Sandwich
Sandwich is a historic town and also civil parish in the Dover Area of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and also has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was just one of the Cinque Ports and still has several initial middle ages buildings, consisting of several provided pubs and also entrances in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses as well as the White Mill. While once a major port, it is now two miles from the sea as a result of the loss of the Wantsum Channel. Its historical centre has actually been preserved. Sandwich Bay is house to nature reserves and also 2 first-rate golf courses, Royal St George's as well as Prince's. The community is additionally house to many instructional and also social occasions. Sandwich likewise provided its name to the food using John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, and also words sandwich is now discovered in several languages. The neighborhood economic climate has taken advantage of significant investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, which has constructed a r & d centre near Sandwich, using over 3,000 individuals. Research laboratory experiments at the site have excited unfavorable comment by pet civil liberties activists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will move the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. A number of essential drugs including Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence and Maraviroc, a substance abuse for treatment of HIV, were developed below. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer revealed that the whole r & d facility at Sandwich would certainly be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 tasks, though it later on revealed approximately 650 tasks would certainly remain. The University of Kent was taking into consideration use the university design site. The UK Government intervened to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.
