Editing Preston, Lancashire (section)

===Major employers===
Preston is a major centre of the British defence aerospace industry with [[BAE Systems]], the UK's principal military aircraft design, development and manufacture supplier, having its Military Aircraft headquarters located in nearby [[Warton, Fylde|Warton]]. The company has two of its major facilities located some miles on either side of the city. [[BAE Warton]] is located to the western side of the city whilst [[BAE Samlesbury]] is located to the east, over the [[M6 motorway]]. BAE Systems also operate large office facilities at the Portway area within the city and at The Strand office complex.

On 20 February 2006, the telecommunications retailer [[The Carphone Warehouse]] took over Tulketh Mill (formerly the home of the [[Littlewoods]] catalogue call centre) in the [[Ashton-on-Ribble]] area of the city. The building has undergone an extensive interior refurbishment and since March 2007 had been the workplace of some 800 employees. The site's main purpose was as a [[call centre]] for the broadband and [[landline]] services provider [[TalkTalk Group|TalkTalk]] as well as [[The Post Office]] and [[Student Loans Company]]. The site also housed call centres for [[Team Knowhow]] and [[Carphone Warehouse]] which are now part of [[Dixons Carphone]]. It was officially opened on 19 December 2006 by CEO [[Charles Dunstone]] and the Mayor of Preston. Following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], [[Dixons Carphone]] along with other tenants within Tulketh Mill, moved to a hybrid working solution (time split between working from home and working from the office), eventually moving to a permanent working from home solution and as of August 2022 [[Dixons Carphone]] no longer have any operations based in Tulketh Mill.

Due to Preston's location as a transport hub, sitting between the M6, M55, M65, and M61 it is home to several freight and haulage companies. Haulage supplier and operator James Hall and Co who supply produce for [[Spar (store)|Spar store]]s in the north of England have their head office – the biggest building in the city of Preston<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preston-city.com/files/news/PCC%20Newsletter%20v4.pdf|title=Confirmation of Relocation|access-date=25 April 2007|archive-date=26 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726062629/http://www.preston-city.com/files/news/PCC%20Newsletter%20v4.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> – located just off the M6 Junction 31a at Bowland View.

The [[Riversway]] area (in the [[Ashton-on-Ribble]] area of the city) is also home to the [[Preston Dock]]lands, once Europe's largest single dock basin, which has undergone redevelopment. Several office areas around the docks, along with significant residential presence. Several small businesses such as the [[The Football League|Football League]]'s LFE headquarters<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact LFE|url=http://www.lfe.org.uk/contact/contact-lfe|publisher=League Football Education|access-date=13 December 2011|year=2009|archive-date=3 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203005735/http://www.lfe.org.uk/contact/contact-lfe|url-status=dead}}</ref> are based in the area, together with Riversway Developments<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.riverswaydevelopments.co.uk | title=Riversway Developments | access-date=6 June 2021 | archive-date=9 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109145012/http://www.riverswaydevelopments.co.uk/ | url-status=live }}</ref> who have been responsible for some of this redevelopment.

The financial sector also has a presence in the city with a large selection of consultancies, insurance and law firms based in [[Winckley Square]] in the city centre.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

The [[Westinghouse Electric Company]] (formerly [[BNFL]]) Springfields nuclear processing plant also lies to the west of the city boundary at [[Salwick]].

[[Skiddle]] is an event ticketing operation based in Preston since 2001, which claims to be the UK's largest what's on the guide.