Editing North West England (section)

===Merseyside===
{{Main|Merseyside#Economy}}
{{See also|Economy of Liverpool}}
[[File:Littlewoods Building.jpg|thumb|left|The 1938 [[Littlewoods Pools building|Littlewood's Building]] next to [[Wavertree Technology Park]], on [[Edge Lane]], looking east from [[Liverpool Cathedral]] ]]

[[Pilkington]] is in [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]]; [[Knauf Insulation]] UK, is south-west of the town centre. [[Alumasc]] Exterior Building Products is on B5204 near [[St Helens Junction railway station]] in [[Sutton, St Helens|Sutton]]. [[Kalzip]], a division of [[Tata Steel Europe]], make aluminium roofs in [[Haydock]]; GCE Group UK, who make [[Medical gas supply|medical gas controllers]] and [[diving regulator]]s, are on the [[A599 road|A599]] near the M6 Haydock Island; to the north-west is a large Sainsbury's RDC; further up the A49 before Ashton-in-Makerfield and [[Byrchall High School]] is [[Speedy Hire]], the biggest hire firm in the UK. [[Vimto]] is owned by [[Nichols plc]] of [[Newton-le-Willows]], although actually made by [[Cott|Cott Beverages]] in north [[Leicestershire]].

[[Littlewoods]] are in [[Garston, Merseyside|Garston]], who are owned by the [[Shop Direct Group]] in [[Speke]]. [[Princes (company)|Princes]], [[Johnsons Cleaners UK]], [[A. P. Moller-Maersk Group|Maersk Line UK]], the [[Beetham Organization]], [[John West Foods]], [[Bibby Line]], [[Home Bargains]], the [[Royal Liver Friendly Society|Royal Liver Assurance]] and [[T J Hughes]] have their headquarters in Liverpool. Towards [[Aintree]], [[Jacob's]] and their crackers are historically based, and also make [[Twiglets]] at their site at [[Hartley's]] Village in [[Fazakerley]], and nearby is [[Sportech PLC]], owner of the [[football pool]]s; Trigon Snacks make [[Big D (peanuts)]] in Aintree, and have done since the 1970s on the Greylaw Ind Est off the B5187, near the [[Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College]]. HMRC's (former Inland Revenue) [[National Insolvency Unit]] is at [[Regian House]] (previously at [[Queen's Dock, Port of Liverpool|Queen's Dock]]) opposite [[Liverpool James Street railway station]] and next to Liverpool's [[Armed Forces Careers Office]]. The Criminal Records Bureau is on [[Prince's Dock, Liverpool|Prince's Dock]], since 2013 part of the new [[Disclosure and Barring Service]] (with the former [[Independent Safeguarding Authority|ISA]] in Darlington). The [[Defence Bills Agency]] was at Mersey House next to St James railway station, now part of [[Defence Business Services|DBS Finance]].

[[Tangerine Confectionery]] makes its Princess [[marshmallow]]s off [[Edge Lane]] (A5047) in east Liverpool, west of Wavertree Technology Park. [[Home Bargains]] are off the [[A580 road|A580]] west of junction 4 of the M57, on the Knowsley boundary at [[Stonebridge Park, Liverpool|Stonebridge Park]]. [[JF Renshaw]] (Renshaw Napier), who have a Royal warrant, make [[Icing (food)|cake icing]] on the [[A562 road|A562]] next to the [[Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust|Liverpool Women's Hospital]] in Edge Hill; 90% of the UK's [[marzipan]] comes from this factory. At Speke on the A561, west of the [[Jaguar Land Rover|JLR]] plant, partly in Knowsley, [[Novartis]] make vaccines such as [[Influenza vaccine|Fluvirin]], and directly to the south [[MedImmune]] (owned by [[AstraZeneca]]) makes components of influenza vaccine ([[Live attenuated influenza vaccine|FluMist]]); [[Briggs Automotive Company]] is on Speke Hall Ind Est, with HP Chemie Pelzer UK (automobile [[Absorption (acoustics)|acoustics]]). At [[Hunts Cross]] on the northern side of the railway line, the large [[Eli Lilly and Company|Eli Lilly]] Speke Operations manufacturing plant produces antibiotics such as [[Capreomycin]], and in 1981 produced the world's first [[Biosynthesis|biosynthetic]] product, by manufacturing [[biologic medical product|biologic]] insulin, and has also produced biosynthetic human [[growth hormone]] since 1985; the plant was owned by [[The Distillers Company]] after the war until 1962, where it made penicillin and later made [[thalidomide]]. Near the A561/A562 junction, the [[Northwest Regional Development Agency|NWDA]]-funded [[National Biomanufacturing Centre]] was built in 2006. On the south side of the A561 in Speke is Estuary Commerce Park. Further to south is [[Prinovis]] UK and [[B & M]] (previously in Blackpool) on the Liverpool International Business Park; on the former Speke Aerodrome is [[Shop Direct]] near the National Biomanufacturing Centre.
[[File:Entrance to Cereal Partners UK factory, Bromborough.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cereal Partners Worldwide|Cereal Partners]] UK ([[Nestlé]]) make [[Cheerios]] and [[Golden Nuggets]] on the A41 opposite Port Sunlight at [[Bromborough]], also the base of [[CSM N.V.|CSM]] UK, the baking ingredients company based at a former Unilever [[Stork (margarine)|Stork]] margarine site.]]

[[Jaguar Land Rover]] has 166 acres of its main [[Halewood Body & Assembly|production site]] (formerly owned by [[Ford of Europe|Ford]]) in [[Halewood]], making the [[Land Rover Freelander|Freelander]] and [[Range Rover Evoque]]. [[Getrag|Getrag Ford Transmissions]], make 400,000 [[Automatic transmission|automatic]] and [[manual transmission]]s next door to the east of JLR's Halewood plant, for Ford, Volvo and Mazda vehicles. [[Magna International|Magna Decoma]], west of JLR Halewood and east of Novartis, make car interiors and exteriors. [[Dairy Crest]] makes [[Vitalite]] and [[Utterly Butterly]] on the A5207 in [[Kirkby]], off the M57 Randles Farm Interchange, opposite a former site of [[Ethel Austin]]; to the east of Dairy Crest is [[Yorkshire Copper Tube]], Britain's main manufacturer of [[copper tubing]], owned by Italian [[KME Group]]; Counterline make [[foodservice]] counters on Knowsley Business Park; [[Clarke Energy]] is on the [[A5208 road|A5208]]. Further north on the estate next to the A5208 is [[QVC (UK)|QVC UK]]'s distribution centre, with all three in Kirkby. Further north, next to the Lancashire boundary is Goodrich Actuation Systems on the Huyton Ind Est (in former Huyton Quarry) on the north-west side of the M62 [[Tarbock Island]] (off the A5080) in [[Tarbock]]. Next door [[Halewood International]], who make [[Lambrini]], Red Square, [[Lamb's]] Navy Rum and some [[alcopop]]s, are in [[Whitefield Lane End]], in the south of [[Huyton]] at the M62/M57 junction. Belling Ltd (owned by [[Glen Dimplex]]) is in [[Whiston, Merseyside|Whiston]], next to the large [[Whiston Hospital]]; Glen Dimplex Whiston is the UK's only manufacturer of cookers, around 350,000 a year (Stoves plc before 2001), and also owns [[LEC Refrigeration|LEC]] fridges. Manesty manufactures medicine tablets off the B5194 on the Knowsley Business Park. Nationwide fashion retailer [[Matalan]] has its head office and main distribution centre in the north of the Knowsley Ind Est (at Skelmersdale until 2014); the Knowsley Ind Estate is all on the former [[ROF Kirkby]]. [[Camelot Group]] have their Liverpool Prize Payout Centre on the Kings Business Park on the A57, west of the M57 Forest House Interchange.

[[File:Unilever Research Laboratory - geograph.org.uk - 524705.jpg|thumb|right|[[Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight Laboratory|Unilever Research Laboratory]] at Port Sunlight ([[Bebington]]) looking west, next to the [[Wirral Line]] ]]
[[Typhoo]] tea is made in [[Moreton, Merseyside|Moreton]] off the A551 next to [[Moreton (Merseyside) railway station|Moreton railway station]], and on the same site there is Manor Bakeries ([[Premier Foods]], former [[J. Lyons and Co.|Lyons Cakes]], before April 1995) who make [[List of Cadbury products|mini rolls]], and a factory of [[Burton's Biscuit Company]] closed in December 2011 which made Cadbury's biscuits ([[Cadbury Fingers]]) and [[Wagon Wheels]], where they still have a chocolate refinery. [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] UK have their main research laboratories east of the Moreton bakery, near [[Leasowe railway station]]. [[CML Group]] (part of [[Teledyne Technologies|Teledyne]]) makes composites and aircraft components off the A41 at Bromborough near [[Eastham, Merseyside|Eastham Country Park]]; to the south is [[Einhell]] UK (power tools). [[Stiebel Eltron]] UK (heat pumps) nearby, are near [[Meyer Corporation|Meyer]] [[Prestige (cookware)|Prestige]] who make [[Cookware and bakeware|cookware]] (who also own Circulon and [[Anolon]]) and [[Givaudan]] UK have a fragrances factory. [[Lithium Corporation of America|FMC Lithium]], east of the A41 at Wirral International Business Park, makes [[butyllithium]] and other [[Organometallic chemistry|organometallic]] compounds. At [[Port Sunlight]], [[Unilever]] make and research detergents and shampoo, such as ''[[Timotei]]'' and ''[[Sunsilk]]'', as well as ''[[Comfort (fabric softener)|Comfort]]'' and ''Persil Liquid''. [[Cammell Laird]] at Birkenhead build ships, including two [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris]] [[Resolution-class submarine]]s in the 1960s; on [[Twelve Quays]] off the [[A554 road|A554]] is [[Faiveley Transport]] UK (railway electrical components). [[Survitec Group|RFD Beaufort]] (known as Beaufort Air-Sea Equipment in the 1980s) make [[G-suit]]s for [[fighter aircraft]] and [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|liferaft]]s. [[Eastham Oil Terminal|Eastham Refinery]] off junction 6 of the M53, at [[Eastham, Merseyside|Eastham]] in Wirral, just north of Hooton Park (in Cheshire), is owned by [[Nynas]].

[[File:National Girobank (Alliance and Leicester) HQ - geograph.org.uk - 105597 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Former head office of the [[Girobank]] in Bootle; it closed in 2003; it was taken over by [[Alliance & Leicester]] in 1990; it was established in Bootle in the late 1960s with help from Hugh Baird; it was the first financial institution in Europe to be fully computerised from the start]]
[[Pontins]] is in [[Ainsdale]], Sefton. HMRC at [[St John's House, Bootle|St John's House]] on the A5057 in Bootle, is the national office for dealing with tax for [[individual savings account]]s (ISAs) and other savings schemes, charities ([[Gift Aid]]), [[non-resident trust]]s, and [[Domicile (law)|domicile]] status; opposite is [[Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council|Sefton Council]]'s Magdalen House. Nearby to the west on the A5057, the [[Health and Safety Executive|HSE]] and [[Office for Nuclear Regulation]] have their head office at [[Redgrave Court]], near the main site of [[Hugh Baird College]]. The [[Inland Revenue]] had its main office at [[The Triad, Bootle|The Triad]] in Bootle, next to the [[New Strand Shopping Centre|Strand Shopping Centre]], and the site is still run by HMRC. [[Unipart Dorman]] make LED traffic lights near [[Meols Cop railway station]] in [[Blowick]], east of Southport; to the north at [[Crossens]], [[Railex]] make [[filing cabinet]]s.