Editing West Yorkshire (section)

===Industries===
Leeds has since attracted investment from financial institutions, to become a recognised financial centre, with many [[bank]]s, [[building societies]] and [[insurance companies]] having offices in the city.  Wakefield has also attracted many service-based industries, in particular [[call centres]]. Two of the big four supermarkets are from West Yorkshire. [[Morrisons]] is based in Bradford, while [[Asda]] is based in Leeds.

West Yorkshire grew up around several industries. Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract and South and East Leeds were traditional [[coal mining]] areas.

;Wool
[[Bradford]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] and [[Huddersfield]] grew through the development of [[Woolen|woollen]] mills. Leeds' traditional industry was the manufacturing of cloth while heavier engineering industries facilitated growth in South Leeds.

The [[Heavy Woollen District]] covered towns such as [[Dewsbury]], [[Batley]], [[Morley, West Yorkshire|Morley]], [[Ossett, West Yorkshire|Ossett]], [[Cleckheaton]] and [[Heckmondwike]]. The woollen and cloth industries declined throughout the twentieth century.

;Rhubarb
The [[Rhubarb Triangle]] is wholly in West Yorkshire and still produces the vegetable in considerable quantities.<ref>{{cite book|last=Shell|first=Hanna Rose|title=Shoddy: From Devil's Dust to the Renaissance of Rags|publisher=University of Chicago|year=2020|isbn=9780226377759|location=Chicago|pages=159}}</ref> Twelve farmers who farm within the Rhubarb Triangle applied to have the name "Yorkshire forced rhubarb" added to the list of foods and drinks that have their names legally protected by the European Commission's Protected Food Name scheme.<ref name="Application">{{citation|title=Application to register: Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb|url=http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/industry/regional/foodname/products/documents/indoor-yorks-rhubarb-pdo.pdf|publisher=DEFRA|access-date=25 February 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130822084033/http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/industry/regional/foodname/products/documents/indoor-yorks-rhubarb-pdo.pdf|archive-date=22 August 2013}}</ref> The application was successful and the farmers in the Rhubarb Triangle were awarded Protected Designation of Origin status (PDO) in February 2010. Food protected status accesses European funding to promote the product and legal backing against other products made outside the area using the name. Other protected names include [[Stilton cheese]], [[Champagne (wine)|Champagne]] and Parma Ham.

;Coal
The last pit in West Yorkshire to close was Hay Royds Colliery at [[Denby Dale]] in 2012 after a flood.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Drift remembers Yorkshire's industrial past|url=http://www.bolton.ac.uk/MediaCentre/Articles/2014/Jan2014-09.aspx |date=27 January 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729175650/http://www.bolton.ac.uk/MediaCentre/Articles/2014/Jan2014-09.aspx|archive-date=29 July 2017|access-date=29 July 2017|publisher=University of Bolton}}</ref>