 January 2012 }}." Thomson Airways. Retrieved on 4 February 2011."Both Thomson Airways and TUI UK Limited have their Registered Office at TUI Travel House, Crawley Business Quarter, Fleming Way, Crawley RH10 9QL[...]"</ref><!--Those are NOT the head offices, though-->

[[British Airways]] took over [[British Caledonian]]'s former headquarters near the Manor Royal estate, renamed it "Astral Towers" and based its British Airways Holidays and [[Air Miles]] divisions there.<ref name="baholidays">{{cite web|url=http://www.baholidays.com/packages/terms06.jsp|title=British Airways Holidays: Booking terms and conditions|access-date=5 September 2007|publisher=British Airways Holidays Ltd|year=2007|archive-date=12 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812234957/http://www.baholidays.com/packages/terms06.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AIRMILES">{{cite web |url=http://www.airmiles.co.uk/tertiary/aboutus.do |title=About Airmiles |access-date=21 March 2008 |publisher=AIRMILES Travel Promotions Ltd, trading as AIRMILES |year=2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014010204/http://www.airmiles.co.uk/tertiary/aboutus.do |archive-date=14 October 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Other companies formerly headquartered in Crawley include [[Astraeus Airlines]],<ref>"{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090823070223/http://www.flyastraeus.com/contact/index.php Contacts]}}." [[Astraeus Airlines]]. Retrieved on 22 May 2010.</ref> [[British United Airways]],<ref name="flight1969">{{cite journal | title= World Airline Survey ... | journal= [[Flight International]] | page= 564 | url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201817.html | date= 10 April 1969 | access-date= 13 February 2011 | archive-date= 4 February 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120204172737/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201817.html | url-status= live }} "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley. Surrey."</ref> [[CityFlyer Express]],<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 24–30 March 1999. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200644.html?search=%22CityFlyer%20Express%22 64] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204173408/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200644.html?search=%22CityFlyer%20Express%22 |date=4 February 2012 }}.</ref> [[CP Ships]],<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20051104045146/http://www.cpships.com/contact.cfm Contact Us]." CP Ships. 4 November 2005. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "CP Ships Limited 2 City Place Beehive Ring Road Gatwick, West Sussex RH6 0PA, United Kingdom"</ref> [[First Choice Airways]],<ref>Dennis, Juliet. "[http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2009/01/06/29876/management-structure-of-thomson-and-first-choice-shops.html Management structure of Thomson and First Choice shops merged] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422135402/http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2009/01/06/29876/management-structure-of-thomson-and-first-choice-shops.html |date=22 April 2012 }}." ''Travel Weekly''. 6 January 2009. Retrieved on 4 January 2011.</ref> [[GB Airways]],<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214124459/http://www.gbairways.co.uk/company-details/the-beehive/ The Beehive]." ''GB Airways''. Retrieved on 19 May 2009.</ref> [[Laker Airways]],<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 16 May 1981. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201442.html?search=%22Laker%20Airways%22 1444] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204180617/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201442.html?search=%22Laker%20Airways%22 |date=4 February 2012 }}.</ref> [[Tradewinds Airways]],<ref>''World Airline Directory''. Flight International. 20 March 1975. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200567.html 505] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204181105/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200567.html |date=4 February 2012 }}. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey."</ref> and [[Air Europe]].<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 14–20 March 1990. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200707.html?search=%22Air%20Europe%22 55] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204174217/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200707.html?search=%22Air%20Europe%22 |date=4 February 2012 }}. "Head Office: The Galleria, Station Road, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1HY, England"</ref>

Crawley has numerous hotels, including [[The George Hotel, Crawley|The George Hotel]], dated to 1615. It is reputedly haunted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-inns.co.uk/HauntedInns.htm|title=Reputedly haunted hotels and inns|publisher=English Inns|access-date=14 August 2010|archive-date=29 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229030414/http://www.english-inns.co.uk/HauntedInns.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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