Sandwich
Sandwich is a historic community and civil church in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was among the Cinque Ports and still has many initial medieval buildings, including several detailed pubs and gates in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While once a major port, it is now 2 miles from the sea due to the loss of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has been maintained. Sandwich Bay is residence to nature reserves and also 2 world-class fairway, Royal St George's and also Prince's. The community is likewise residence to many instructional and also social events. Sandwich also offered its name to the food using John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and words sandwich is currently discovered in a number of languages. The neighborhood economic situation has actually gained from significant investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the international pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, which has actually developed a research and development centre near Sandwich, using over 3,000 individuals. Lab experiments at the site have actually excited adverse comment by animal civil liberties protestors. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer introduced it will move the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. A number of vital drugs consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's treatment for impotence as well as Maraviroc, a drug used for therapy of HIV, were established here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer announced that the entire research and development facility at Sandwich would be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 jobs, though it later introduced approximately 650 work would remain. The University of Kent was thinking about use of the school style site. The UK Government stepped in to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.
