Editing East Midlands (section)

==Economy==
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[[File:Regional Profile of the East Midlands.png|thumb|right|A profile of the economy of East Midlands in 2012]]
The [[Manufacturing Advisory Service]] for the region was based on the [[A606 road|A606]] in [[Melton Mowbray]], next to [[East Midlands Councils]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mas-em.org.uk/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902055735/http://www.mas-em.org.uk/|url-status=dead|title=MAS East Midlands|archivedate=2 September 2011|website=mas-em.org.uk}}</ref>

===Manufacturing===
[[File:US Navy 070804-N-1745W-122 A Sailor assigned to Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) tests an aircraft jet engine for defects while performing Jet Engine Test Instrumentation, (JETI) Certification-Engine Runs.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The [[jet engine]] was built and [[Power Jets|developed]] in the region.]]
In 2003, 23% of economic output in the East Midlands was in manufacturing, compared to 15% in the UK.{{update inline|date=February 2024}}

For engineering, [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]] (the world's second-largest maker of [[aircraft engine]]s) in [[Sinfin]] and [[Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations]] are both in Derby. [[Ruston (engine builder)|Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery]] (former [[General Electric Company|GEC]], then [[Alstom]]) make industrial [[gas turbine]]s in Lincoln, with a former division making aero-engine components now part of [[Industria de Turbo Propulsores|ITP Engines]], based at [[Whetstone, Leicestershire|Whetstone]], next door to [[Hardinge, Inc.|Hardinge]] Machine Tools UK (former [[Bridgeport (machine tool brand)|Bridgeport]]). [[Cytec Industries]] UK (former Uneco, owned since 2016 by [[Solvay SA|Solvay]]) have a composites research centre in the south of Heanor. [[Meggitt]] Polymers & Composites (former Dunlop) are on the A512 in Shepshed, who make seals for aircraft.

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[[Triumph Motorcycles Ltd|Triumph Motorcycles]] and [[Ultima Sports]] ([[sports car]]s) are in [[Hinckley]]. [[Cummins UK|Cummins]] make diesel engines in [[Daventry]], and build [[Alternating current|AC]] [[Alternator|generator]]s in [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]], with its spares division at Wellingborough (near Mahle). 80% of the world's [[Formula One]] cars are made in Northamptonshire. At the north of Motorsport Valley, [[Cosworth]] and [[MAHLE Powertrain]] (former Cosworth Technology before January 2005) are next to the Nene in Northampton, with an [[Cylinder block|engine block]] plant off the [[A509 road|A509]] in Wellingborough. [[Force India]] and [[Delta Motorsport]] are at [[Silverstone]], [[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains]] is in [[Brixworth]], and [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes-Benz F1]] at Brackley at the A43/[[A422 road|A422]] roundabout.

Near Leicester, [[Noble Automotive|Noble]] are in [[Barwell]] and [[Fenix Automotive]] in Braunstone. [[Eibach (company)|Eibach]] UK (shock absorbers) is off the B581 in [[Broughton Astley]]. [[KTM]] UK (high-performance motorcycles) is at Buckingham Industrial Estate in southeast Brackley next to the A43; to the west, next door over the [[Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line|former railway]] was [[Brawn GP]] (former [[Honda in Formula One|Honda F1]] before 2008) near the A422 roundabout in [[Evenley]]. [[Van Hool]] UK ([[Coachbuilder|coachwork]]) is on Finedon Road Industrial Estate in Wellingborough.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

[[Salvador Caetano|Caetano]] UK is based near Coalville, a UK coachwork distributor for many coaches, often [[National Express Coaches|National Express]]. [[AGC Glass Europe|AGC Automotive UK]] make [[Car glass|automotive glass]] ([[Toughened glass|tempered glass]] and [[laminated glass]]) on [[Round Spinney]] Industrial Estate in the north of Northampton. [[Plastic Omnium]] Automotive make automotive exteriors in the west of Measham. Off the [[A361 road|A361]] on a former [[RAF Chipping Warden|airfield]] is a manufacturing site of [[Lippstadt]]-based [[Hella (company)|Hella]] UK (LED automobile lighting, and Europe's largest automobile lighting manufacturer) in [[Chipping Warden]] and [[Aston le Walls]], close to the Oxfordshire boundary. [[Ilmor]] is in Brixworth, and [[Bowler Offroad]] is in Belper.

[[JCB (heavy equipment manufacturer)|JCB]] Power Systems is on an [[RAF Church Broughton|old airfield]] near [[Foston, Derbyshire]] and nearby [[Toyota Manufacturing UK]] (TMUK) is on an [[RAF Burnaston|old airfield]] at [[Burnaston]], where its 3,000 employees make the [[Toyota Auris|Auris]] and [[Toyota Avensis|Avensis]]. [[Resonate Group]] (former DeltaRail Group) is in Derby, and train manufacturer [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier UK]] (former [[British Rail Engineering Limited]] before 1996 then [[Adtranz|ABB Adtranz]]) is at [[Derby Litchurch Lane Works]], in [[Litchurch]]; it built the [[Bombardier Incentro AT6/5|Nottingham Express Transit AT6/5 trams]] in 2004, the [[Bombardier Electrostar|Electrostar]], [[Bombardier Turbostar|Turbostar]] and [[Bombardier Aventra|Aventra]] fleets, and [[London Underground rolling stock|London Underground trains]]. [[APPH]] (part of [[BBA Aviation]]) make aircraft [[landing gear]] on the B6020 next to [[Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station]]. [[Raleigh Bicycle Company]] is based in New [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire|Eastwood]] next to the A610.

[[Essentra Packaging]] (former Payne) nearby in Giltbrook, next to A610 near the A6096/B6010 junction next to [[IKEA]], makes [[tear tape]], owned by [[Essentra]]. [[Giant Bicycles|Giant]] UK (high performance bicycles) on the Charnwood Edge Business Park at the A46/A607 junction in [[Cossington, Leicestershire|Cossington]] near the Midland Main Line and [[River Wreake]]. [[Mettler Toledo]] UK ([[Beltweigher|industrial weighing]]) is in the west of Beaumont Leys. [[Ferodo]] is in [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]], who have made [[brake pad]]s since its founder [[Herbert Frood]] invented them in [[Combs, Derbyshire|Combs]] in 1897. [[Carbolite]], which makes industrial furnaces, is based near the B6049/A6187 junction in the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]].

[[File:Harworth Colliery - geograph.org.uk - 104989.jpg|thumb|220px|left|[[UK Coal]] (formerly RJB Mining) was based in [[Styrrup]] near [[Harworth]]. The north part of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire used to have many [[Coal mining|coal mine]]s, and the last two pits producing in Nottinghamshire were near [[Market Warsop]] and [[Thoresby Colliery|Ollerton]]. ]]
[[FKI (company)|FKI]] who own [[Brush Electrical Machines]] is in Loughborough, home to the [[Energy Technologies Institute]] and [[John Taylor & Co]], which although entering [[Administration (law)|administration]] in 2009, is the largest [[Bellfounding|bell foundry]] in the world. [[Eco-Bat Technologies]], based in [[South Darley]], west of [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]], [[Smelting|smelt]] and [[Derbyshire lead mining history|mine lead]], and are the world's biggest producer of [[lead]], and own eighteen sites across the world. [[Scott Bader]] develop and manufacture [[polyester resin]]s for glass-reinforced plastic ([[fiberglass]], and [[gelcoat]]s) at [[Wollaston, Northamptonshire|Wollaston]].

[[File:Swarfega bottles.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Swarfega]] was invented and is made by [[Deb Ltd|Deb]] in [[Belper]]. ]]
[[Tata Steel Europe|Tata Steel Tubes Europe]] is in Corby, along the [[A427 road|A427]] near the A43 roundabout. [[Barnes Group|Barnes Aerospace]] have their European headquarters in central Derby. JJ Churchill make [[turbine blade]]s for jet engines in the east of [[Market Bosworth]], next to the [[Battlefield Line Railway]]. Ross Ceramics north of Derby make [[ceramic core]]s for casting turbine blades (at Rolls-Royce). The [[Alumasc Group]] is in [[Burton Latimer]]. [[Sealed Air]] UK on the Telford Way Industrial Estate near [[Kettering General Hospital]] makes [[Bubble Wrap (brand)|Bubble Wrap]], which its parent USA company invented in 1960.

The [[Motor Industry Research Association]] has an important test track at [[Higham on the Hill]] near Hinckley. [[Hendrickson International|Hendrickson Europe]] make truck suspensions at Sywell Airport. [[Timsons]] make printers in [[Kettering]]. [[Heckler & Koch]] is in Lenton. On the Dukeries Industrial Estate, Worksop Galvanizers ([[Wedge Group]]) have the largest [[Galvanization|galvanizing bath]] (zinc) in the UK. [[Cooper Industries|Cooper Bussmann]] (former Hawker Fusegear) makes [[Fuse (electrical)|electrical fuse]]s in [[Burton on the Wolds]] off the B676. Pearce Signs, one of the UK's largest sign-makers, is based in [[Basford, Nottinghamshire|New Basford]]. Nylacast is an international [[Plastics engineering|engineered plastics]] company based in [[Humberstone & Hamilton|Humberstone]], Leicester. [[Sapa Group|Sapa]] are at Tibshelf on the B6014, on the Saw Pit Lane Industrial Estate with Storetec, the UK base of [[Wanzl (Company)|Wanzl]] shopping trolleys.

[[File:Worcester Bosch Thermokinetics (4470867542).jpg|thumb|right|[[Worcester, Bosch Group|Worcester Bosch Thermokinetics]] makes its [[Heating oil|oil-fired]] and floor-standing [[Water heating|boiler]]s at its [[Danesmoor]] Works, off the A6175.]]
[[RPC Group]] in [[Rushden]] opposite a [[Waitrose]], on the A6, is a large (international, the largest of its type in Europe) packaging company, and make the bottles for [[Heinz Tomato Ketchup]]. Granger's, on the Clover Nook Industrial Estate off the [[A38 road|A38]] at [[Pinxton]], make Cherry Blossom [[shoe polish]]. Fusion Provida based on B6057/A61 junction in Chesterfield makes pipe jointings and [[electrofusion]] fittings for the oil and gas industry. [[Vaillant Group|Vaillant]] UK (former Hepworth Heating before 2002, with headquarters in [[Remscheid]]) make [[Glow-worm (boilers)|Glow-worm]] boilers on the A609 near [[Belper School]].

The [[Watchkeeper WK450]] [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]] is built jointly by [[Thales Group|Thales]] and [[Elbit Systems|Elbit]] on Scudamore Road in west Leicester, towards the M1; it is tested at [[Aberporth Airport]] in Wales; 54 are on order, costing £1bn. At the A563 roundabout [[BAE Systems Land & Armaments]] had a tank factory, which closed in May 2011 when it lost the [[Future Rapid Effect System|FRES]] contract, given to General Dynamics; the site, owned by Thales, initially made naval radar systems. The large Sunningdale site on Braunstone Frith was the [[British Shoe Corporation]]. [[Chemring Group|Chemring Defence]] UK (military [[pyrotechnics]]) is at [[Draycott and Church Wilne]] west of the M1. [[Invicta Plastics]] ([[injection moulding]]) is on Scudamore Road.

[[Hoval Group|Hoval]], based on the B6166 (former A46) near Newark Northgate station, make industrial boilers in Lincoln for international customers, and have a [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|Royal Warrant]]. [[Jayplas]], the UK's biggest [[plastic recycling]] company is based in [[Great Oakley, Northamptonshire|Great Oakley]], south of Corby off the [[A6014 road|A6014]], with a plastic recycling site in [[South Normanton]]. [[Fairline Boats]] are based on the Nene in Oundle off the [[A605 road|A605]] bypass; nearby are [[Poclain|Poclain Hydraulics]] UK on the Nene Business Park.

[[Laser Performance]] makes the [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]] sailing boat in Long Buckby next to Maclaren at [[Long Buckby railway station]]. [[Abbott & Co.(Newark) Ltd]], Established in 1870 and based in The Newark Boiler Works on Northern Road, Newark, made boilers in the 1870s for the [[Royal Navy]] and today design and build a large range [[pressure vessel]]s, some of which were used recently{{when|date=January 2024}} on [[HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)]].

[[File:Taylor, Taylor & Hobson advert, 1925.jpeg|thumb|right|Taylor, Taylor & Hobson 1925 advert]]
Spector Lumenex (part of [[Tyco International|Tyco]]) make warning systems off the B684 in [[Mapperley]]. [[Flowserve]] UK (former [[Worthington-Simpson]], then [[Ingersoll Rand|Ingersoll-Dresser]]) in Balderton are the largest manufacturer of industrial pumps in the UK. [[Hako GmbH|Hako]] Machines UK, a [[Schleswig-Holstein]] supplier of [[industrial sweeper]]s and [[Street sweeper|road cleaner]]s are in Crick. [[Bostik]], which from 1930 until 1990, was owned by [[British United Shoe Machinery]] of Leicester, still has a main factory and research site (its construction division) in Belgrave; until 1962 it was made by [[Bostik|BB Chemical]], with its other main brand being the water-resistant [[Prestik]] for making [[sealing strip]]s.

[[Taylor Hobson]] (an international metrology company) is north of the A563 in former Thurmaston (inside Leicester), bought by [[Ametek]] in 2004; with a former division of the company, Cooke Optics, a camera lens manufacturer, further north in Thurmaston on the west side of the railway. The [[Gents' of Leicester|Gent]] fire alarm company, now owned by Honeywell since 2005, is off the A563 near the A6030 roundabout in the north of Humberstone. [[Matsuura Machinery]] UK (CNC [[machine tool]]s) is towards Morrisons in Coalville.

[[Ardagh Group|Ardagh]] (originally [[Novar plc|Metal Box]] from 1962, then Impress Group) make [[tin can]]s south of the A38, off the B6139, north of Fabrikat; [[Pandrol]] UK in Worksop make resilient [[Rail fastening system|rail fastening]]s. [[ThyssenKrupp]] UK is in Lenton, off the A52, and further north is [[ZF Friedrichshafen|ZF Services UK]] (wind turbine and automotive gears). At the A6019/A453 south of the tax office in Nottingham is [[Thomas & Betts]] UK (former [[W & J Furse]], and bought by [[ABB]] in 2012), a world leader in [[Surge protector|lightning]] and [[Earthing system|earthing protection]].

===Construction and building materials===
[[Topps Tiles]] are on [[Grove Park, Leicestershire|Grove Park]] in Enderby, with the national distribution centre of British Gas, the largest warehouse of gas spare parts in Europe, next door. [[Aggregate Industries]] (now part of [[LafargeHolcim]] since July 2015, when Paris-based Lafarge merged with Swiss-based Holcim) is based at Bardon Hall in [[Bardon, Leicestershire|Bardon]], next to the {{convert|912|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Bardon Hill]], Leicestershire's highest point. [[Mountsorrel]] has the largest [[granite]] quarry in Europe, owned by the French company, [[Lafarge (company)|Lafarge]] (owned by [[Redland plc]] until 1997). [[BPB plc]] (British Plasterboard), the world's largest manufacturer of [[Drywall|plasterboard]] ([[Calcium sulfate|calcium sulphate]]) who own [[British Gypsum]], is based in [[East Leake]], Nottinghamshire. They also have a large site at [[Barrow upon Soar]]. [[Artex Ltd.]], part of the same company, is in [[Ruddington]].

[[Hörmann (company)|Hörmann]] UK ([[garage door]]s) is in Coalville, off the A511. [[Barratt Developments]] (housing) is at the [[A511 road|A511]]/B585 roundabout in [[Ellistown and Battleflat]] (Bardon), southeast of Coalville; [[Ibstock plc|Ibstock]] is the largest brick manufacturer (900&nbsp;million a year, with twenty factories) in the UK, nearby to the southwest; . [[Lafarge Tarmac|Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK]] is in [[Syston]], next to the [[A607 road|A607]]. [[Roca (company)|Roca]] UK and [[Laufen (company)|Laufen]] UK ([[Plumbing fixture|sanitaryware]]) are in the north of Coalville, next to the A511 on the Hermitage Industrial Estate, towards [[Stephenson College, Coalville|Stephenson College]]. [[Krohne]] UK at Wellingborough make [[Coriolis effect|Coriolis]] mass [[Flow measurement|flowmeters]]. AvantiGas (former [[Shell Gas|Shell Gas LPG]]) is off the A6192 at junction 29A at [[Duckmanton]] in [[Staveley, Derbyshire|Staveley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avantigas.com/|title=LPG & Renewable Gas &#124; Local & Bulk LPG Suppliers &#124; AvantiGas}}</ref> [[Sandvik Mining and Construction]] UK are on the Astron Business Park, Swadlincote, near Brunel Healthcare. [[DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd|DSF Refractories & Minerals]] are the UK's last main [[refractory]] company at [[Friden, Derbyshire|Friden]] at the A515/A5012 ([[Via Gellia]]) junction.

[[File:Finning-Caterpillar at Desford - geograph.org.uk - 863588.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Caterpillar at Desford]]
[[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar Building Construction Products]] makes [[backhoe loader]]s, [[Loader (equipment)|wheel loader]]s, [[Telescopic handler|telehandler]]s, and mini [[excavator]]s. [[TEREX Pegson|Terex Pegson]] make mobile caterpillar-tracked [[Crusher|crushing machine]]s next to the railway in Coalville. [[SAME Deutz-Fahr]] UK, is a tractor manufacturer based in [[Barby, Northamptonshire|Barby]] in west Northamptonshire near the M6 north of Daventry, owned by [[Treviglio]] of Italy.

[[File:Building pylons At Eakring training centre - geograph.org.uk - 279712.jpg|thumb|left|[[National Grid plc]] has its main [[Ofsted]]-checked [[Eakring Training Centre]] in Nottinghamshire, where trainees learn how to build [[Transmission tower|electricity pylon]]s, including the new [[T pylon]]; National Grid has other training sites in [[Hollinwood, Greater Manchester|Hollinwood]] and [[Hitchin]]. ]]
[[Premier Pitches]] of [[Nether Handley]], off the [[A6052 road|A6052]] at [[Unstone]] in northeast Derbyshire, made the pitch for Wembley Stadium, as well as for many other main pitches. Hewitt Sportsturf, just south of Whetstone next to the M1 in [[Cosby, Leicestershire|Cosby]], supplied the turf (360 rolls) for the [[Olympic Stadium (London)|Olympic Stadium]] in March 2011, although it was grown near Scunthorpe; a division of the company, Petersfield Growing Mediums, which supplies compost, has a Royal Warrant. [[Werner Co.|Werner]] UK (Britain's leading manufacturer of metal [[step ladder]]s) moved its ABRU site, off the A6 in the south of Belper, to Essex in 2016.

===Textiles and clothing===
{{See also|List of current and defunct clothing & footwear stores in the United Kingdom}}
The fashion company [[Paul Smith (fashion designer)|Paul Smith]] is in Lenton. The high end metallic thread supplier [[Lurex]] is based in [[Whetstone, Leicestershire]]. The lingerie companies [[Gossard]], [[Aristoc]], [[Pretty Polly (hosiery)|Pretty Polly]], and [[Berlei]] (formerly owned by [[Courtaulds]], now CUK Clothing) were based in [[Daybrook]]; most of their hosiery was made at West Mill in [[Belper]].

[[Speedo International Limited]] is on the [[ng2 business park]] on Queens Drive (near Experian, formerly in [[Bobbers Mill]] on the [[A610 road|A610]] near [[Basford, Nottingham|Basford]] before 2010). Its [[LZR Racer]] suit helped [[Michael Phelps]] win eight golds at the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]]. In Enderby, on the B582 close to the M69 and a large electricity substation, is [[Next (clothing)|Next]], created by [[George Davies (retailer)|George Davies]] in 1981, which is the largest company in the region (and the Midlands) by number of employees with 59,000, and has the second largest turnover (£3&nbsp;billion) of companies headquartered in the region, after Boots (£6&nbsp;billion).{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

[[File:Next - geograph.org.uk - 491690.jpg|thumb|left|Headquarters of Next Retailing in July 2007 at Enderby, next to the M69; the largest company by turnover in the Midlands]]
[[Boden (clothing)]] is on the Meridian estate in Leicester. [[Wolsey (clothing)]] is off the A563 in the northeast of Leicester, east of [[Rushey Mead]]. Scott Nichol make traditional socks in Hinckley. [[Per Una]] have a factory near Cossington and the A46/A607 junction. Much of Britain's lingerie and hosiery is made in the region. Guilford Europe (former Guilford Kapwood), at Somercotes, makes fabric ([[warp knitting]]) for sports clothing and automotive products, and have been owned by [[Lear Corporation]] since 2012.

Many footwear companies such as [[Shoe Zone]] (which bought out Stead and Simpson), are based in Leicester. [[Brantano Footwear|Brantano Footwear UK]], based in Leicester before 2002, were in [[Ellistown and Battleflat]] until March 2017, just south of [[Coalville]] near M1 junction 22, nearby to [[Nestlé]]'s national distribution centre. [[Loake]] make shoes at Kettering, and have a Royal appointment. [[Church's|Church's Shoes]] are at Northampton and are also high quality.{{according to whom|date=February 2024}} [[Tricker's]] shoes in Northampton have a royal warrant. [[Sanders & Sanders]] and [[Grenson]] make shoes in Rushden. [[Crockett & Jones]] make shoes in the northeast of Northampton, towards Abington. The [[BLC Leather Technology Centre]] is in Moulton and [[SATRA]], in west Kettering, both conduct footwear research. Aspex make sports sunglasses in Moulton, near [[Moulton College]].

[[File:Telegraph Poles, Boston - geograph.org.uk - 1206673.jpg|thumb|left|[[Calders & Grandidge]] in the south of Boston are the UK's largest supplier of [[Utility pole|telegraph pole]]s and wooden [[Railroad tie|railway sleeper]]s]]
[[Sports Direct]] is based in [[Shirebrook]] on an old [[Bolsover]] coal mine. At the Trent Business Centre is [[Sunspel]], who introduced the [[t-shirt]] to the British market; nearby Meadowmead make premium furniture off the B6540, and [[Aga Rangemaster Group]] make kitchen [[sinks]]. Duresta Upholstery is in Long Eaton, with a factory of [[DFS (British retailer)|DFS]] opposite. W&G Sissons on the Chesterfield Est, now owned by [[Franke (company)|Franke]], has been the UK's largest manufacturer of stainless steel sinks since the 1950s. [[Parker Knoll]] make high-end furniture off the B6016 on the Greenhill Industrial Estate, south of Alfreton. [[Gunn & Moore]] (GM), off the A612 north of Trent Bridge cricket ground, is an exclusive [[cricket bat]] manufacturer.

[[File:Lea Bridge - John Smedley Mill - Factory Shop.jpg|thumb|right|John Smedley factory at Lea Mills: the oldest continuously working factory in the world]]
[[Wild Country (company)|Wild Country]], on the [[Tideswell]] Industrial Estate off the B6049, are the UK's leading manufacturer of [[rock-climbing equipment]]. [[Blacks Leisure Group]] (previous owner of Blacks and [[Millets (retailer)|Millets]] before financial failure and takeover by [[JD Sports]]) was based in [[Duston]], in the west of Northampton, and is now off the A45 in the east of the town on the Swan Valley Ind Est, near the UK & Ireland base of [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] Joules [[British country clothing|country clothing]] is on the [[A4304 road|A4304]], east of Market Harborough at The Point near the A6 roundabout and the Northamptonshire boundary at [[Dingley, Northamptonshire|Dingley]].

[[George at Asda]], based at Lutterworth, in 2009 overtook M&S to become Britain's leading fashion retailer. [[TW Kempton]] are a main manufacturer of uniforms for the armed and police services opposite the National Space Centre on the A6 in north Leicester; they also own the Fortis body armour brand and make [[Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops|PASGT]] nylon fibre helmets for troops.

===Retail===
[[Wilko (retailer)|Wilko]] head office is at [[Manton, Nottinghamshire|Manton]], [[Worksop]]; it was founded by [[James Kemsey Wilkinson]] in Leicester in 1930. In [[Lenton, Nottingham|Lenton]], are the head offices of [[Games Workshop]], the producers of [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammer]] miniatures. [[Pendragon PLC]], the [[car dealership]] and the Sherwood Park industrial area is in [[Annesley]]. [[Sytner Group]] is in Enderby, a prestige car retailer. [[Dunelm Group]], the furnishings company, is based on the A607 next to Lafarge in [[Syston]]; the company is named after Bill Adderley's house on Greenhill Road in Coalville; nearby is [[Pukka Pies]]. In Leicester is the nearly-defunct photographic equipment company [[Jessops]], bought and relaunched as Jessops Europe by businessman [[Peter Jones (entrepreneur)|Peter Jones]] and [[Fox's Confectionery]] (maker of [[Fox's Glacier Mints]]), with both based near each other on the [[Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields|Braunstone Frith]] estate. Also in Leicester are the [[bookmaker]] [[Mark Jarvis]] (next to Radio Leicester), the European HQ of [[National Car Rental]], and [[Otis Elevator Company|Otis UK]] ([[Elevator|lift]]s, near the National Space Centre on the A6). [[Jacobs (photographic retailer)|Jacobs]] is on the Meridian Business Park in [[Braunstone Town|Braunstone]], next to the M1. [[Machine Mart]] is based on the A60 near BioCity in Nottingham. East of the Walkers plant in Beaumont Leys is [[Office Depot]] UK (and Viking Direct UK) on the Bursom Industrial Estate. [[Crown Crest]] in Belgrave owns [[Poundstretcher]]. [[Goldsmiths (retailer)|Goldsmiths]] (jewellers) are based at the western end of Braunstone Frith, off the B5380.

In Northampton is [[Avon Products|Avon Products UK]]; its products reach 6m women per week. [[East Midlands Railway]] has its head office in Derby. [[Porterbrook]], one of the UK's three [[Rolling stock company|rolling stock companies]] is in Derby. The former [[East Midlands Electricity]] is now owned by [[E.ON UK]] ([[public electricity supplier|supply]], since [[Powergen]] bought EME in June 1998) and [[Western Power Distribution]] ([[Distribution network operator|distribution]], who bought Central Networks in April 2011), which is based in [[Long Whatton and Diseworth]]; the area has around a 5,000&nbsp;MW demand for electricity. Nearby at [[Castle Donington]] is the home of the (separate) headquarters of [[BMI (airline)|BMI]] (in [[Donington Hall]]) and [[bmibaby]]. [[Sixt]], the car rental firm, has its UK base in Chesterfield, the base of [[Auto Windscreens]]. [[Booker Group]], the Cash & Carry, ([[Happy Shopper]] and 2,700 [[Premier Stores]], and famous for the [[Man Booker Prize|Booker Prize]]) is on B571 in Wellingborough.

[[Maclaren]], the [[Baby transport|pushchair]] maker, is near the M1 next to [[Long Buckby railway station]]; [[BabyStyle]] is in [[Sileby]]. There are three main distribution centres in the area at [[Magna Park]] in Leicestershire (the largest of its kind in Europe), and [[Brackmills]] and the [[Daventry International Railfreight Terminal]] in Northamptonshire. [[J D Wetherspoon]] have their main distribution centre at Daventry, and [[Currys]] (founded in Leicester in 1888 on Belgrave Gate) have theirs at [[Newark-on-Trent]]. Oxford University Press have their national distribution centre at North Kettering Business Park at the [[A6003 road|A6003]] roundabout on the A43 Kettering bypass (in [[Rushton, Northamptonshire|Rushton]]). [[Monsoon Accessorize]] have their national distribution centre to the east on Octavian Park in Irchester next to A45. In [[Kilsby]] on the DIRFT estate, Tesco have their Daventry Grocery, the largest supermarket depot in the country, west of the A5 and north of the WCML. North of the A428 is Tesco's Clothing Distribution Centre.

===Food processing===
[[File:Dukeries Industrial Estate - geograph.org.uk - 127423.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Oxo factory (former [[Batchelors]]) on the [[The Dukeries|Dukeries]] Industrial Estate in Worksop]]
[[British Sugar|Silver Spoon]] makes all of its [[Natural brown sugar|demerara]] and [[brown sugar]] at [[Newark-on-Trent]]. [[Swizzels Matlow]] makes children's confectionery in [[New Mills]]. [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] has been brewed in Northampton since 1974, with twelve UK depots, and also brews [[Holsten Pils]], and has brewed [[Tetley's Brewery|Tetley]] since 2011. [[Cott|Cott Beverages UK]] is in [[Kegworth]]. [[Greencore|Greencore UK]] (former Derby-based Hazlewood Foods) is off the [[A616 road|A616]] at [[Barlborough|Barlborough Links]]; its site at [[Manton, Nottinghamshire|Manton Wood Enterprise Zone]], Worksop claims to be the world's largest sandwich factory. [[United Biscuits]] has a large factory in [[Ashby-de-la-Zouch]] where it makes its [[KP Snacks]] including [[Hula Hoops]], [[Skips (snack)|Skips]] and [[Nik Naks (British snack)|Nik Naks]]. [[Oxo (food)|Oxo]], [[Saxa (food product)|Saxa]] salt, [[Super Noodles]], and [[Bisto]] are made by [[Premier Foods]] in the west of [[Worksop]]. [[Tangerine Confectionery]] are at [[Holmewood]] (formerly [[Trebor (confectionery)|Cadbury Trebor Bassett]]).

[[Cat food]] such as [[Whiskas]] is made in [[Melton Mowbray]] by [[Pedigree Petfoods|Masterfoods]]; their [[Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition]] on the A607 claims to be the world's leading authority on petfood research. Also in the southwest of the town next to the [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line|railway]], [[Samworth Brothers]] have owned [[Ginsters]] since 1977 and [[Soreen]] since 2014, and have 8,000 UK employees. [[Whitworths]], the food company, is in [[Irthlingborough]]; they also have Victoria Mills flour site on the A509 in Irchester.

[[File:Carlsberg Brewery Northampton UK.jpg|thumb|right|Carlsberg Brewery at the A428/[[A508 road|A508]] junction in Northampton, on the former [[Phipps NBC]] site, also bottles [[Tuborg Brewery|Tuborg]] and [[Mahou-San Miguel Group|San Migiuel]]; all modern lagers come from a [[Saccharomyces pastorianus|Carlsberg yeast]] developed in 1883. ]]
The crisp company [[Walkers (snack foods)|Walkers]] (owned by [[PepsiCo]] and the UK's biggest grocery brand) makes 10&nbsp;million bags of crisps a day at the biggest crisp factory in the world at [[Beaumont Leys]]. Beaumont Park is PepsiCo's main research centre in the UK. [[Pork Farms]] is in Lenton, Nottingham. [[Thorntons]] is a big employer south of [[Alfreton]] in [[Swanwick, Derbyshire|Swanwick]] on a [[Swanwick Colliery|former colliery]], since the factory opened in 1985. At Latimer Park (Burton Latimer) at the A6/A14 junction is Alpro, who make [[Soy milk|soya milk]] products, and a huge [[Morrisons]] depot. To the west is [[Weetabix Limited|Weetabix]], which sources its wheat from a {{convert|50|mi|km|-1|adj=on}} radius around Kettering, and also make [[Weetos]] in Corby; [[Ready Brek]] was bought from [[J. Lyons and Co.|Lyons]] in 1990.

[[Long Clawson Dairy]] are the biggest producers of [[Stilton cheese]] in the UK; the cheese, with [[Shropshire Blue]], is also made in [[Cropwell Bishop]] and [[Colston Bassett]]. [[Faccenda Group]] of Brackley is the second largest [[Poultry farming|processor of chicken]] in the UK; the company also has the former Cranberry Foods site at [[Foston and Scropton|Scropton]] in Derbyshire, the second biggest turkey processor in the UK after [[Bernard Matthews Ltd|Bernard Matthews]]. In [[Wigston Magna|Wigston]], Charnwood Foods (former [[Rank Hovis McDougall|RHM Group]]) make pizza bases for [[Pizza Hut]] and is now owned by [[Premier Foods]]; Rossa Ice Cream is next to the Grand Union Canal and nearby is [[Jacob's]] Bakery who make 25&nbsp;million biscuits a week. [[Délifrance]] UK is in north-west Wigston.

[[Greencore]] Prepared Foods on [[Moulton Park]] make half of [[Marks & Spencer|M&S]]'s sandwiches and [[sandwich filler]] pots. Sealord UK make all of [[Waitrose]]'s [[Whitefish (fisheries term)|white fish]] products near [[Caistor]]. Kettleby Foods, part of Samworth Brothers, make most of Tesco's ready meals in [[Melton Mowbray]]. PAS (Grantham) (owned by [[McCain Foods|McCain]]) make chips at [[Easton, Lincolnshire|Easton]]. Isoma of Swadlincote makes food handling equipment; Interlevin Refrigeration at Castle Donington is near the M&S distribution centre; Parry Catering and Fabrication in [[Draycott, Derbyshire|Draycott]] make catering appliances and equipment.

[[Roquette Freres|Roquette]] (former ABF-owned ABR Foods) produce starch and [[Biofuel|bioethanol]] at Corby near RS Components, and a Morrisons frozen-food depot is near [[Weldon, Northamptonshire|Weldon]]. Opposite Charles Lawrence in Newark, Laurens Patisseries (owned by [[Bakkavör]] UK) are Europe's largest manufacturer of cream cakes. [[Kerry Group|Kerry Ingredients]] make [[Homepride]] flour in Gainsborough.

===Health care===
{{See also|List of pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United Kingdom}}
[[File:Boots the Chemist - D10 building - geograph.org.uk - 678655.jpg|thumb|220px|left| Sir [[Owen Williams (engineer)|Owen Williams]] D10 building at Boots]]
[[Boots UK]] is based in [[Lenton, Nottingham|Lenton]] in Nottingham, with 2,500 UK stores, where [[Stewart Adams (chemist)|Stewart Adams]] developed [[Ibuprofen]] in the 1960s on Rutland Road in West Bridgford, and [[Vision Express]] are nearby, next to the A52. Boots was the biggest chemist chain in the world; now [[A.S. Watson Group]] is the world's biggest health retail company. [[Crookes Healthcare]], formerly Boots and now [[Reckitt Benckiser]], make [[Strepsils]] and Optrex on the enormous Boots site, and [[Boots Contract Manufacturing]] (BCM) make products for other firms; it makes [[Benylin]] for [[McNeil Consumer Healthcare|McNeil]]. On the [[ng2 business park]], [[Specsavers]] have their corporate eyecare and [[contact lens]] division. Three out of the four main UK [[optician]]s are sited in Nottingham. The [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI scanner]] was developed at the [[University of Nottingham]] by Sir [[Peter Mansfield]]; MRI scanners were developed mainly by GEC Medical, once invented; MRI harnesses [[nuclear magnetic resonance]] (NMR) of the [[Hydrogen atom|hydrogen nucleus]]; [[Raymond Vahan Damadian]] of USA also claims the MRI invention.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

[[Queen's Medical Centre]] (QMC) is one of the largest [[teaching hospital]]s in Europe, and the largest hospital in the UK. The CT scanner ([[X-ray computed tomography]]) was invented by Newark's Sir [[Godfrey Hounsfield]]. Both inventions received [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prizes for Medicine]] (2003 for MRI and 1979 for CT). Glenfield Hospital (which comes under the UHL NHS Trust) is one of England's main hospitals for coronary care and respiratory diseases; it has a strong international reputation for medical research in cardiac and respiratory health and carried out the world's first percutaneous coronary intervention procedure on a two-year-old child in August 2012 with the largest ECMO unit in the UK.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

[[East Midlands Ambulance Service|EMAS]] is based in [[Bilborough]] on the A6002 near junction 26 of the M1. There are three (charity-funded) [[Air ambulances in the United Kingdom|air ambulance services]]: the western one is based at [[East Midlands Airport|EMA]], the [[Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance|eastern one]] is based at RAF Waddington, and the [[The Air Ambulance Service|southern one]] (shared with [[Warwickshire]]) is at [[Coventry Airport]]. [[NHS East Midlands]] is at [[Sandiacre]] next to junction 25 of the M1. [[3M Health Care]] (former [[Riker Laboratories]]) has a factory in the north of Loughborough on the [[A6 road (England)|A6]], with its head office on the [[A60 road|A60]] next to the [[Loughborough railway station|railway station]].

[[BioCity Nottingham]] is an important centre for [[State of the art|cutting-edge]] bioscience companies. [[Slimming World]], who help people lose weight, is in [[Pinxton]], near [[Alfreton]] off the A38; on the other side of the railway [[NHS Supply Chain]] was formed in 2006 on the Cotes Park Industrial Estate in [[Somercotes]]; nearby [[Diversey, Inc.|Diversey]] UK (former JohnsonDiversey) has a manufacturing plant, and is based at the A43/A4500 junction at [[Weston Favell]]. Dalatek Plastics make pharmaceutical containers off the B6022 on the Maun Valley Ind Park at Sutton in Ashfield next to the [[Robin Hood Line|railway]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Brunel Healthcare (former Peter Black, [[Perrigo]] then NeutraHealth), owned by [[Elder Pharmaceuticals]], in Swadlincote makes [[Dietary supplement|food supplement]]s. Off the A60 at [[Carlton in Lindrick]] north of Worksop, Robinson Healthcare makes first aid equipment. [[Patterson Companies|Patterson Medical]] UK (including [[sorbothane]] insoles) are in Huthwaite, Notts, and [[Fresenius Medical Care]] UK (provides most of the NHS's kidney [[Kidney dialysis|dialysis]]) are there too.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

===High technology===
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[[Belkin|Belkin UK]] (and [[Linksys]]) UK is along the A45 in [[Rushden]], [[Misco]] is in Wellingborough, and [[RS Components]] is in Corby. Pegasus Software, producer of well-known [[accounting software]], is off the A509 in the south of Kettering. [[Serif Europe]] is in West Bridgford; Serif developed [[PagePlus]] in the 1990s which was the first cheap [[Desktop publishing|DTP]] software. [[AVG Technologies]] has its UK head office on Newark's industrial estate. Experian have their large data centre at [[Fairham House]] south of [[Ruddington]], with two others in Texas and Brazil. The Ruddington site is connected by a 640&nbsp;[[Gbps]] [[Dark fibre network|dark fibre]] and runs on IBM's [[IBM System z10|z10]] with [[IBM Tivoli Framework|Tivoli]]. Inter-Activa is at the [[LCB Depot]] in Leicester city centre.

[[Nexor]] is in Nottingham. [[Entalysis]], a [[business performance management]] software company, is located in [[Burton upon trent|Burton upon Trent]] town centre. [[Amphenol|Amphenol Jaybeam]] off the A509 in the west of Wellingborough makes [[Network switching subsystem|cellular telephone base station]] antennas. [[Texas Instruments]] UK have their Semiconductor Design Centre at Northampton next to the A45, previously in Bedford from 1957 to 2005. [[GE Measurement & Control|GE Sensing]] UK is at Groby off the A50. [[Oclaro]] UK (former Bookham), at Caswell Research Centre in [[Greens Norton]] (northwest of Towcester) makes [[indium phosphide]] wafers and researches [[photonic integrated circuit]]s and [[Distributed Bragg reflector|DSDBR]] [[tunable laser]]s.

===Finance===
Since 1997 [[Capital One]], the [[Virginia]]-based credit card company, has had its European HQ at [[Trent House]] in Nottingham's city centre in a former [[Boots UK]] printing works next to the [[Nottingham railway station|railway station]], and [[Nottingham City Council]] since 2009 have taken over the company's [[Loxley House, Nottingham|Loxley House]] next door as their HQ. [[Dublin]]-based [[Experian]], one of two UK [[Credit bureau|credit-referencing]] companies, was founded in the city in 1980 (owned by [[GUS (retailer)|GUS]] until 2006) and has a large UK HQ to its south west, on the [[A453 road|A453]] near the [[River Trent]]. [[TDX Group]] in Nottingham, is now owned by [[Equifax]]. Santander (former [[Alliance & Leicester]]) is based in [[Narborough, Leicestershire|Narborough]]. [[Barclaycard]] is headquartered in Northampton, and [[Nationwide Building Society|Nationwide]] has a large administrative centre at [[Moulton Park]]. [[Egg Banking]] was on [[Pride Park]] in Derby, until Barclays closed the site in 2011, and moved the business to its Northampton credit card site.

[[Castle Meadow Campus]] is the name of a large HMRC site in Nottingham, being the national arm of HMRC that looks after the [[Enterprise Investment Scheme]], [[Corporate Venturing Scheme]], [[Venture capital trust|Venture Capital Trust]]s, and [[Enterprise Management Incentive]]s, HMRC's Pension Schemes Services, and the [[Tax residence|Residency]] department, which deals with [[Double taxation|Double Taxation Treaties]] and [[Inheritance Tax (United Kingdom)|inheritance tax]]. It has the [[Valuation Office Agency]] for the East Midlands and East of England. Royal Mail have a main administrative centre at [[Rowland Hill]] House, opposite the Queen's Park Sports Centre in Chesterfield ([[Human resource management|HR]], pensions, and Vehicle Services). Royal Mail have their National Distribution Centre at Crick, next to the M1. The Bank of England's [[Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)|MPC]] Agency for the East Midlands is sited on the ng2 estate, near Experian and its economic data.

[[NatWest Group]] has a documents centre ([[Williams Lea]]) in Shepshed, where it prints its statements for England and Wales. Orion Security Print, north of [[Stanton Ironworks|Stanton steel works]] in Ilkeston, produces [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon]] cinema tickets and library cards. An office of [[RR Donnelley]] on the B5366 in the west of South Wigston, next to the [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line|railway]], deals with all of Barclaycard's mail. Barclaycard have their Payment Acceptance Centre next to the A45 in Northampton.

===Rural===
{{See also|UK Military Flying Training System}}
[[File:Typhoon, RAF Coningsby - geograph.org.uk - 737223.jpg|thumb|220px|right|The [[Eurofighter Typhoon]] is based at [[RAF Coningsby]]; it will eventually carry the [[active electronically scanned array]] (AESA) radar, which enables the radar to distinguish between targets and background [[Noise (radio)|noise]], which earlier radars could not.]]
Lincolnshire and Rutland are very agricultural, with much of the UK's [[Arable land|arable]] crops grown in this area. The [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] have many bases in this area too, with the main [[RAF College Cranwell|RAF College]] at [[RAF Cranwell|Cranwell]] near [[Sleaford]]; the [[East Midlands Universities Air Squadron]] is at Cranwell, also home of the Eastern Region of the [[Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)|Sea Cadet Corps]], and the [[Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre]]. The RAF's six [[Airborne early warning and control|AWACS]] [[Boeing E-3 Sentry|aircraft]] are at [[RAF Waddington]]. [[16th Regiment Royal Artillery]] is in Rutland.

After Norfolk, Lincolnshire is the second biggest potato producer in the country, and grows 30% of the country's vegetables. [[Interflora]] has its UK HQ in Sleaford; Lincolnshire is the world's leading producer of daffodils ([[Narcissus (plant)|narcissus]] family); 40% of the flowers bought in the UK are grown there; Butters Group supply many bulbs ([[Amaryllis]]) from [[Low Fulney]]. The county produces each year enough sugar beet for 350&nbsp;million bags of sugar and enough wheat for 250&nbsp;million loaves. [[Dart Group|Fowler-Welch Coolchain]] are based in [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]], as is the UK operation of [[Bakkavör]] (former Geest) which is the UK's largest provider of fresh prepared foods.<ref>Home. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.bakkavor.com/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112112147/https://www.bakkavor.com/ |date=12 November 2017 }}</ref>

[[Princes (company)|Princes]] (former [[Premier Foods]]) have a large operation in [[Little Sutton, Lincolnshire|Little Sutton]] near to [[Long Sutton, Lincolnshire|Long Sutton]] canning vegetables with Fray Bentos meat, and Batchelors peas. [[Magnadata Group]] in Boston have the contract for the UK's rail tickets (for [[Association of Train Operating Companies|ATOC]]); the orange-style tickets have been in operation since 1990. Silver Spoon's [[Bardney]] plant makes the market-leading [[Askey's]] [[dessert topping]]s. [[Deere & Company|John Deere]] have their UK base at [[Langar, Nottinghamshire|Langar]] on the Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire boundary next to the former [[RAF Langar]]. The [[British Geological Survey]] is in [[Keyworth]]. [[Weatherbys]] in Wellingborough administer the British horseracing industry, having produced the [[General Stud Book]] since 1791.

===Entertainment===
[[File:Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Twycross Zoo-4.jpg|thumb|220px|left|An [[orangutan]] at Twycross Zoo]]
[[Skegness]] and the [[Lincolnshire coast]] provides seaside entertainment for many people in the East Midlands with its [[Butlins]] 200-acre resort at [[Ingoldmells]]. Nottingham and Leicester are both popular night time destinations.

[[Center Parcs UK]] opened their first leisure facility at the Sherwood Holiday Village site at [[Rufford, Nottinghamshire|Rufford]], near [[Ollerton]], together with their headquarters and call centre in Sherwood Energy Village business park, built upon the former Ollerton Colliery site in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire.<ref>[https://d2n2lep.org/sherwood-energy-village-reaches-full-occupancy/ Sherwood Energy Village Reaches Full Occupancy] D2N2, 3 October 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/center-parcs-boss-reveals-notts-1277010 Center Parcs boss reveals Notts-based leisure giant could open sixth resort in the future] ''[[Nottingham Post|Nottinghamshire Live]]'', 20 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2023</ref>

The [[Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales)|YHA]] is based in [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]]. [[Gala Coral Group|Gala Bingo]] is based in Nottingham; Coral have over 1,800 UK shops. [[Twycross Zoo]] is just south of [[Measham]] in Leicestershire, and the [[National Space Centre]] is in [[Belgrave, Leicestershire|Belgrave]] in north Leicester.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.emms.org.uk/ |title=East Midlands Museum Service |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110104127/https://www.emms.org.uk/ |archive-date=10 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Carlsbro]] (electronics and speakers) are at South Normanton, on the east side of the M1, at the B6406/A38 junction. [[Peavey Electronics]] UK (loudspeakers), are off the A6003, in the southwest of Corby.

[[Rockingham Motor Speedway]] is in Corby, and other racetracks include [[Donington Park motorsport circuit|Donington Park]] and [[Mallory Park]] in Leicestershire, and [[Cadwell Park]] in Lincolnshire. [[Silverstone Circuit]] hosts the [[British Grand Prix]], although the southern half of the track is outside the region. [[Rutland Water]] is popular for sailing, fishing and bird-watching. The Peak District National Park became the first national park in the United Kingdom in 1951.

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