Editing Grantham (section)

==Economy==
The food industry, together with Grantham Hospital, is currently the largest Grantham employer.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Kesteven District Council |url=http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1796 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104104/http://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1796 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=21 June 2017 }}</ref> Poultry production company [[Moy Park]] (formerly Padleys) is at Gonerby Hill Foot; GW Padley bought the site in 1977 from Wolsey, a former garment manufacturer. It acts as a poultry [[hatchery]].{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} Moy Park are owned by [[Marfrig]] of [[São Paulo]], with Marfrig's European headquarters at [[Preston Deanery]] in [[Hackleton]], [[Northamptonshire]]. [[Aviagen]] Turkeys also has a poultry hatchery further along the B1174 at Gonerby Moor. [[Brake Bros Ltd]] has a depot near the Gonerby Moor service station, off B1174.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distribution & Logistics in Grantham |url=http://www.townpages.com/lincolnshire/grantham/distribution-and-logistics.htm |access-date=5 June 2013 |work=Grantham town pages}}</ref>

Fenland Foods (part of [[Northern Foods]]) on the Earlesfield Industrial Estate, closed in September 2008 after losing business with [[Marks and Spencer]], its sole customer.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hart |first=Bob |title=Updated: Fenland Foods workers to protest |url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/UPDATED-Fenland-Foods-workers-to.4075959.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627134954/http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/UPDATED-Fenland-Foods-workers-to.4075959.jp |archive-date=27 June 2009 |access-date=30 July 2009 |publisher=Grantham Journal }}</ref> On Ellesmere Business park is [[Väderstad-Verken]] UK, its parent company based in [[Väderstad]] in Sweden and Tecknit Europe (makers of [[Conducted electromagnetic interference|electromagnetic shielding]] equipment), owned from 2006 by [[Parker Hannifin]] based in [[Cranford, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |year=1998 |title=TE |url=http://www.dl7avf.info/katalog/quellen.html |access-date=5 June 2013 |work=KyteLabs InfoBase – Embedded Control and Analog Design}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=16 October 2006 |title=Parker Acquires Tecknit Division of Technical Wire Products, LLC and its Affiliates |url=http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/Parker-Acquires-Tecknit-Division-of-Technical-Wire-Products-LLC-and-its-Affiliates-502439 |access-date=5 June 2013 |work=thomasnet news}}</ref>

At [[Easton, Lincolnshire|Easton]], {{convert|7|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} south of Grantham, are two large facilities. One is Norbert Dentressangle, which bought [[Christian Salvesen|Christian Salvesen plc]] in November 2007 and maintains the frozen storage and distribution operation which has been at the site since the late 1960s.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} The other is [[McCain Foods]], which purchased Potato and Allied Services (PAS) in 1991, which had run a potato processing factory on the site since the early 1970s; it has since been extended.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} There was a third large [[Frozen food|frozen vegetable]] processing factory owned and operated by Christian Salvesen; it was sold to Pinguin Foods in August 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=Christian Salvesen Easton factory sold |url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/Christian-Salvesen-Easton-factory-sold.3132220.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802135756/http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/Christian-Salvesen-Easton-factory-sold.3132220.jp |archive-date=2 August 2012 |access-date=30 July 2009 |publisher=Grantham Journal}}</ref> which closed the facility in December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=All news from the East Midlands |url=http://www.thisisbusiness-eastmidlands.co.uk/news/lincolnshire/jobs-facing-the-axe-at-food-firm.aspx |access-date=30 July 2009 |publisher=Thisisbusiness-eastmidlands.co.uk}}</ref>

[[File:Spittlegate Level, Grantham, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 42995.jpg|thumb|right|The {{convert|46|acre|ha}} of Spittlegate Level (B1174 – the former A1) south of the town, home of many local companies and the former [[Corus Group|Corus]] Service Centre, which was developed in 1973]]
GBS has been based in Grantham since May 1975, when known as Chatto, [[The Bodley Head|Bodley Head]] & Cape Services. [[Chatto & Windus]] had merged with [[Jonathan Cape]] in 1969. The former site was officially opened on 23 September 1975 by [[Michael Foot]] MP.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} [[Random House]] was formed in 1987 from a combination of book companies, and in 1990 the site became known as Grantham Book Services.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} The company won an award in 1992 from the [[Galaxy National Book Awards|British Book Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1992 |url=http://www.granthambookservices.co.uk/company_history.html |work=Company History |publisher=Grantham Book Services |quote=GBS was the first to be awarded the prestigious British Book Awards' "Distributor of the Year Award". |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-date=18 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718175751/http://www.granthambookservices.co.uk/company_history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Next door to GBS and a [[Gala Coral Group|Gala Bingo]] is Cathodic Protection, which with BGB Innovation won [[The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2009)|The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export)]] in 2009.

According to [[ONS coding system|Super Output Area]] data from the [[Office for National Statistics|ONS]], the least socially deprived area in Lincolnshire is the ward of Stamford St John's; Grantham's least deprived ward (SKDC) is in the north-east of the town near the former Central School.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lincolnshire Research Observatory |url=http://www.research-lincs.org.uk/UI/Documents/IMD%202010%20what%20does%20it%20mean%20for%20Lincolnshire.pdf |access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref>

===Hotels===
Conference and hospitality facilities in the Grantham area include the Olde Barn Hotel in [[Marston, Lincolnshire|Marston]], the Q-Hotel group Belton Woods Hotel, the Urban Leisure Hotel and various golf clubs.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} [[Stoke Rochford Hall]] won the [[Les Routiers]] Wedding Venue of the Year in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Les routiers award |url=http://www.stokerochfordhall.co/latest-news/116-stoke-rochford-hall-wins-les-routiers-best-wedding-venue-award |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624213235/http://www.stokerochfordhall.co/latest-news/116-stoke-rochford-hall-wins-les-routiers-best-wedding-venue-award |archive-date=24 June 2013 |access-date=7 June 2013 |publisher=Stoke Rochford Hall }}</ref> The ''Griffin Inn'' at [[Irnham]] won the 2012 [[Les Routiers]] [[Bed and breakfast|B&B]] of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Griffin Inn Irnham |url=http://routiers.co.uk/hotels_restaurants_pubs/Griffin_Inn_Irnham_pub_Grantham_pub_Lincolnshire_pub_Griffin_Inn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517175336/http://routiers.co.uk/hotels_restaurants_pubs/Griffin_Inn_Irnham_pub_Grantham_pub_Lincolnshire_pub_Griffin_Inn |archive-date=17 May 2013 |access-date=6 June 2013 |work=Hotels, Restaurants and Pubs |publisher=Les Routiers |quote=Award winner 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Griffin |url=http://www.thegoodpubguide.co.uk/pub/view/Griffin-NG33-4JG |access-date=6 June 2013 |publisher=Good pubs guide |quote=Winners of the prestigious Les Routiers best B&B 2012}}</ref> [[Eden House Hotel, Grantham|The Eden House Hotel]] is a historic building built as a mansion in about 1850.

====''Angel and Royal''====
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[[File:The sign of the Angel and Royal - geograph.org.uk - 1044228.jpg|thumb|300px|The sign of the ''[[Angel and Royal]]'']]
[[File:Grantham Market Place with Angel and Royal Hotel, Lincolnshire, England 1836.jpg|thumb|300px|The Angel and Royal in 1836]]
The ''[[Angel and Royal]]'' in the High Street is reputedly the oldest inn in England. The present façade was built about 600 years ago, but the site had already held an inn for 200 years before that, and its origins are older still, as a hostel for the [[Knights Templar]]. [[John I of England|King John]] is reputed to have visited with his Royal Court in 1213. A visit by [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] was the origin of the gold emblem angel holding the King's crown over the original archway. Other royal visitors include [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]], [[George IV]] and [[Edward VII]], when [[Prince of Wales]], leading to the inclusion of "Royal" in the inn's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelandroyal.co.uk/about-us|title=History|publisher=Angel and Royal|access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>

===Closures===
Brook Street and Hill Avenue sub-post offices were closed in Grantham in 2008 as part of the Post Office Network Change programme. In August 2010 it was confirmed that the Grantham branch of [[Marks and Spencer]] would close, with two other Lincolnshire branches in [[Skegness]] and [[Scunthorpe]], due to low sales, although a Marks and Spencer Food Hall re-opened in 2014. The closure met with local protests.<ref>BBC News Lincolnshire 25 August 2010 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-11076135 "M&S confirms three store closures in Lincolnshire"]. Retrieved 25 August 2010.</ref> Discount department store chain [[Boyes (retailer)|Boyes]] took over the property in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Value goods store Boyes to move into former M&S store in Grantham |url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/business/breaking-news-value-goods-store-boyes-to-move-into-former-m-s-store-in-grantham-1-4225460 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013093643/http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/business/breaking-news-value-goods-store-boyes-to-move-into-former-m-s-store-in-grantham-1-4225460 |archive-date=13 October 2012 |access-date=12 September 2013 }}</ref> Haldanes, a chain of about 20 supermarkets based in Ruston Road, went into administration.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} The former [[HM Revenue and Customs|HMRC]] office at Crown House in Castlegate closed in early 2010, moving to two sites in Lincoln.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crown House |url=http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/better-regulation/grantham-crown-final.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703155534/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/better-regulation/grantham-crown-final.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2013 |access-date=21 June 2017 }}</ref>