Sandwich
Sandwich is a historic community and civil church in the Dover Area of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was among the Cinque Ports as well as still has numerous initial medieval structures, consisting of a number of noted hostelries as well as gateways in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses and also the White Mill. While once a significant port, it is now 2 miles from the sea because of the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel. Its historical centre has actually been protected. Sandwich Bay is residence to nature books and 2 first-rate fairway, Royal St George's and Prince's. The town is also home to many educational and cultural events. Sandwich also offered its name to the food by way of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and words sandwich is now located in a number of languages. The regional economic climate has benefited from significant financial investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational drugs firm Pfizer, which has developed a r & d centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 individuals. Laboratory experiments at the site have excited unfavorable comment by animal rights lobbyists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will certainly relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Numerous essential drugs consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence and also Maraviroc, a substance abuse for therapy of HIV, were created right here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer revealed that the whole r & d center at Sandwich would be closed within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 work, though it later on introduced as much as 650 work would certainly remain. The University of Kent was thinking about use the campus design site. The UK Federal government interfered to develop an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.
