Sandwich
Sandwich is a historic town as well as civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It lies on the River Stour and also has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was among the Cinque Ports and still has many initial middle ages buildings, consisting of a number of listed public houses as well as gateways in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While when a major port, it is now two miles from the sea as a result of the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has actually been preserved. Sandwich Bay is home to nature books as well as 2 world-class fairway, Royal St George's as well as Prince's. The community is also home to many educational and also cultural occasions. Sandwich additionally gave its name to the food by way of John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, and also the word sandwich is currently discovered in numerous languages. The local economy has actually benefited from significant investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, which has developed a r & d centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 individuals. Laboratory experiments at the site have actually excited unfavorable comment by animal legal rights protestors. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer announced it will relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. A number of crucial medicines consisting of Viagra, Pfizer's treatment for erectile dysfunction and Maraviroc, a drug used for treatment of HIV, were established below. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer introduced that the entire research and development center at Sandwich would certainly be closed within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 tasks, though it later announced as much as 650 tasks would certainly stay. The College of Kent was considering use the university style site. The UK Federal government intervened to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is currently run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.
