Editing Wetherby (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Goldenfry Factory.jpg|thumb|right|The Goldenfry factory]]
The [[Wharfedale Brewery]] became Oxley's mineral water factory during the inter-war years.<ref name="weth-aps" /> It was demolished in the 1950s and redeveloped as the [[West Yorkshire Road Car Company]] bus depot and bus station; it has been further redeveloped to include shops, offices and a restaurant. The site of the watermill, by the weir, is now occupied by riverside flats.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

Wetherby has a manufacturing presence in the town and on the [[Thorp Arch Trading Estate]]. Many residents work in Leeds or on the Sandbeck industrial estate, major retailers in the town centre or at Thorp Arch. Large employers include the [[British Library]], [[Morrisons]], [[Goldenfry|Goldenfry Foods]] and Moores Furniture.

2017 saw the return of brewing to Wetherby, when the Wetherby Brew Company established a new microbrewery and taproom on the York Road Industrial Estate.<ref>{{cite news |work=Wetherby News |title=Wetherby business brewing up a success |url=https://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/news/wetherby-business-brewing-up-a-success-1-8905902 |access-date=15 December 2017 |date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

===Historic public houses===
[[File:Blackbullwetherby2003.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Black Bull'' in 2003, before refurbishment]]
In its heyday, Wetherby had seventeen [[pubs]] in its town centre. Only eleven now remain, of which ten are still open. The town's oldest surviving pub, the ''Brunswick Hotel'', closed in 2003 and reopened as ''Harris' Bar''; in 2012, it reopened again as ''The Brunswick'' after refurbishment by [[Enterprise Inns]]. The ''Three Legs'' public house closed in 2007 and became ''bar Thr3'', Wetherby's first non smoking pub.<ref name="thr3">{{cite news |newspaper=Wetherby News |title=Tough stance on Wetherby pub smoke |date=25 May 2007 |url=http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=9146&articleid=290771 |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref>

During the [[Second World War]], the ''Angel'' public house served German and Italian [[prisoners of war]] from the nearby camps and, being the only pub in the town to do so, attracted some controversy as a result.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/39/a3335339.shtml|title=WW2 People's War – A Kind Thought<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

===Present day===
[[File:Horsefair Centre, Wetherby.jpg|thumb|right|North Street, from the Garden of Rest, showing the main entrance to the Horsefair Centre]]
[[File:Aerial photographs taken from Wetherby Ings (4th May 2021) 006.jpg|thumb|right|An aerial view of Wetherby town centre and the Wharfe]]

Goldenfry, which started as a [[fish and chip shop]] but which now makes other products including own-brand gravy for every UK supermarket, is situated on Sandbeck Way.<ref>{{cite web |title=It's Right. It's Proper Yorkshire. It's Goldenfry! |url=https://www.goldenfry.co.uk/ |website=Goldenfry |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Inspirepac has a factory on Sandbeck Lane.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/story/2016-02-03/fire-at-packaging-factory-in-wetherby/ |title=Fire at packaging factory in Wetherby |work=Cision PRweb |date=2 March 2016}}</ref>

The ICC Group is a multi national UK IT reseller and service provider, which was founded in 1998; it has its HQ at Sandbeck Lane. Supporting over 10% of the FTSE100, it specialises in HP/IBM and Dell products and associated IT services.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/icc_group_wetherby_it_firm_1m_relocation_creates_new_local_jobs/prweb12143880.htm |title=ICC Group: Wetherby IT Firm £1m Relocation Creates New Local Jobs |work=ITV News |date=5 September 2014}}</ref>

Proactis, a leading modular Source-to-Pay solutions provider, has been in based in Wetherby since 1996. Despite transitioning to a remote first workforce in 2020, the company still retains a large office in the town centre.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/wetherby-software-firm-proactis-returns-to-organic-growth-2553320 |title=Wetherby software firm Proactis returns to organic growth |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=29 April 2022}}</ref>

[[Premier Farnell|Farnell]] opened its first factory in 1956 on the York Road Industrial Estate, leasing some former W.D. [[Nissen hut]]s. By 1963, it required new premises and moved to the Sandbeck Industrial Estate.<ref name="apshistory"/> In 1997, GSM Valtech Industries purchased the metalwork fabrication site of Farnell Electronics. GSM Valtech's operations were transferred to the Wetherby site, increasing the manufacturing area to 28,000 sq ft and gaining staff with 40 years' experience in manufacturing electronic enclosures. Substantial investment followed.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} The company specialises in the manufacture and wholesale distribution of electrical, [[Electronics|electronic]] and [[Instrumentation|measurement, control and instrumentation]] equipment. In the 1990s the company moved to offices in [[Armley]].<ref name="apshistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.advanceproductservices.co.uk/About-Us.html |title=About us |publisher=Advance Product Services |access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>

The [[Forensic Science Service]] had a laboratory in Wetherby on Sandbeck Way. This closed in 2012 and has been demolished, with a new housing estate built on the site. [[HM Prison Wetherby]] is located on York Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/wetherby |title=Wetherby Prison information |website=www.justice.gov.uk |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

On 1 October 2008, the healthcare centre on Hallfield Lane was opened by [[Colin Burgon]], the Labour [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Elmet (UK Parliament constituency)|Elmet]]. It was completed in May 2008 and services have been provided from the building since June 2008. The centre has a range of services including [[podiatry]], [[physiotherapy]] and a baby clinic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhs.uk/services/clinic/wetherby-health-centre/RCD54 |title=Wetherby Health Centre – NHS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-2610212208/inspection-summary |title=Wetherby Surgery – Care Quality Commission |website=www.cqc.org.uk}}</ref>