Editing Yorkshire (section)

==Economy==

===South and West===
[[File:Bridgewater Place from Call Lane.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[Bridgewater Place]] in [[Leeds]]]]
The [[City of Leeds]] is Yorkshire's largest city and the leading centre of trade and commerce. [[Leeds]] is also one of the UK's larger financial centres. Leeds's traditional industries were mixed, service-based industries, textile manufacturing and coal mining being examples. Tourism is also significant and a growing sector in the city. In 2015, the value of tourism was in excess of £7&nbsp;billion.

[[Bradford]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[Keighley]] and [[Huddersfield]] once were centres of wool milling. Areas such as Bradford, [[Dewsbury]] and Keighley have suffered a decline in their economy since.

[[Sheffield]] once had heavy industries, such as coal mining and the [[steel industry]]. Since the decline of such industries Sheffield has attracted tertiary and administrative businesses including more retail trade, [[Meadowhall Centre|Meadowhall]] being an example.

Coal mining was extremely active in the south of the county during the 19th century and for most of the 20th century, particularly around [[Barnsley]] and [[Wakefield]]. As late as the 1970s, the number of miners working in the area was still in six figures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/miners/miners_state_of_the_industry.shtml |title=BBC – Bradford and West Yorkshire – A Sense of Place – Coal mining in West Yorkshire: The end of an era |access-date=16 November 2011 |archive-date=10 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410225328/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/miners/miners_state_of_the_industry.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The industry was placed under threat on 6 March 1984 when the [[National Coal Board]] announced the closure of 20 pits nationwide (some of them in South Yorkshire). By March 2004, a mere three coalpits remained open in the area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3514549.stm |title=Watching the pits disappear |work=[[BBC News]] |location=London |access-date=16 November 2011 |date=5 March 2004 |archive-date=16 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216012105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3514549.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Three years later, the only remaining coal pit in the region was Maltby Colliery near [[Rotherham]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/6400421.stm |title=Jobs safeguarded as coal pit sold |work=[[BBC News]] |location=London |access-date=16 November 2011 |date=27 February 2007 |archive-date=3 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303172839/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/6400421.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Maltby Colliery closed in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 April 2013 |title=Miners march to mark closure of Maltby Colliery |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-22051348 |access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref>

===East Riding and North===
[[File:Shambles shopper 8686.jpg|thumb|The Shambles is a popular tourist district in York]]
[[North Yorkshire]] has an established tourist industry, supported by the presence of two national parks ([[Yorkshire Dales National Park|Yorkshire Dales]] and [[North York Moors]]), [[Harrogate]], [[York]] and [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]].

Tourism is a huge part of the economy of York with a value of over £765 million to the city and supporting 24,000 jobs in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visityork.org/dbimgs/York%20Tourism%20Recovery%20Marketing%20Strategy%20Webres%20(1).pdf|title=York Marketing Strategy 13 August 2020|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020093919/https://www.visityork.org/dbimgs/York%20Tourism%20Recovery%20Marketing%20Strategy%20Webres%20(1).pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Harrogate draws numerous visitors because of its conference facilities. In 2016 such events alone attracted 300,000 visitors to Harrogate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harrogateconventioncentre.co.uk/about/our-story|title=WE'VE BEEN EVOLVING FOR ALMOST TWO HUNDRED YEARS.|work=Convention Centre|access-date=1 March 2021|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228125554/https://www.harrogateconventioncentre.co.uk/about/our-story|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Kingston upon Hull]] is Yorkshire's largest port and has a large manufacturing base, its fishing industry has, however, declined somewhat in recent years. Businesses in Hull are [[Aunt Bessie's]], [[Birds Eye]], [[Seven Seas (company)|Seven Seas]], [[Fenner (company)|Fenner]], [[Rank Organisation]], [[William Jackson Food Group]], [[Reckitt and Sons]], [[KCOM Group]] and SGS Europe.
[[File:Conference Centre, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.jpg|thumb|The Conference Centre, in Harrogate]]
Harrogate and [[Knaresborough]] both have small legal and financial sectors. Harrogate is a European conference and exhibition destination with both the Great Yorkshire Showground and [[Harrogate International Centre]] in the town. [[Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate]] is a notable company from Harrogate.

[[PD Ports]] owns and operates [[Teesport]], between [[Middlesbrough]] and [[Redcar]]. The company also operates the Hull Container Terminal at the [[Port of Hull]] and owns a short river port in [[Howdendyke]] (near [[Howden]]).<ref>{{cite web| title = Our Locations| url = http://www.pdports.co.uk/en/our-locations/| access-date = 5 January 2013| work = www.pdports.co.uk| archive-date = 20 November 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121120141702/http://www.pdports.co.uk/en/our-locations/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Other businesses in the two counties are [[Plaxton]] (Scarborough), [[McCains]] (Scarborough), [[Ebuyer]] (Howden) and [[Skipton Building Society]] (Skipton).