Sandwich
Sandwich is a historic community as well as civil church in the Dover Area of Kent, south-east England. It pushes the River Stour as well as has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports as well as still has several initial middle ages buildings, including several provided pubs and gates in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and also the White Mill. While as soon as a major port, it is now 2 miles from the sea because of the loss of the Wantsum Channel. Its historical centre has been protected. Sandwich Bay is house to nature reserves and also 2 first-rate golf courses, Royal St George's and Prince's. The town is additionally residence to many academic and also social occasions. Sandwich additionally provided its name to the food by way of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and also the word sandwich is now discovered in several languages. The local economic climate has actually taken advantage of substantial investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the international pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, which has developed a r & d centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 individuals. Research laboratory experiments at the site have actually aroused unfavorable remark by animal rights protestors. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer introduced it will certainly relocate the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Several crucial medicines including Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence and Maraviroc, a drug used for treatment of HIV, were developed here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer announced that the entire r & d facility at Sandwich would be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 jobs, though it later introduced up to 650 jobs would remain. The College of Kent was taking into consideration use the school design site. The UK Government intervened to develop an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is currently run as a business park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.
