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===Logistics=== Rugby is often described as being part of the area known as the [[golden logistics triangle]] due to its central location and good transport links. In 2021 Rugby had the highest percentage of business units used for transport and storage in the UK, at 17%.<ref name="ONSlog">{{cite web |title=The rise of the UK warehouse and the "golden logistics triangle" |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/articles/theriseoftheukwarehouseandthegoldenlogisticstriangle/2022-04-11 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=15 December 2022 |date=11 April 2022}}</ref> Since the 1980s several large [[industrial estate]]s have been built to the north, and [[Warehouse|warehousing]], distribution and light industry have become major employers. This is due to the town's close proximity to the M6 motorway (Junction 1) and M1 (Junction 19), at the heart of the UK's motorway network.<ref name="RGOAT"/> In 2017 nearly half of Warwickshire's businesses in the 'Transport and storage' sector were in Rugby.<ref name="WCCeconoverview">{{cite web |title=Rugby Economic Overview 2017 |url=https://apps.warwickshire.gov.uk/api/documents/WCCC-688-277 |publisher=Warwickshire County Council |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> In 2017 [[Hermes Group|Hermes]] opened its 'Midlands Super Hub' parcel delivery depot at the Rugby Gateway development to the north of the town, which is the largest of its type in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |title=UK's biggest parcel hub brings over 100 jobs to Rugby |url=https://rugbyobserver.co.uk/news/uks-biggest-parcel-hub-brings-over-100-jobs-to-rugby/ |work=Rugby Observer |access-date=11 November 2019 |date=22 August 2017}}</ref> To the east of Rugby is the large [[Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal]] (DIRFT), which opened in the 1990s; although this is across the county border in Northamptonshire, it is closest to Rugby.
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