Editing Berwick-upon-Tweed (section)

== Economy ==

[[File:Berwick Town In Winter.jpg|thumb|High Street]]
Slightly more than 60% of the population is employed in the service sector, including shops, hotels and catering, financial services and most government activity, including health care. Some current and recent Berwick economic activities include [[salmon]] fishing, shipbuilding, engineering, [[sawmill]]ing, [[fertilizer]] production, [[malting]] and the manufacture of tweed and hosiery.

Berwick town centre comprises the Mary Gate and High Street where many local shops and some retail chains exist. New office development has been built in the Walker Gate beside the library, which combined space with the Northumberland Adult Learning Centre and Tourism centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/business/local-business/berwick-workspace-reaping-the-benefits-of-european-funding-1-2744029 |title=Berwick WorkSpace reaping the benefits of European funding |newspaper=Berwick Advertiser |publisher=[[Johnston Press]] |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127130705/http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/business/local-business/berwick-workspace-reaping-the-benefits-of-european-funding-1-2744029 |url-status=live }}</ref>

There is a retail park in [[Tweedmouth]] consisting of a Homebase, Farm Foods, Marks and Spencer, Argos, Next, and Lidl. Berwick Borough Council refused a proposal from [[Asda]] in 2006 to build a store near the site,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news/Asda-withdraws-supermarket-appeal.1464664.jp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801091729/http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news/Asda-withdraws-supermarket-appeal.1464664.jp |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2012 |title=Asda withdraws supermarket appeal |newspaper=The Berwickshire News |publisher=Johnston Press |date=26 April 2006 |access-date=5 October 2012 }}</ref> but in 2008 gave [[Tesco]] planning permission for its new store in the town,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news/Tesco-gets-green-light-for.3678445.jp |title=Tesco gets green light for Berwick food store |newspaper=Berwick Advertiser |publisher=Johnston Press |date=16 January 2008 |access-date=5 October 2012 |archive-date=22 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122073000/http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news/Tesco-gets-green-light-for.3678445.jp |url-status=live }}</ref> which opened on 13 September 2010. Asda went on to take over the Co-op shop unit in Tweedmouth in early 2010.

A [[Morrisons]] supermarket with a petrol station, alongside a branch of [[McDonald's]], a [[Travelodge UK]] and an [[Aldi]] all exist on Loaning Meadows close to the outskirts of the town near the current A1. The Aldi outlet moved its operations to a new location in the newly constructed Loaning Meadows Retail Park which also hosts [[KFC]] and [[Costa Coffee]] drive-throughs, A Food Warehouse wholesale store, [[Greggs]] and a [[Home Bargains]] supermarket. The retail park is located adjacent to the [[Morrisons]] store.