Editing South West England (section)

==Economy and industry==
[[File:Bristol pw from ms.jpg|thumb|left|Historic docks on [[Bristol Harbour]], within the region's most productive economy]]
[[File:Porthcurno Aerial photo TomCorser2005.jpg|thumb|left|Since the decline of mining, Cornwall's economy has been reliant on agriculture and tourism]]
The most economically productive areas within the region are Bristol, the [[M4 corridor]] and south east Dorset, which are the areas with the best links to London. Bristol alone accounts for a quarter of the region's economy, with the surrounding areas of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire accounting for a further quarter.<ref name=eu_portrait>{{cite web | work= [[Eurostat]] & [[Office for National Statistics]], 2004 | url= http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/ukk_eco.htm | title= Portrait of South West England: Economy | access-date= 14 April 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070311002315/http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/ukk_eco.htm | archive-date= 11 March 2007 | url-status= live }}</ref>

Bristol's economy has been built on maritime trade, including the import of tobacco and the [[History of slavery|slave trade]]. Since the early 20th century, however, [[aeronautics]] have taken over as the basis of Bristol's economy, with companies including [[Airbus|Airbus UK]], [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]] (military division) and [[BAE Systems]] (former [[Bristol Aeroplane Company]] then [[British Aircraft Corporation|BAC]]) manufacturing in [[Filton]]. [[Defence Equipment & Support]] is at [[MoD Abbey Wood]]. More recently defence, telecommunications, information technology and electronics have been important industries in Bristol, Swindon and elsewhere. The [[Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency]], the [[Soil Association]], [[Clerical Medical]], and [[Bristol Water]] are in Bristol; [[Indesit]] makes [[Clothes dryer|tumble dryer]]s in [[Yate]]; [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] and [[Infineon Technologies|Infineon Technologies UK]] are at [[Stoke Gifford]]. [[Knorr-Bremse|Knorr-Bremse UK]] make [[Air brake (road vehicle)|air brake]]s in [[Emersons Green]]. The [[South West Observatory]]'s Economy Module provides a detailed analysis of the region's economy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economy.swo.org.uk |title=Economy Module |publisher=Economy.swo.org.uk |access-date=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525003833/http://economy.swo.org.uk/ |archive-date=25 May 2012 }}</ref>

The region's [[Gross value added]] (GVA) breaks down as 69.9% [[service industry]], 28.1% [[Manufacturing|production industry]] and 2.0% agriculture.  This is a slightly higher proportion in production, and lower proportion in services, than the UK average.  Agriculture, though in decline, is important in many parts of the region.  [[Dairy farming]] is especially important in Dorset and Devon, and the region has 1.76&nbsp;million cattle, second to only one other UK region, and {{convert|3520|sqmi|km2|0}} of grassland, more than any other region.  Only 5.6% of the region's agriculture is [[arable agriculture|arable]].<ref name=eu_portrait/>

Tourism is important in the region, and in 2003 the tourist sector contributed £4,928&nbsp;million to the region's economy.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/region/tourism.shtm | title= Tourism contribution figures | work= South West Regional Development Agency | access-date= 16 June 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070612135628/http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/region/tourism.shtm | archive-date= 12 June 2007 | url-status= live }}</ref>
In 2001 the GVA of the hotel industry was £2,200&nbsp;million, and the region had 13,800 hotels with 250,000 bed spaces.<ref name=eu_portrait/>

There are large differences in prosperity between the eastern parts of the region and the west. While Bristol is the second most affluent large city in England after London,<ref>Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2004. "[http://www.odpm.gov.uk/embedded_object.asp?id=1128513 Competitive European Cities: Where do the Core Cities stand? Urban Research Summary 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030102940/http://www.odpm.gov.uk/embedded_object.asp?id=1128513 |date=30 October 2005 }}." Page 12 (PDF)</ref> parts of Cornwall have among the lowest average incomes in Northern Europe.

[[File:Ludgvan field penwith cornwall.jpg|thumb|Vegetable crop south of Ludgvan]]
The region's [[Manufacturing Advisory Service]] is on the [[A38 road|A38]] north of Gloucester at [[Twigworth]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mas.bis.gov.uk/south-west/ |title=Manufacturing Advisory Service |publisher=Mas.bis.gov.uk |access-date=24 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227095818/http://www.mas.bis.gov.uk/south-west/ |archive-date=27 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[UK Trade & Investment]] office is at the Leigh Court Business Centre in [[Abbots Leigh]], [[North Somerset]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukti.gov.uk/export/unitedkingdom/southwest.html |title=UKTI |publisher=UKTI |access-date=24 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615114951/http://www.ukti.gov.uk/export/unitedkingdom/southwest.html |archive-date=15 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Cornwall===
{{Main|Economy of Cornwall|Cornish cuisine}}
[[File:Davidstow Creamery - geograph.org.uk - 730296.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dairy Crest]] have their main cheese creamery in [[Davidstow]] making [[Cathedral City Cheddar]] and [[Davidstow Cheddar]] on the former [[RAF Davidstow Moor]], and important wartime [[RAF Coastal Command]] airfield bought by [[Cow & Gate]] in the 1950s]]
Major companies in Cornwall include [[Imerys]] who are major producers of kaolin. [[Rodda's]] make [[clotted cream]] near [[Scorrier]], off the A30 east of Redruth. [[Fugro Seacore]] in [[Mongleath]] near Falmouth are leading offshore drilling contractors; [[Pendennis (company)|Pendennis]] makes [[luxury yacht]]s at [[Falmouth Docks]]. [[Kensa Heat Pumps]] are west of Truro. Cornish Country Larder, owned by Arla, make cheese ([[Cornish Brie]]) at [[Trevarrian]] on the B3276 in [[Mawgan-in-Pydar]], north of [[Newquay Airport]] (former [[RAF St Mawgan]]).

[[Allen & Heath]] make [[mixing console]]s in [[Penryn, Cornwall|Penryn]]. [[Fourth Element]] (wet suits) are on the A3083 at [[Cury]], south of [[RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)|RNAS Culdrose]] and Helston. [[A.P. Valves]] make diving equipment in Helston off the B3297 on Water-Ma-Trout Ind Estate, next to [[Helston Community College]]; [[Spiral Construction]] is the UK's leading manufacturer of [[Spiral stairs|spiral staircase]]s.

[[Gul (clothing)]] (watersports clothing) are on Callywith Gate Ind Est in [[Cooksland, Cornwall|Cooksland]] Bodmin at the 
western end of the A38, on the north end of the Bodmin bypass; [[C-Skins]] ([[wetsuit]]s) are on the Walker Lines Ind Est, south of Bodmin on the B3268; [[Fitzgerald Lighting]] are west of the [[Carminow Cross]] junction. [[GCHQ Bude]] is an important radar station in [[Morwenstow]]. On the other side of the river from Devonport is [[HMS Raleigh (shore establishment)|HMS Raleigh]], off the [[A374 road|A374]] at [[Torpoint]], home of the [[Royal Navy Submarine School]] (moved from [[HMS Dolphin (shore establishment)|HMS Dolphin]] in [[Gosport]] in 1999) and its [[Submarine Command Course]]; it provides all the training for the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] (RNR).

[[File:Ginsters Bakery - geograph.org.uk - 292348.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ginsters]] have a food production plant in [[Callington, Cornwall|Callington]], off the [[A390 road|A390]] between Liskeard and Tavistock]]
Cornwall has become reliant on tourism, more so than the other counties of the South West. In 2010 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly had the lowest GVA per head of any county or unitary authority in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2011/sbd-regional-gva-dec-2011.pdf|title=Regional, sub-regional and local Gross Value Added 2010|date=14 December 2011|work=Statistical Bulletin|publisher=Office for national Statistics|page=10|access-date=9 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504184949/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2011/sbd-regional-gva-dec-2011.pdf|archive-date=4 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> It contributes only 7.4% of the region's economy<ref>{{cite web|title=The changing state of the south west 2012|url=http://www.swo.org.uk/sotsw2012/economy/|publisher=South West Observatory|access-date=17 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428203909/http://www.swo.org.uk/sotsw2012/economy/|archive-date=28 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>  and has received [[Regional policy of the European Union|EU Convergence funding]] (formerly Objective One funding) since 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.objectiveone.com/|title=Objective One in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly|publisher=The Partnership Office for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly|access-date=9 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701160443/http://www.objectiveone.com/|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>  Over four million people visit the county each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitengland.org/Images/GBTS%20England%20LA%20%26%20County%20%26%20Towns%202006-2010_Published%20September%202011_tcm30-26860.xls|title=Local Authority & County Analysis 2006–2010|date=September 2011|work=GBTS England LA & County & Towns 2006–2010|publisher=VisitEngland|page=5|access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref>  The reasons for Cornwall's poor economic performance are complex and apparently persistent, but causes include its remoteness and poor transport links,<ref name=eu_portrait/> the decline of its traditional industries, such as [[Mining in Cornwall|mining]], agriculture and fishing, the low-wealth generating capacity of tourism, relocation of higher skilled jobs to other parts of the South West, and lack of a concerted economic strategy (although use of European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund monies have been deployed in an attempt at restructuring).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.objectiveone.com/|title=Objective One in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly|website=www.objectiveone.com|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701160443/http://www.objectiveone.com/|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Devon===
{{Main|Economy and industry of Devon}}
{{See also|Mining in Cornwall and Devon}}
[[File:Ukmo-exeter-panorama.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Met Office]], with [[cumulus humilis cloud]]; the Met Office [[Cray XC40]] (previously a [[Power 775]]) computer takes 4.8m weather observations per year; [[Robert FitzRoy]], who founded it in 1872, made the first weather forecast on 1 August 1861 in ''The Times''; isobars were invented in the late 1800s; two bodies produce [[World Area Forecast Center|windspeed for pilots]] around the world - the Met Office and the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] ]]
The [[Met Office]] is in [[Exeter]], as are [[Pennon Group]], the water company, [[Pedigree Dolls & Toys]] ([[Sindy]] doll), and [[Thrifty Car Rental]] UK, which is at Ashton Business Centre in [[St Thomas, Exeter|St Thomas]] on the A377 opposite the Exeter Retail Park. The airline [[Flybe (1979-2020)|Flybe]] was based at Exeter Airport until 2019; [[Plymouth City Airport]] closed in 2011. [[Chatham Marine]] clothing and footwear is off the B3123 on the Marsh Barton Trading Estate, near [[Alphington, Devon|Alphington]]. [[Eclipse Internet]] and [[EDF Energy]] are in the same building south-east of the Met Office next to the M5; [[Stovax Group]], who make [[Wood-burning stove|wood]] and [[Gas stove|gas-burning stove]]s, are further south on Sowton Ind Est next to [[Howmet Castings|Alcoa Howmet]] UK, who make [[vacuum alloy]] [[airfoil]] castings for industrial gas turbines. [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|DEFRA]] have a main site for Devon at [[Winslade Park]], to the east at [[Clyst St Mary]]; nearby to the south on the [[A376 road|A376]] is the HQ of [[Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service]]. [[Dormakaba]] UK, at Tiverton, are a world-leader in [[turnstile]]s, [[revolving door]]s and [[Lock (security device)|lock]]s; [[Heathcoat Fabrics]] make the ''DecelAir'' fabric for [[parachute]]s. Taw Valley cheese is made by [[Arla Foods UK]] (former Milk Link) at [[North Tawton]] off the [[A3124 road|A3124]], also the HQ of Gregory Distribution.

[[XYZ Machine Tools]] is off the A38 close to the M5 bridge in [[Burlescombe]] near the Somerset boundary. [[The Donkey Sanctuary]] is in [[Sidmouth]]. [[Axminster Carpets]] makes carpets for every [[Wetherspoons]] pub.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

[[Appledore Shipbuilders]] are based at [[Appledore, Torridge, Devon]], three miles north of [[Bideford]], who built sections of the [[Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier]]s. [[Parker Hannifin]] have their instrumentation division next to the [[Barnstaple Western Bypass|Taw Bridge]] ([[A361 road|A361]]) at [[Pottington]] in Barnstaple; [[CQC (company)|CQC]] makes personal equipment and [[Osprey body armour]]; off the A361 towards Barnstaple, is a [[Particle board|chipboard]] (Conti and Caberboard) plant of [[Norbord]]. Next to [[Royal Marines Base Chivenor]], [[Perrigo]] makes [[Germolene]] and own-label OTC medicines at the Wrafton Laboratories in [[Heanton Punchardon]] on the A361. [[Actavis]] UK (former Cox Pharmaceuticals, part of [[Hoechst AG]]), off the A361 east of Barnstaple, make [[levothyroxine]] and other [[thyroid hormone]]s. [[Dartington Crystal]] in [[Great Torrington|Torrington]] makes [[Royal Brierley]]. [[Pall Corporation|Pall Europe]] make filtration products in [[Ilfracombe]].

All [[Ambrosia (food brand)|Ambrosia]] (former Unilever) products are made at the [[Ambrosia Creamery]] in [[Lifton, Devon|Lifton]], off the A30 on the [[River Lyd (Devon)|River Lyd]]. [[Parkham Farms]] make [[West Country Farmhouse Cheddar|Westcountry Farmhouse Cheddar]] at [[Woolfardisworthy, Torridge]]. [[SC Group]] (Supacat) at [[Dunkeswell Aerodrome]], north of [[Honiton]], make protective vehicles for the Army, notably the [[Jackal (MWMIK)|Jackal]]; these vehicles are also made in Plymouth by [[Babcock International]] formerly [[Devonport Management Limited]] (DML); [[Oceanic Worldwide]] UK makes [[scuba diving]] gear. [[Quested (company)|Quested]] make high-end [[loudspeaker]]s on Heathpark Ind Est, west of Honiton, next to the railway.

[[Centrax]] make industrial gas turbines in [[Newton Abbot]]; to the north-west, on the A38 at the A382 junction at [[Heathfield, Devon|Heathfield]] in [[Bovey Tracey]], [[British Ceramic Tile]] have the largest ceramic [[tile]] plant in Europe. [[Suttons Seeds]] is in [[Paignton]]; [[AVX Corporation|AVX]], off the [[A3022 road|A3022]], was a worldwide site for [[tantalum capacitor]]s, until the company moved production to the Czech Republic in 2009. [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] is at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]].

[[File:Stonehouse Pool and Boatbuilding Yard - geograph.org.uk - 325081.jpg|thumb|right|[[Princess Yachts]] make motor yachts off the [[A374 road|A374]] in [[Stonehouse, Plymouth|Stonehouse]] ]]
[[HMNB Devonport]] (HMS Drake, the largest naval base in western Europe) is in Plymouth. [[Toshiba]] had a large presence in [[Ernesettle]], in the north of Plymouth, which was the second-largest employer after the Royal Navy, until they moved production of televisions to [[Kobierzyce]] in Poland in 2009; it made its last television at the site on 27 August 2009; [[Vispring]] (beds) is next to [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki Precision Machinery]]. [[Snowbee]] make [[fishing tackle]]. The headquarters of the [[United Kingdom Commando Force|UK Commando Force]] is at [[Stonehouse Barracks]]. [[The Range (retailer)|The Range]] (home and leisure) is on the B3432 in [[Estover, Plymouth|Estover]] east of Plymouth Airport; opposite is [[Fine Tubes]] and further east [[Barden Corporation|Barden]] make ball-bearings for the aerospace industry; on the furthest east of the industrial estate is [[Wrigley Company]] UK; its ''[[Extra (gum)|Extra]]'' brand is the second best-selling confectionery in the UK after ''[[Cadbury Dairy Milk|Dairy Milk]]''.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

[[File:HMS Talent (S92) at Devonport 2008.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Trafalgar-class submarine|Trafalgar-class]] [[HMS Talent (S92)]] at Devonport in February 2008]]
[[X-Fab]] UK ([[semiconductor fabrication plant]], former Plessey Semiconductors) is next to the [[A386 road (England)|A386]] [[Bickleigh, South Hams|Bickleigh]] Cross roundabout; nearby [[Becton Dickinson|BD]] have a large plant making medical [[vacutainer]]s (for blood samples) on Belliver Way Ind Est in the north of Plymouth; south of BD off the B3373 in [[Southway]] is Silicon Sensing Systems (who make [[vibrating structure gyroscope]]s and are owned by [[UTC Aerospace Systems]], previously BAE Systems, and [[BAe Dynamics]], who had made [[nose cone]]s for aircraft including Concorde), and [[Schneider Electric]] UK ([[Drayton Controls]], market-leading [[thermostatic radiator valve]]s for [[central heating]], previously owned by Invensys Controls UK).

[[Hemerdon Mine]], east of Plymouth, has one of the largest deposits of [[tungsten]] in the world. [[Wills Marine]] make motor [[inflatable boat]]s off the [[A379 road|A379]] in [[Kingsbridge]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===Dorset===
{{Main|Economy of Dorset}}

[[New Look (clothing retailer)|New Look]] is in [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]; it is Britain's second-biggest value clothing retailer, with over 800 stores in 21 countries. [[Wytch Farm]] ([[BP]]) is the UK's largest onshore oil field. [[Meggitt]] is a leading aerospace and defence contractor, based west of Bournemouth Airport, with [[Hobbycraft]], at a former [[British Aircraft Corporation|BAC]] works in [[Hurn]], close to [[West Parley]]. The [[Royal Armoured Corps]] is based at [[Bovington Camp]], and next door is the [[Bovington Tank Museum]]; the Army has three armoured regiments ([[Royal Dragoon Guards]], [[Royal Tank Regiment]] and [[King's Royal Hussars]]) and 227 FV4034 70-tonne [[Challenger 2]] tanks; Germany has around 1,000 tanks and Russia has 3,300. [[Westwind Air Bearings]] (owned by Novanta) is off the [[A352 road|A352]] at [[Wareham St Martin]], west of Poole, near [[Holton Heath railway station]], with [[Mathmos]] (lighting), founded by [[Edward Craven Walker]] who invented the [[lava lamp]].

[[Tata Consultancy Services]] (former [[Unisys|Unisys Insurance Services]] before 2010) is in Bournemouth. [[Imagine Publishing]], a magazine publisher, with [[The Mortgage Works]] (owned by Nationwide Building Society), is at the [[A35 road|A35]]/A347 Richmond Hill Roundabout; [[Organix (company)|Organix]] is in the centre; [[McCarthy & Stone]], who make much of Britain's retirement housing, is on the B3066. [[Liverpool Victoria|LV=]] (insurance) is at [[Frizzell House]] at [[Westbourne, Dorset|Westbourne]] at the County Gates Gyratory A35/A338 roundabout. [[JPMorgan Chase]] have their large Chaseside site at the A3060/A338 junction opposite the [[Royal Bournemouth Hospital]], [[RIAS (insurance)|RIAS]] (insurance) and [[Teachers Assurance]], towards [[Holdenhurst]].

[[File:Poole , The Lifeboat College - geograph.org.uk - 1771006.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Lifeboat College]] in Poole, where the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] (RNLI) is headquartered]]
[[Merlin Entertainments]] (who own [[Sea Life Centres]], and are the world's second largest [[theme park]] operator after [[Disney Parks, Experiences and Products|Disney]]) is in [[Poole]] with a former division, [[Aquarium Technology]], at the end of the A350 near the [[Twin Sails bridge]]. [[Ryvita]] is made in [[Parkstone]] on the B3061. [[Fitness First]], the largest privately owned health club group in the world, originated in Bournemouth and is now globally headquartered south of Fleet's Corner. [[Siemens Plessey|Siemens Traffic Controls]] make most of the UK's traffic lights west near Fleet's Corner; the main traffic light in the UK is the Siemens Helios (the other make is the [[Peek Traffic|Peek]] Elite). North of Fleets Lane, south of the Wessex Gate Retail Park, is [[Parvalux]], on the A3049 on the West Howe Ind Estate in [[Wallisdown]], which makes geared [[Brushed DC electric motor|DC electric motor]]s and gearboxes; further south is [[Faerch Plast]] (former [[Sealed Air]], which makes trays for food) then Fitness First, and [[Aeronautical & General Instruments]]; further north is [[Lush (company)|Lush]], the cosmetics company, with Hamworthy [[Wärtsilä]] (Finnish), and Hamworthy Combustion (owned by [[Koch Industries]]), at the A349/A3049 junction in [[Fleetsbridge]], is an international engineering consultancy.

[[Sunseeker]] International is a main motor [[yacht]] manufacturer; it made the boat in the opening sequence of ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''. The [[Special Boat Service]] is based at [[RM Poole]], home of the Navy's [[amphibious warfare]] section, off the B3068 at [[Hamworthy]] in the west of Poole. [[Tangerine Confectionery]] (former Parrs) made gums and jellies on the Redlands Trading Estate off the [[A3040 road (Great Britain)|A3040]] near [[Branksome railway station]] to the east. [[Aish Technologies]] makes console (display) systems for the Royal Navy off B3068 in [[Alderney, Dorset|Alderney]].

[[File:Yoyager-underwing-cobham-pod.jpg|thumb|right|Cobham underwing refuelling pod on an RAF Voyager, or [[Airbus A330 MRTT]] (the aircraft is made at [[Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA|CASA]], part of [[Airbus Defence and Space]], in [[Getafe]] in central Spain)]]
[[Cobham plc]], in [[Wimborne Minster]] towards [[Leigh, Dorset|Leigh]], is a world-leader in [[Aerial refueling|air-to-air refuelling]], developed by [[Alan Cobham]] at [[RAF Tarrant Rushton]], and aircraft antennas. [[Durable]] UK (office products) is in Wimborne; [[Caterpillar Inc|Caterpillar]]'s Wimborne Marine Power Centre make [[Perkins Engines|Perkins]] Sabre marine diesel generators on [[Ferndown]] Ind Est off the A31; to the south is the paint manufacturer [[Farrow & Ball]] in [[Hampreston]] and [[Stapehill]], in Ferndown. [[Manitou UK]], owner of the American [[Gehl Company]] and from [[Nanterre]] in France, is based at [[Verwood]] on the Ebblake Ind Est off the B3081 near the Hampshire boundary. [[Sigma-Aldrich]] UK (pharmaceuticals) are off the B3092 on Brickfield Business Park in [[Gillingham, Dorset|Gillingham]], next to the [[River Stour, Dorset|River Stour]] and railway. [[Cygnus Instruments]], on the B3144 in Dorchester, is the leading manufacturer of [[Ultrasonic thickness measurement|ultrasonic thickness]] gauges, developing the technique in the early 1980s. [[Edwards Sports Products]] of Bridport, owned by [[Broxap]] of Staffordshire, make football goals for the [[Premier League]], and tennis nets and posts for [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===Gloucestershire===
[[File:GCHQ-aerial.jpg|thumb|right|240px|An aerial view of [[The Doughnut|GCHQ's headquarters]], 2004; the biggest employer in Gloucestershire is the intelligence agency [[Government Communications Headquarters|GCHQ]], who are based at '[[The Doughnut]]', their headquarters<ref name=Guard03>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/10/terrorism.Whitehall|title=The Doughnut, the less secretive weapon in the fight against international terrorism|author=Richard Norton-Taylor|date=10 June 2003|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219033921/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/10/terrorism.Whitehall|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> GCHQ has around 6,000 staff, [[MI5]] has 4,000, and MI6 ([[Secret Intelligence Service]]) has 3,200; GCHQ is in the west of Cheltenham, off the A40 at the [[A4013 road (Great Britain)|A4013]] roundabout at [[Fiddlers Green, Cheltenham|Fiddlers Green]], and also has a site to the east at [[Oakley, Gloucestershire|Oakley]] ]]
In Cheltenham are [[Endsleigh Insurance]] in [[Shurdington]], [[Kohler Mira Ltd]] (showers), [[Superdry]] (clothing), [[Collins Bartholomew|Collins Geo]] (maps), and [[Chelsea Building Society]] are on the A435 to the south-east. North of Cheltenham at [[Bishop's Cleeve]], south of the village on the A435, is [[GE Aviation Systems|GE Aviation Systems UK]] on the large Cleeve Business Park; this which was the former 300-acre site of the Cheltenham Division of [[Smiths Group|Smiths Industries]] that made flight control systems and flight deck displays; further up the A435 is a main site of [[Zurich Insurance Group|Zurich Assurance]] UK. [[Weird Fish]] (clothing) is near [[Spirax-Sarco Engineering|Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc]] (pumps) off the [[A4019 road|A4019]] in Kingsditch in [[Swindon Village]], north of Cheltenham; on the other side of the A4019, [[Douglas Equipment]], next to [[All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham]], makes [[Pushback (aviation)|towing]] tractors for aircraft. [[Gulf Oil]] UK was headquartered on B4075 in Prestbury (near the racecourse) until 1997, when [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell UK]] bought its petrol stations; the former headquarters became a student hall of the [[University of Gloucestershire]].

Computer security firm [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] have a site in Gloucester, the base of [[Ecclesiastical Insurance]]. [[Dowty Rotol]] (who make propellers) and [[Bond Aviation Group]] (helicopter leasing) are next to [[Gloucestershire Airport]] at [[Staverton, Gloucestershire|Staverton]]; Helimedia is the UK distributor of the L-3 [[Wescam]], the Canadian thermal imaging system found with many UK [[Police aviation in the United Kingdom|police air support units]] and [[Air ambulances in the United Kingdom|air ambulances]]. The [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]] bank was [[Barnwood]] (north Gloucester), next to [[Unilever]]'s manufacturing site for [[Wall's (ice cream)|Wall's]] ice cream at the [[A417 road|A417]]/A38 roundabout next to the railway; on other side of the railway in [[Elmbridge, Gloucester|Elmbridge]] is [[Lanes Health]] who make [[Olbas Oil]] and [[Kalms]]; to the south, [[EDF Energy]] (former [[British Energy]]) have their [[Nuclear power in the United Kingdom|nuclear energy]] engineering centre with [[Horizon Nuclear Power]]. Between the former C&G and EDF at Barnwood, [[Barclays]]' data centre services all of its [[Automated teller machine|ATMs]] in the south of England.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

[[File:Main landing gear of Airbus A330 and A340.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|[[Safran Landing Systems|Safran Landing Systems UK]] (former Messier-Dowty, historically Britain's main aircraft [[Landing gear|undercarriage]] manufacturer, now owned by [[Safran]]) make undercarriage for Boeing aircraft; the South West region has the most [[Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom|aerospace industry in the UK]] (followed by the North West, which has [[Warton Aerodrome|Warton]] and [[Samlesbury Aerodrome|Samlesbury]])]]
[[Moog Inc|Moog Controls]] UK, on the [[Ashchurch]] Ind Estate by [[Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station|Ashchurch for Tewkesbury]] near junction 9 (A46) of the M5, make [[Electrohydraulic servo valve|servo valve]]s for the aerospace industry ([[Aircraft flight control system|flight control system]]s or AFCS), in [[Northway, Gloucestershire|Northway]]; also on the estate is [[Steinhoff International|Steinhoff]] UK, who own [[Sleepmasters]] and [[Bensons for Beds]]. [[Floortex]] (floor coverings) is on Tewkesbury Business Park, west of the M5 south of [[Duraflex]].  Near the M5 Ashchurch Interchange off the [[A438 road|A438]], [[RR Donnelley]] GDS print Barclaycard statements. The [[Colt Car Company|Colt Car Company UK]] (who distribute [[Mitsubishi Motors]]) are in [[Cirencester]], and [[Corin Group]] make [[Joint replacement|artificial joint]]s on the [[A429 road|A429]] near the [[Royal Agricultural University]].

The [[Stroud & Swindon Building Society]] and [[Ecotricity]] are in [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]] near [[Stroud railway station|Stroud station]]. [[WSP Textiles]] (a former division of [[Milliken & Company|Milliken]]) on the A46 towards [[Rodborough]] in the south of Stroud make felt for [[billiard table]]s ([[Strachan cloth]]), and for [[tennis ball]]s for three [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments ([[William Playne & Co|Playne's tennis ball cloth]]). [[Dairy Crest]] makes [[Frijj]] milkshake at its large dairy at [[Severnside]] on the Stroudwater Business Park at [[Stonehouse, Gloucestershire|Stonehouse]] next to the M5, within walking distance of [[Stonehouse railway station|Stonehouse station]]; nearby ReedHycalog (owned by [[National Oilwell Varco]]) make industrial [[drill bit]]s off the [[A419 road|A419]] on the Oldends Ind Est, near [[ABB]] UK, who make [[Flow measurement|flow meter]]s; [[Delphi Automotive|Delphi Diesel Systems]] UK, on the business park, make [[Unit Injector|electronic unit injector]]s; Renishaw plc have large machining centre on north of the business park; [[SKF]] (Swedish) make [[ball bearing]]s (Aeroengine & High Precision Bearings Division, for Rolls-Royce) to the south of the estate (former [[Ransome Hoffmann Pollard]]), then [[NSK Ltd.|NSK]] until 2002); the company has another site at Clevedon in Somerset.

[[File:Entrance to UCAS - geograph.org.uk - 881386.jpg|thumb|right|The entrance to [[UCAS]] in 2008; it has around 37,000 courses at 370 institutions; it is in the north of Cheltenham, near the [[Cheltenham Racecourse|racecourse]] in [[Prestbury, Gloucestershire|Prestbury]] at the [[A435 road|A435]]/B4075 junction]]

[[Beverage Brands]] is based at [[Hucclecote]] on the [[Gloucester Business Park]] off B4641 east of the M5 [[Brockworth, Gloucestershire|Brockworth]] Interchange, with Horizon Nuclear Power, and next to [[NHS Gloucestershire]]); in the same building is MessageLabs ([[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]), and a main office of [[Ageas]] UK (insurance). Further south in Brockworth is [[Direct Wines]] (Laithwaites); to the east is a [[G-TEKT Corporation|G-TEKT]] (former Takao Europe) automotive [[Stamping (metalworking)|metal pressings]] and sub-assemblies factory and a large [[Invista]] textiles factory (former ICI Fibres, then Dupont from 1992, which makes nylon fibres);
the site is built on the former Gloster Aircraft factory, which closed around 1960. [[Renishaw plc]] is in [[Wotton-under-Edge]], previously being in [[Nailsworth]]. [[Lister Petter]], off the [[A4135 road|A4135]] in [[Dursley]], make [[Diesel generator|diesel engine generator]] sets; [[Lister Shearing]] is the only British manufacturer of [[Hair clipper|clipping]] and [[Sheep shearing|shearing]] (animals) equipment. The [[Fire Service College]] is in [[Moreton-in-Marsh]] near [[Moreton-in-Marsh railway station|Moreton-in-Marsh station]]. [[Northcot Brick]] is at [[Blockley]], in the north-east, next to the [[Cotswold Line|railway]]; [[Per Una]] is based near [[Draycott, Gloucestershire|Draycott]].

[[Mabey Group]], off the [[A48 road|A48]] at [[Lydney]] make wind turbine towers; on the other side of the A48, [[Federal-Mogul]] have a foundry making [[camshaft]]s. [[Suntory]] (Japanese) makes [[Lucozade]] (from 1957) and [[Ribena]] (from 1947) at the [[Royal Forest Factory]] off the B4228 in [[Coleford, Gloucestershire|Coleford]] in the [[Forest of Dean (district)|Forest of Dean]]; [[William Horlick]], originator of another well-known former [[GlaxoSmithKline|GSK]] product, was born in the Forest of Dean in 1846.

[[File:Westland apache wah-64d longbow zj206 arp.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] [[List of active United Kingdom military aircraft|has 67]] Yeovil-built, [[Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322|Rolls-Royce RTM322]]-powered [[AgustaWestland Apache]] AH1 helicopters; since 2010, the helicopters now have the much-more advanced [[Apache Arrowhead]] night-vision system which superseded [[Target Acquisition and Designation Sights, Pilot Night Vision System|TADS/PNVS]]; in October 2016, the Royal Navy had 94 helicopters; the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]] is Europe's largest naval air museum]]

===Somerset===
{{Main|Economy of Somerset}}
[[File:Shunting the engine - geograph.org.uk - 107049.jpg|thumb|[[Mendip Vale railway station|Mendip Vale]] the nearest station to the city of [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]] which is cut off from the rest of the UK by the [[Beeching cuts]].]]
[[Screwfix]] is in Yeovil, and [[C&J Clark|Clarks shoes]] with [[K-Swiss]] Europe are in [[Street, Somerset|Street]], although most of its shoes are made in the Far East. [[Shepton Mallet]] is home of [[Blackthorn Cider]] and the [[Gaymer Cider Company]]. [[Dairy Crest]] packs [[Cathedral City Cheddar|Cathedral City]] cheese in [[Frome]]. The [[Glastonbury Festival]] at [[Pilton, Somerset|Pilton]] (nearer to Shepton Mallet than Glastonbury), off the [[A361 road|A361]], is the UK's biggest music festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=V&A |date=2022 |title=V&A · The history of Glastonbury Festival |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-history-of-glastonbury-festival |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Uniq factory, Evercreech - geograph.org.uk - 446994.jpg|thumb|left|Greencore make premium chilled desserts, such as [[tiramisu]] for M & S, at their site (former [[St Ivel]], then [[Uniq plc|Uniq]] Desserts) off the B3081 at [[Evercreech]] ]]
The [[Royal Marines]] have a [[Norton Manor Camp|large base]] for [[40 Commando]] west of [[Taunton]], with their [[Commando Training Centre Royal Marines|training centre]] at [[Lympstone Commando]] in Devon, on the [[Avocet Line]] with its own station of [[Lympstone Commando railway station|Lympstone]] and the A376 and [[River Exe]]. [[Attentional]] in Taunton deliver audience figures for [[Broadcasters' Audience Research Board|BARB]]. [[DS Smith]]'s [[Wansbrough Paper Mill]] at [[Watchet]] on the coast is the UK's largest manufacturer of [[coreboard]]. [[Fletcher Boats]] make speedboats in [[Langport]]. [[TePe]] UK (Swedish) supply toothbrushes.

Thales Defence closed its radar site (former EMI Electronics) near Wookey Hole, in [[St Cuthbert Out]]. [[Thales Underwater Systems]] (former [[Plessey]] Marine) is at [[Templecombe|Abbas and Templecombe]], Somerset, off the A357 towards Dorset in the [[Blackmore Vale]], east of Yeovil. [[Commando Helicopter Force]] at [[RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)|Yeovilton]] operates Merlins and Wildcats (the upgraded version of the [[Westland Lynx|Lynx]]). [[Mulberry (company)|Mulberry]] is based at [[Chilcompton]] on the B3139, north of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendips. [[Cox & Cox]] furnishings, is north of Frome in [[Berkley, Somerset]] off the A361. [[Fox Brothers]] make cloth in [[Wellington, Somerset|Wellington]], and [[Relyon (furniture)|Relyon]] (part of [[Steinhoff International]]) make beds.

Italian defence contractor [[Leonardo S.p.A.|Leonardo]] makes helicopters at [[Yeovil]], formerly the home of [[Westland Helicopters]], building the [[AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat]]. To the east of Yeovil, in [[Houndstone]], Garador make [[garage door]]s (part of Hörmann Group of [[Amshausen]], Europe's largest mechanical door manufacturer). [[Yeo Valley Organic]] is in [[Blagdon]]. [[Numatic International Limited]] makes [[vacuum cleaner]]s in [[Chard, Somerset|Chard]], and [[Brecknell Willis]], a railway engineering company on the [[A30 road|A30]], makes [[Pantograph (rail)|pantograph]]s; [[ActionAid UK]] is in the Chard Business Centre, off the A358 in the north of Chard, near a centrifugal [[oil filter]] plant of [[Mann+Hummel]]. [[Dairy Crest]] made [[brandy butter]] south of the town in [[Tatworth|Tatworth and Forton]], near the meeting point of Dorset, Somerset and Devon. [[Ministry of Cake]], owned by Greencore since December 2007 on the A3065 in [[Staplegrove]] in the west of Taunton, is the leading provider of frozen desserts to the UK foodservice industry. The [[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office]] is in Taunton. [[Pilgrims Choice]] cheddar is made by Adams Foods (former [[North Downs Dairy]]) at Wincanton. [[Ariel Motor Company]] in Crewkerne, make the [[Ariel Atom]].

[[Gerber Products Company|Refresco Gerber]] in the north of Bridgwater, between the A38 and the [[River Parrett]], make [[SunnyD]], [[Libby's]], [[Innocent Drinks]], [[Del Monte Foods|Del Monte]], [[Just Juice]] and [[Ocean Spray (cooperative)|Ocean Spray]].

[[File:Higher Stockham Farm - geograph.org.uk - 241476.jpg|thumb|right|Former brandy butter plant at [[Chard Junction]] next to the [[River Axe (Lyme Bay)|River Axe]] ]]
Next to the [[Royal Portbury Dock]], off junction 19 of the M5 on the A369 is [[Lafarge (company)|Lafarge]] Plasterboard. [[Thatchers Cider]] is in [[Sandford, Somerset|Sandford]], [[North Somerset]] on the [[A368 road|A368]], two miles east of the M5. Towards Bristol Airport, [[Claverham (company)|Claverham]] make actuation equipment for the aerospace sector in [[Yatton]] in [[North Somerset]], off the [[A370 road|A370]], and is part of [[Hamilton Sundstrand]], derived from the electrical systems part of [[Fairey Aviation]].

[[Wessex Water]], [[Future plc]], [[Buro Happold]] and [[Rotork]] are in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. Cadbury used to make ''[[Curly Wurly]]'', ''[[Double Decker (chocolate bar)|Double Decker]]'' and ''[[Crunchie]]'' at the [[Somerdale Factory]], [[Keynsham]] until Kraft closed the plant in March 2011 and moved production to [[Skarbimierz, Opole Voivodeship]] in Poland.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Chris|title=Broken chocolate factory pledge devastates Keynsham|work=BBC News |date=14 January 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12126550|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528023241/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12126550|archive-date=28 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Wiltshire===
{{Main|Economy of Wiltshire}}
[[File:Salisbury Cathedral.jpg|right|thumb|[[Salisbury Cathedral]] at 123&nbsp;m (404&nbsp;ft) which is the tallest in the UK]]
[[Nationwide Building Society]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Locations of our head offices|url=https://www.nationwide.co.uk/support/support-articles/contact-numbers-address/address-and-maps-of-our-head-offices|publisher=Nationawide|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172311/https://www.nationwide.co.uk/support/support-articles/contact-numbers-address/address-and-maps-of-our-head-offices|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Research Councils UK]] and five [[UK Research Councils|research council]]s, [[Intel Corporation|Intel Europe]], and the [[British Computer Society]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Details of our Swindon and London Offices|url=http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/34404|publisher=BCS|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230225833/http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/34404|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> are in Swindon, as are the main offices of [[Historic England]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Swindon National Office|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/about/contact-us/national-offices/swindon/|publisher=Historic England|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172718/https://historicengland.org.uk/about/contact-us/national-offices/swindon/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Heelis|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/heelis|publisher=National Trust|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172652/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/heelis|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> both housed in the former [[Great Western Railway]]'s [[Swindon Works]]. [[Allied Dunbar]] was headquartered in the centre of Swindon until 1998, when bought by [[Zurich Insurance Group|Zurich Financial Services]]. In [[Stratton St Margaret]], [[BMW]] press metal for the [[Mini (marque)|Mini]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mini Plant Swindon|url=http://www.miniplantswindon.co.uk/location-contact.aspx|publisher=MINI|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114111331/http://www.miniplantswindon.co.uk/location-contact.aspx|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> at the former [[Pressed Steel Company]], there is a major [[List of Honda assembly plants|Honda]] [[Honda of the UK Manufacturing|manufacturing plant]] (in South Marston) where the [[Honda Fit|Jazz]], [[Honda Civic|Civic]] and [[Honda CR-V|CR-V]] are manufactured at Britain's second-largest car manufacturing plant;<ref>{{cite news|title=Honda boosts UK investment|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1535333.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831072924/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1535333.stm|archive-date=31 August 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> nearby are [[Zimmer Biomet|Zimmer]] UK (medical devices) and [[GS Yuasa|Yuasa]] UK (automotive batteries).

The headquarters of [[WHSmith]], with [[Smiths News]], is near the [[School Library Association]], west of the MINI works in [[Upper Stratton]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Head Office – Swindon|url=http://www.whsmithcareers.co.uk/head-office-swindon/|publisher=WH Smith|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172208/http://www.whsmithcareers.co.uk/head-office-swindon/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Valero Energy]] UK, who bought Texaco from [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] in 2011, are in [[Eldene]], in the former head office of [[St Ivel]]; [[Patheon]] UK (pharmaceuticals, on the former site of [[Roussel Uclaf]]) are on the B4006 in [[Covingham]], north of Valero, in the east of Swindon. [[British Gasket Group|BG Automotive]], on the Cheney Manor industrial estate, make gaskets on the B4006 in [[Rodbourne]]; [[Dynamatic Technologies|Dynamatic]] UK are in a former [[Plessey]] factory. [[Burmah Oil]] was headquartered in the south of Swindon; Burmah bought [[Castrol]] in 1966 (owned by [[BP]] from 2000). [[Stanley Black & Decker|Stanley Security]] (former Amano Blick) is on the Techno trading estate, north of the town centre.

[[File:Plessey Semiconductors 1982.jpg|thumb|left|Former Plessey Semiconductors factory in Swindon, on the Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, west of Rodbourne]]
Near the M4 Spittleborough Roundabout, close to [[Freshbrook]], are [[Synergy Health]] and [[Npower (United Kingdom)|RWE npower]]; also on the Windmill Hill Business park are [[Arval (company)|Arval]] ([[vehicle leasing]] and fuel cards), and [[Allstar (fuel card)|Allstar]] (fuel card); also nearby are [[Realogy|Cartus]] Europe, [[Catalent|Catalent Pharma Solutions]] UK and [[MAN Truck & Bus]] UK (with [[Neoplan]] and [[ERF (lorry manufacturer)|ERF]]); further east is [[WRc]] (the former Water Research Centre). Nearby on Lydiard Fields in [[Lydiard Tregoze]] is [[Johnson Matthey]] Fuel Cells, which in 2002 was the world's first production site of [[Membrane electrode assembly|membrane electrode assemblies]], and next door is [[Neptune (Europe)|Neptune]], who make furniture and kitchens; also [[BuildStore]] have their National Self Build & Renovation Centre. Sauer-Danfoss UK provide hydraulics off the [[A419 road|A419]] in [[Dorcan]], and nearby is [[TE Connectivity]] UK (former Tyco Electronics and [[Raychem]]). The [[British & Foreign Bible Society]] is on the Delta Business Park in [[Westlea]], near [[Intergraph]] UK ([[Geographic information system|geospatial software]], owned by [[Hexagon AB]]) on the other side of Westmead industrial estate, with [[Metric Group]], the only UK manufacturer of [[parking meter]]s. [[Triumph International|Triumph International UK]] is in [[Blunsdon|Blunsdon St Andrew]].

[[Dyson (company)|Dyson]] is in [[Malmesbury]], north of the M4.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malmesbury|url=https://careers.dyson.com/commercial/malmesbury/|publisher=Dyson|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172110/https://careers.dyson.com/commercial/malmesbury/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cotswold Outdoor]] (recommended supplier to the [[The Duke of Edinburgh's Award|DofE Award]] and the Scout Association) is based at the [[Cotswold Airport]] near the Gloucestershire boundary, south of Cirencester.

[[File:The Staverton Chimney - geograph.org.uk - 613951.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|[[Shredded wheat|Shredded Wheat]] factory at [[Staverton, Wiltshire|Staverton]] north of Trowbridge]]
[[Trowbridge]] has [[Apetito]] UK,<ref>{{cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.apetito.co.uk/about-us/our-history/|publisher=Apetito|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172335/https://www.apetito.co.uk/about-us/our-history/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wiltshire Farm Foods]], [[Danone|Danone UK]] and their subsidiary [[Numico]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://corporate.danone.co.uk/connect/consumers/contact-us/waters/address/|publisher=Danone|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230174307/http://corporate.danone.co.uk/connect/consumers/contact-us/waters/address/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cereal Partners]] make [[Shredded wheat|Shredded Wheat]] and [[Shreddies]] at [[Staverton, Wiltshire|Staverton]], near Trowbridge. In [[Devizes]] is the [[Wadworth Brewery]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Visit Us|url=https://www.wadworth.co.uk/more/brewery-tours/visiting-our-brewery/visit-us/|publisher=Wadworths|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172324/https://www.wadworth.co.uk/more/brewery-tours/visiting-our-brewery/visit-us/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Salisbury Cathedral]] in [[Salisbury]] attracts many tourists. [[Rockhopper Exploration]] is in the town and [[Naim Audio]] make hi-fi equipment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Information|date=3 September 2014 |url=https://www.naimaudio.com/contact-information|publisher=Naim|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230225726/https://www.naimaudio.com/contact-information|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Nearby, [[Defence Science and Technology Laboratory|Dstl]] is at [[Porton Down]].<ref>{{cite web|title=dstl|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory|publisher=dstl|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229215603/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory|archive-date=29 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Knorr-Bremse|Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK]] (formerly Westinghouse) make [[railway air brake]]s in Bowerhill<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Information|url=http://www.knorr-bremse.co.uk/en/_meta/contact/contactform.jsp|publisher=Knorr-Bremse|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172419/http://www.knorr-bremse.co.uk/en/_meta/contact/contactform.jsp|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> just south of [[Melksham]] and nearby are the headquarters of [[Avon Rubber]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Where We Operate|url=https://www.avon-rubber.com/About-Us/where-we-operate.htm|publisher=Avon Rubber|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172302/https://www.avon-rubber.com/About-Us/where-we-operate.htm|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Herman Miller]] UK, a maker of office furniture. [[Chippenham]] has the HQ of [[Wincanton plc]], the large logistics company,<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact|url=https://www.wincanton.co.uk/contact/|publisher=Wincanton PLC|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172335/https://www.wincanton.co.uk/contact/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Invensys Rail Group]] (formerly [[Westinghouse Rail Systems]]) who make [[Railway signalling|rail signalling equipment]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Armstrong|first1=Julie|title=£1.8bn takeover of Invensys Rail in Chippenham concluded|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/10405106.__1_8bn_takeover_of_Invensys_Rail_in_Chippenham_concluded/|access-date=30 December 2017|work=Gazette and Herald|date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230172605/http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/10405106.__1_8bn_takeover_of_Invensys_Rail_in_Chippenham_concluded/|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and the software company [[SCISYS]].

In the centre of the county are many military establishments, notably [[MoD Boscombe Down]], the training sites on [[Salisbury Plain Training Area|Salisbury Plain]] and at [[MOD Lyneham|MoD Lyneham]], and the army bases around [[Tidworth]], [[Larkhill]] (home of the [[Royal School of Artillery]]) and [[Warminster]] (HQ of the [[Infantry of the British Army|Infantry]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA)|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/34026.aspx|publisher=Army|access-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230171943/http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/34026.aspx|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>