Editing Berkshire (section)

===Industry===
[[File:Oracle at Thames Valley Park.jpg|thumb|The [[Oracle Corporation]] campus]]
[[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] has a historical involvement in the information technology industry, largely as a result of the early presence in the town of sites of [[International Computers Limited]] and [[Digital Equipment Corporation|Digital]]. These companies have been swallowed by other groups, but their descendants, [[Fujitsu]] and [[Hewlett-Packard]] respectively, still have local operations. More recently [[Microsoft]] and [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] have established multi-building campuses on the outskirts of Reading. Other technology companies with a presence in the town include [[Huawei Technologies]], [[Agilent Technologies]], [[Audio & Design (Recording) Ltd]], [[Bang & Olufsen]], [[Cisco Systems|Cisco]], [[Comptel]], [[Ericsson]], [[Harris Corporation]], [[Intel Corporation|Intel]], [[Nvidia]], [[Rockwell Collins]], [[Sage Group|Sage]], [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]], [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]], [[Symbol Technologies]], [[Verizon Business]], [[Virgin Media O2]], [[Websense]], [[Xansa]] (now [[Sopra Steria]]), and [[Xerox]]. The financial company [[ING Direct]] has its headquarters in Reading, as does the directories company [[Hibu]]. The insurance company [[Prudential plc|Prudential]] has an administration centre in the town. [[PepsiCo]] and [[Holiday Inn]] have offices. As with most major cities, Reading also has offices of the [[Big Four accounting firms]] [[Deloitte]], [[Ernst & Young]], [[KPMG]] and [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]. The 110-year old charity, Berkshire Vision is also located within Reading city centre.

[[File:Aerial View of Slough Trading Estate.JPG|thumb|right|[[Slough Trading Estate]] plays a major part in making Slough a business centre in South East England]]

The global headquarters of [[Reckitt Benckiser]] and the UK headquarters of [[Mars, Incorporated]] are based in [[Slough]]. The European head offices of major IT companies [[BlackBerry (company)|BlackBerry]], [[CA Technologies]], are in the town. The town is home to the [[National Foundation for Educational Research]], which is housed in The Mere. Other major brands with offices in the town include [[Nintendo]], [[Black & Decker]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[HTC]], [[SSE plc]] and [[Abbey Business Centres]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=502584 Location of registered office of Amazon.co.uk Ltd] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707200440/https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=502584 |date=7 July 2017 }}. Retrieved 27 December 2008.</ref> [[Dulux]] paints were manufactured in Slough by [[AkzoNobel]], which bought [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] in 2008. Manufacturing ceased in 2018 with operations moving elsewhere, however the UK headquarters is still based there.

[[Bracknell]] is a base for high-tech industries, with the presence of companies such as [[Panasonic]], [[Fujitsu]] (formerly [[International Computers Limited|ICL]]) and [[Fujitsu-Siemens Computers]], [[Dell]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Siemens]] (originally [[Nixdorf Computer|Nixdorf]]), [[Honeywell]], [[Cable & Wireless Communications|Cable & Wireless]], [[Avnet|Avnet Technology Solutions]] and [[Novell]].<ref>"Berkshire's Tech Corridor." TechUK Report, 2021.</ref> Firms spread into the surrounding [[Thames Valley]] or [[M4 corridor]], attracting [[Information Technology|IT]] firms such as [[Cable & Wireless Communications|Cable & Wireless]], [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] (subsequently [[Hewlett-Packard]]), [[Microsoft]], [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp Telecommunications]], [[Oracle Corporation]], [[Sun Microsystems]] and [[Cognos]]. Bracknell is home to the central [[Waitrose]] distribution centre and head office, which is on a {{cvt|70|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on the Southern Industrial Estate. Waitrose has operated from the town since the 1970s. The town is also home to the UK headquarters of [[Honda]] and [[BMW]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk |title=Companies House |work=companieshouse.gov.uk |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629012709/http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ |archive-date=29 June 2008 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]] is home to the world headquarters of the [[mobile network operator]] [[Vodafone]], which is the town's largest employer with over 6,000 people. Before moving to their £129&nbsp;million headquarters in the outskirts of the town in 2002, Vodafone used 64 buildings spread across the town centre.<ref>{{cite news |work=vnunet.com |title=How Vodafone moved to a mobile environment |url=http://www.vnunet.com/computing/features/2072443/vodafone-moved-mobile-environment |date=24 September 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201155/http://www.vnunet.com/computing/features/2072443/vodafone-moved-mobile-environment |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> As well as Vodafone, Newbury is also home to [[National Instruments]], [[Micro Focus]], [[EValue]], NTS Express Road Haulage, [[Jokers' Masquerade]] and [[Quantel]]. It also is home to the [[Newbury Building Society]], which operates in the region.

In [[Compton, Berkshire|Compton]], a small village, roughly 10 miles from [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], a chemical manufacturing company called Carbosynth was founded, in 2006. Since 2019, it has merged with a Swiss company called Biosynth AG to form a key global organisation within the [[fine chemical]] industry and operates under name Biosynth Carbosynth<sup>®</sup>.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biosynth-carbosynth.com/ |title=Biosynth Carbosynth |access-date=15 April 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920051927/https://www.carbosynth.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Biosynth Carbosynth, along with its acquired companies, vivitide and Pepscan rebranded to Biosynth in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-07 |title=Biosynth Carbosynth, vivitide and Pepscan Rebrand to Biosynth |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220907005066/en/Biosynth-Carbosynth-vivitide-and-Pepscan-Rebrand-to-Biosynth |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow Airport]], in the neighbouring London Borough of Hillingdon, is a major contributor to the economy of [[Slough]] in east Berkshire.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Parsons Brinckerhoff and Berkeley Hanover Consulting |title=Heathrow employment impact on Slough |url=http://www.slough.gov.uk/downloads/Heathrow-Employment-Impact-Slough.pdf |publisher=Slough Borough Council |access-date=15 March 2018 |page=35 |date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104105453/http://www.slough.gov.uk/downloads/Heathrow-Employment-Impact-Slough.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>