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===Surrey=== {{more citations needed|section|date=January 2017}} [[Allianz]] Insurance has its UK headquarters in Guildford as do [[Ericsson]], [[Colgate-Palmolive]], [[Constellation Brands]], [[Electronic Arts]] (formerly in Chertsey before 2008), [[Sanofi]], the [[Cyclists' Touring Club|CTC]], [[Surrey Satellite Technology]], [[Avaya]] and [[Philips]]. [[Alexander Dennis]] is off the [[A320 road|A320]] at [[Worplesdon]] on the north of Guildford on the [[Slyfield Industrial Estate]], towards [[Jacobs Well, Surrey|Jacobs Well]]. [[Lionhead Studios]] and [[BAE Systems Digital Intelligence]] are near the [[Royal Surrey County Hospital]]. [[BOC (company)|BOC]] are also in Guildford. [[University College London|UCL]]'s [[Mullard Space Science Laboratory]] is high in the [[Surrey Hills AONB|Surrey Hills]]. [[Mövenpick Ice Cream]] is off the A248 at [[St Martha, Surrey|St Martha]], to the east of Guildford; [[Vivid Imaginations]], in [[Artington]] to the south, own the UK rights to [[Crayola]]. The former company, now owned by the [[Linde Group]], was based in [[Windlesham]]. [[British Car Auctions]] is on the A325 in [[Farnham]]. Motor company [[McLaren Group|McLaren]] and [[McLaren Automotive]] are based at the [[McLaren Technology Centre]] in [[Woking]] as are the UK base of [[Yum! Brands|Yum Restaurants]] (owner of [[KFC]]), [[SABMiller]], [[BIW Technologies]], [[SPSS]], and [[Capgemini]]. [[ISS A/S|ISS]] is next to the railway on the Sheerwater Ind Est. In the south of [[Woodham, Surrey|Woodham]], next to the Basingstoke Canal, is [[Playtex]], and to the east is Fernox (water treatment, owned by [[Alent]]) Towards Woking along the railway is [[Pirbright]] (home of the [[Institute for Animal Health|Pirbright Institute]]), where [[Merial|Merial Animal Health]] also make vaccines. [[Tupperware]] is in [[Knaphill]]. [[File:Sheilas' Wheels - geograph.org.uk - 721120.jpg|thumb|left|Sheilas' Wheels outside the head office of esure in Reigate; esure was started by [[Peter Wood (businessman)|Peter Wood]]. ]] [[Friends Life]] have an office in the north of Dorking in the former HQ of Friends Provident and [[Kuoni Travel]] are on the former [[Deepdene House and Gardens|Deepdene]] estate. [[Kimberly-Clark]] is in the north of [[Reigate]]; [[Esure]] and [[Sheilas' Wheels]] is on the A25 south of [[Reigate College]]; [[Canon (company)|Canon]] is to the south in [[Woodhatch]]. [[SGN (company)|SGN]] is in [[Horley]]. [[Bristow Helicopters]] is at [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]] and the food research centre [[Brewing Industry Research Foundation|Campden-BRI]] is at [[Nutfield, Surrey|Nutfield]]. [[Cubic Corporation|Cubic]] is on the Perrywood Business Park south of Redhill, next door is [[Rapiscan Systems]]. In the area straddling the [[M25 motorway|M25]], the huge [[Compass Group]] is based in [[Chertsey]] as is [[Samsung Group|Samsung]], [[The Siemon Company|Siemon]], [[Crest Nicholson]], [[Kone]], [[IWG plc|IWG]], and [[Britax]]. [[Papa John's Pizza]] is off the A320 near the M25; [[Ubisoft]] is on the B375. [[Juniper Networks]] is off the B3121), [[Pandrol]] and [[Royal Caribbean Group]] are in [[Addlestone]]; at Hamm Moor (in the east of Addlestone) on the A317 and Weybridge Business Park is [[Thales Group]] and the UK corporate headquarters of [[Toshiba]], who have another base in Camberley; further west along the A317 is Aviator Park, on the B3121, a former main research site of [[Plessey]] Radar, later GEC Marconi. Near [[Weybridge]] are the UK headquarters of [[Sony]] with [[SSP Group]] (situated in [[Byfleet]]) and [[Procter & Gamble]] (next door to each other on The Heights Business Park near the former [[Brooklands]] racing circuit) with [[Kia]] and [[Petroleum Geo-Services]], and [[Gallaher Group]] to the north, next to the Brooklands Museum; to the east is [[Verint Systems]] on the B374. In Weybridge are the local newspaper group [[Newsquest]], [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]; [[BAE Systems Regional Aircraft]] is on the Brooklands Ind Park off the [[A318 road|A318]] (since 2001 it has no longer manufactured). On Sprint Ind Est in Byfleet, west of Weybridge, off the A318, [[AIM Altitude]] (former Henshalls) make cabin [[Galley (kitchen)|galley]]s for airliners. The Central Veterinary Laboratory, which is run by the [[Veterinary Laboratories Agency]], with the [[Animal and Plant Health Agency]], is in [[New Haw]] to the west on the other side of the M25. [[Mouchel]] is in [[West Byfleet]]. [[Air Products]] is in [[Walton-on-Thames]]. [[Atkins (company)|Atkins]], the civil engineering company, and are in [[Epsom]]; [[Sartorius AG|Sartorius]] is to the north off the B284 next to the [[Sutton & Mole Valley lines|railway]]; [[Toyota]] (towards [[Banstead]]) is on the [[A240 road|A240]] at the B284 junction at Great Burgh, [[Tattenham Corner]], at the site of the former R&D HQ of [[SmithKline Beecham]] (Beecham Pharmaceuticals) from 1979 until the mid-1990s before their research centre moved to Harlow; Toyota arrived in the UK in 1965 with its [[Toyota Corona|Corona]], and have made 3m cars in the UK. [[Legal & General]] have their largest office near [[Kingswood railway station]]. [[Dairy Crest]] is in [[Esher]]. [[Ian Allan Publishing]] is at [[Hersham]]. SHL Group (former Saville & Holdsworth) is just to the north-east at [[Thames Ditton]]. [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]] is in [[Ewell]]. [[Ann Summers]] is in [[Whyteleafe]] near [[Caterham]]. [[Caterham Cars]] sales and marketing offices are in [[Caterham]]. [[Swiftcover]] (owned by [[Axa]]) is on the [[A307 road|A307]] in the west of [[Cobham, Surrey|Cobham]]; further to west on the A245 is [[Berkeley Group Holdings]], and Europa Technologies (digital mapping data) is on the A245 opposite Waitrose; [[Cargill|Cargill Europe]] is on the eastern edge. [[Pfizer]] is at Walton Oaks (the former R&D HQ of Beecham Pharmaceuticals until 1979) next to the B2032 bridge over the M25 at [[Walton-on-the-Hill]]. [[BAM Nuttall]] (opposite [[Camberley Theatre]]) and [[Krispy Kreme]] (south of the M3 near junction 4 on Albany Park) are in [[Camberley]]; [[Alfa Laval]] is on the Yorktown Ind Est, in York Town off the A331 near [[Stihl]] with a technical centre of Toshiba on the other side of the A331; to the south on [[Watchmoor]] Park off the A331 are [[Adaptec]] and [[Fluor Corporation|Fluor]] and [[Zodiac Aerospace]]. Further south in [[Frimley Green]], home to the [[Lakeside Leisure Complex]], between the B3411 and the railway is [[SC Johnson]] and its ''[[Glade (brand)|Glade]]'' [[air freshener]] factory. Opposite Albany Park over the A331 is Frimley Business Park, with [[Advanced Micro Devices]], off M3 junction 4 next to the A331; nearby is [[Novartis]] Pharmaceuticals UK (Sandoz) and [[Alcon]]. Further along the A325 towards Frimley at the B311 roundabout is [[Siemens]] (the former site of Marconi Command & Control Systems, then BAE Systems Insyte). [[Frimley]] has [[Amer Sports]] (the world's largest sporting equipment manufacturer) on the B3411 Lyon Way Ind Estate, with [[VMware]]. [[Zoggs]] is in [[Lightwater]], near the M3 [[Bagshot]] Interchange. [[File:Service station, Teignmouth Road, Torquay - geograph.org.uk - 1716787.jpg|thumb|[[Esso]] is based in Leatherhead; Esso have around 1,100 petrol stations in the UK - 14% of all stations, and pays around £7bn in UK tax, and own the [[Brent Crude|Brent]] oil field; the site is also the worldwide base of ExxonMobil Aviation Fuels and Marine.]] [[ExxonMobil]] ([[Esso]]), part of the largest oil company in the world, is in the east of [[Leatherhead]], next to the M25 towards [[Ashtead]] at ExxonMobil House, off the A24. In the town the [[Wates Group]] nearby, [[Unilever|Unilever Bestfoods]] (in Crawley before 2008), and to the south is [[Robert Dyas]]; [[Puma (brand)|Puma]] is east of Unilever near the M25 and [[A243 road|A243]]. [[Harsco]] is off the B2430. On the B2122 in Fetcham, to the west of Leatherhead, is the UK division of [[Carrier Corporation|Carrier]], the world leaders (and originators) of [[air conditioning]]. [[Rowlett Rutland]] in [[Great Bookham|Bookham]] is Britain's only manufacturer of (commercial-size) [[toaster]]s, next to [[Bookham railway station]] and [[Photo-Me International]]. Leatherhead Food International moved to Epsom in the mid-2010s.<ref>{{cite news |date= 24 November 2015 |title= Leatherhead Food Research to leave town after 96 years |work= Surrey Comet |url= https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/epsom/14099068.leatherhead-food-research-to-leave-town-after-96-years/ |access-date= 29 May 2023 }}</ref> Although [[BP]] has its international headquarters in central London, most of its UK division (chemicals and energy) with [[Air BP]] ([[aviation fuel]]) is headquartered at [[Sunbury-on-Thames]], and the UK's third largest company by stock market value; nearby is [[Kingston Technology|Kingston Technology Europe]] (the world's second largest producer of [[flash memory]]), just inside the Surrey boundary; [[ADT Inc.|ADT]] is at the end of the M3 in Sunbury, and [[Chubb Fire & Security|Chubb]] is on the other side of the roundabout, and M3. [[Enterprise Rent-a-Car]] is near [[Thorpe, Surrey|Thorpe]], near to [[Cemex]] and [[Thorpe Park]] (situated on a series of former [[gravel pit]]s). [[Shepperton Studios]] is next to [[Littleton, Spelthorne|Littleton]]. [[Del Monte Foods]] is in [[Staines-upon-Thames]] on the side of the [[A30 road|A30]] and [[Dalkia]] is on the A308; [[British Gas]] is on the A308 in Pooley Green nearby to the west, with [[Salesforce]] at Lotus Park, next to [[Dow Chemical Company|Dow Chemical]]. [[Kerry Group|Kerry Foods]] are based on the B388, east of the M25, in the south end of Pooley Green at [[Thorpe Lea]]. [[Cisco Videoscape]], on the A308 in Birch Green.
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