The airport serves destinations primarily in the UK and Europe and is a major hub for EasyJet and Ryanair. Heineken (former Scottish & Newcastle) have their large Royal Brewery in Moss Side next to the A5103, north of the B5219 junction. Industrial inspection organisation SGS UK is based off junction 8 of the M53 at Rossmore Business Park. Bryant and May's site in Garston was the last wooden match factory in the UK, closing in 1994 to become The Matchworks business centre off the A561 west of the former Speke airport. Of the nine regions of the England, the North West has the fourth-highest GVA per capita—the highest outside southern England. In 1998, production of its replacement the Focus was transferred to Saarlouis and Valencia, which signalled the end of the site's ownership by Ford. Benteler UK (carbon steel tubes) is next to the River Croal off the A58 at Tonge Moor next to Astley Bridge in north Bolton and to the south PMT Industries makes paper drying machines. Warton, BAE Systems' main site (former English Electric, then BAC), in Bryning-with-Warton (6500 employees). The Mixed Race population makes up 1.3% (93,800) of the region's population. 7 Year Olds. Temperatures are generally close to the national average. British Energy was sold in 2009 for £12.5bn to EDF; Centrica (British Gas) had also wanted to buy it; 26 Magnox reactors were built in the UK, followed by 14 AGR reactors. 55 Central Ave, Flamwood. Areas such as Moss Side in Greater Manchester are home to a 30%+ Black British population. In 2007, Manchester had a recorded 222,703 aircraft movements. Sir J. J. Thomson of Cheetham Hill discovered the electron (given its name in 1891 by George Johnstone Stoney) in April 1897 and received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906; his son George Paget Thomson would win the Nobel Prize for Physics 1937 for discovering electron diffraction (at the University of Aberdeen). The World Pie Eating Championship is held in Wigan each year. Unilever makes Persil and Surf washing powders next to the Bank Quay railway station; next door between the A5061 and River Mersey is PQ Silicas (former Joseph Crosfield). In the 2017 general election, the area was dominated by the Labour Party. Blackpool performs not particularly well at GCSE, yet produces much better results at A level—even better than Cheshire West and Chester, and the third-best in the region. It is the third-most-populated region in the United Kingdom, after the South East and Greater London. Royal Liverpool Golf Club is at Hoylake. Kanye West. CML Group (part of Teledyne) makes composites and aircraft components off the A41 at Bromborough near Eastham Country Park; to the south is Einhell UK (power tools). Avecia (biotechnology) is off the A664 in the Hexagon Tower in Blackley near the North Manchester General Hospital. New builds, extensions, alterations, ground works, driveways, patios. Even so, local dialects continued to be used and were relatively widespread until the 19th and 20th centuries. Telecoms provider Daisy Group (former Pipex,400),[48] based in Nelson is one of the UK's fastest growing companies, on Lomeshaye Ind Est north of M65 junction 12 in Brierfield;[54] Cott Beverages (former Macaw Soft Drinks before 2006) is off junction 12 of the M65 in Brierfield, west of Nelson, next to Pendle Water. The UK's Time signal comes from Anthorn Radio Station on the north-west Cumbrian coast, where there are three atomic clocks. Pontins is in Ainsdale, Sefton. The modern dart board was invented in 1896 by Lancashire carpenter Brian Gamlin from Bury, aged 44. GSK Ulverston, built in 1949 as Glaxo to produce penicillin with a new plant to be built, makes cephalosporin antibiotics including cefuroxime and ceftazidime. Olsen Cruise Lines, MS Black Watch and Cruise & Maritime Voyages MS Magellan all use the terminal to depart to Iceland, France, Spain and Norway. Also west of the park is Nuvia UK (part of Soletanche Freyssinet). Amanda is also extremely passionate about new homes, and in particular has a love for interior design, an interest shared strongly by Dean. In the final European Elections in the UK in 2019, 31.23% voted for the Brexit Party, with Labour polling 21.91%, the Liberal Democrats 17.15% and the Green Party 12.48%. Oaktec are small motorsport company on the A588 at Cockerham, south of Lancaster. Leeds and Liverpool Canal has run into Liverpool city centre, via Liverpool Canal Link at Pier Head, since 2009. In the by-election of 2012, Manchester Central has the record for the lowest turnout in the UK—18%. [49] GE subsidiary Unison Engine Components (320),[48] are the largest of several others in the area. The Suffragette movement came from Manchester—the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). The airport is home to three terminals, plus the World Freight Terminal, which serve destinations worldwide. The regional leaders' forum, 4NW, an unelected quango, is based on Waterside Drive in Wigan. Duerr's make honey and jam at the Roundthorn Ind Estate in Wythenshawe, off the A560. BAE Systems Regional Aircraft assembled Britain's last airliner, the British Aerospace 146 (Avro RJX), at Woodford in November 2001. Other important A-roads include the A5092, A66, A596 and formerly the A74, until this was upgraded to motorway standard as an extension of the M6 between 2006 and 2008 to meet the A74(M) at the Scottish border. Tata Chemicals Europe (former Brunner Mond) next to the A530, next to the railway, is partly in Lostock Gralam just west of Northwich; there is another main site at Winnington on the A533 north-west of Northwich. The city of Preston and its surroundings are served by the A6, A59, A582, A583, A584 and, to the very south-east, the M61 motorway. Home Bargains are off the A580 west of junction 4 of the M57, on the Knowsley boundary at Stonebridge Park. The company owner's son founded Christy in 1850 in Droylsden (now in Tameside), which invented the industrially produced towel. BAE Chadderton was next to the M60 and B6393, and a railway, and closed in March 2012; later a repair facility, it built the Lancaster and Vulcan. Sealy UK make beds and mattresses on the B5031 next to Aspatria railway station in north Cumbria, west of Carlisle; next door First Milk make Lake District Cheddar. This early Celtic heritage remains today in place names such as Carlisle, Penrith and Eccles, and many river names such as Cocker, Kent and Eden. The historical county of Lancashire covered a vast amount of land, and the Lancashire dialect and accent is still predominant throughout the county, and stretches as far north as Furness in South Cumbria to parts of north Greater Manchester and Merseyside in the south of the region. The Lake District is popular with holiday makers. The spinning jenny was invented in 1764 in Lancashire by James Hargreaves, a mechanical advance on the spinning wheel. Brands originating in Lancashire include TVR, Reebok, Jaguar Cars and Warburtons. Prior to joining Signature Homes, Dean's building career mainly centred around the construction of high-end Design & Build homes, many of them large projects. Several commercial radio stations including: This page was last edited on 5 April 2021, at 00:18. [35] Since 1 April 2009, when the county of Cheshire was split into two unitary councils[36] the Cheshire transport authority ceased to exist, however it is the most recent LTP for the area. The lowest performing area is, again, Knowsley but followed by Rochdale. John Benjamin Dancer of Manchester invented microphotography in 1839, which would lead to microform in the 1920s. Alstom Transport (former GEC Traction) is at TLS Preston; company's main Trafford Park site closed in the early 1990s. This involved region wide transport schemes, such as those carried out by the Highways Agency and Network Rail. The F.2 gas turbine would power MGB.2009 the first gas-turbine-powered vessel in 1947. We Supply The widest variety of bricks, sand, cement, stone and more. At Whitworth on the A671, BCH engineer equipment for the food processing industry (Nestlé and Mars). ICI Dyestuffs at Hexagon House, in Blackley in north Manchester, discovered Procion dyes. The British Cattle Movement Service is at Workington next to Tata Steel Projects, near a site of the National Nuclear Laboratory on Derwent Howe Ind Est. William Sturgeon of Lancashire invented the electromagnet in 1825. The Bank of England MPC's Agency for the North West is on Birchwood Park near the HQ of GB Oils, the UK's leading fuel oil supplier (owned by DCC), and the operator of Gulf Oil petrol stations in the UK. HTI Group in Fleetwood makes toys and owns Barbie. New-build nuclear power stations will either be the AP1000 (Toshiba Westinghouse NuGeneration) or EPR design (developed by Areva). We Buy Any Car is at Castleton near the A664, in the south-west of Rochdale, the same site of Carcraft. James Cropper, Europe's leading manufacturer of coloured paper, is in Burneside, north of Kendal, on the River Kent near the A591. East-west connections in Lancashire are carried via the Caldervale Line to Blackpool. Terberg Matec UK (Dutch) supply lifts for bin wagons next to M62 junction 11. Timpson is in Wythenshawe; Sharwood's used to make their sauces there until Premier Foods moved production to Bury St Edmunds in 2008. To the west of the M6, Crewe, Northwich and Sandbach are served by the A54, A51, A49, A533, A556 and A530 roads; these all eventually link up connecting the towns to the larger cities, including Stoke-on-Trent to the south. Family Member #3. Large immigrant populations in the North West result in the presence of significant immigrant languages. Sir James Black discovered beta blockers—propranolol (Inderal) at Alderley Park in 1962. The first commercially available computer, the Ferranti Mark 1, was made in Manchester and sold in February 1951 to the University of Manchester. Pentair Safety Systems have a main site in Linnyshaw, west of the M61 Worsley Braided Interchange. However, when the North East region of England rejected having an elected regional assembly in a referendum, further referendums were cancelled and the proposals for elected regional assemblies in England put on hold. The NS & I office of Blackpool is on the A583, off the M55 Marton Circle, in Little Marton on the eastern edge of the town. The Thermphos factory on the A557 south of Widnes closed in 2013. During the Industrial Revolution hundreds of thousands of Welsh people migrated to the North West of England to work in the coal mines. The Wellcome Foundation, a provider of much of Britain's medical research, was based from 1966 to 1997 at Crewe Hall in Crewe Green. W. T. Glover & Co. of Salford were important electricity cable manufacturers throughout the early 20th century. The Bridgewater Canal was the first recognised canal of the modern era. On the south side of the A561 in Speke is Estuary Commerce Park. FMC Lithium, east of the A41 at Wirral International Business Park, makes butyllithium and other organometallic compounds. Bargain Booze is at the A532/A5020 roundabout in the east of the town, and further along the A532 Whitby Morrison are the world's leading manufacturer of ice cream vans. 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. Kleeneze (owned by Findel plc) is based with Express Gifts off the A678 in Clayton-le-Moors off the M65 Hyndburn Interchange between Blackburn and Burnley, north of Accrington with a main distribution centre off the A679 in Church on the other side of the M65 in the west of Accrington, with both sites next to the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. [45] BAE builds a Eurofighter every two weeks (takt time). As part of the national transport planning system, Sir Henry Tate also came from Lancashire, joining Abram Lyle in 1921, of whose Golden syrup tins are claimed to be Britain's oldest brand; he established the Tate Gallery in 1897. Amanda has two Bachelor degrees, in the fields of Social Science and Health Science, and has held roles in occupational therapy and at the Starship Children's Hospital. On the Westlakes Science & Technology Park off the A595 south of Whitehaven, is the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (in Herdus House). 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Other important lines are the Liverpool to Manchester Lines and the North TransPennine, which connects Liverpool to Manchester through Warrington. Senior Aerospace BWT at Adlington, Cheshire off the A523 at the eastern end of Woodford Aerodrome, make air-conditioning systems for business jets.