Editing Hartlepool (section)

==Economy==
Hartlepool's economy has historically been linked with the maritime industry, something which is still at the heart of local business. Hartlepool Dock is owned and run by [[PD Ports]].<ref name="investinhartlepool.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.investinhartlepool.com/pdfs/Hartlepool%20Economic%20Assessment%20-%20Draft%203.pdf|title=HartlepoolEconomic Assessment 2020/11 |publisher=Economic Development Division, Hartlepool Borough Council |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927013119/http://www.investinhartlepool.com/pdfs/Hartlepool%20Economic%20Assessment%20-%20Draft%203.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2013|access-date=2011-05-29}}</ref> Engineering related jobs employ around 1700 people.<ref name="investinhartlepool.com" /> [[Tata Steel Europe]] employ around 350 people in the manufacture of steel tubes, predominantly for the oil industry.<ref name="investinhartlepool.com" /> South of the town on the banks of the Tees, [[Able UK]] operates the [[Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre]] (TERRC), a large scale marine recycling facility and dry dock. Adjacent to the east of TERRC is the [[Hartlepool nuclear power station]], an [[advanced gas-cooled reactor]] (AGR) type nuclear power plant opened in the 1980s. It is the single largest employer in the town, employing 1 per cent of the town's working age people.<ref name="investinhartlepool.com" />

The chemicals industry is important to the local economy. Companies include [[Huntsman Corporation]], who produce [[titanium dioxide]] for use in paints, [[Omya]] and [[Frutarom]].<ref name="investinhartlepool.com" />

Tourism was worth £48 million to the town in 2009; this figure excludes the impact of the Tall Ships 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/tourism_worth_48m_a_year_to_town_economy_1_3414911|title=Tourism worth £48M a year to town economy|website=hartlepoolmail.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529053527/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/tourism_worth_48m_a_year_to_town_economy_1_3414911|archive-date=29 May 2011}}</ref> Hartlepool's historic links to the maritime industry are centred on the [[Hartlepool's Maritime Experience|Maritime Experience]], and the supporting exhibits [[PS Wingfield Castle|PS ''Wingfield Castle'']] and [[HMS Trincomalee|HMS ''Trincomalee'']].

[[Camerons Brewery]] was founded in 1852 and currently employs around 145 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news//tm_headline=camerons-brewery-clinches-new-five-year-deal&method=full&objectid=27106762&siteid=51140-name_page.html|title=Camerons brewery clinches new five-year deal|last=Administrator|first=journallive|date=21 August 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807121110/http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news//tm_headline%3Dcamerons-brewery-clinches-new-five-year-deal%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D27106762%26siteid%3D51140-name_page.html|archive-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> It is one of the largest breweries in the UK. Following a series of take-overs, it came under the control of the [[Castle Eden Brewery]] in 2001 who merged the two breweries, closing down the [[Castle Eden]] plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quaffale.org.uk/php/brewery/408|title=Camerons Brewery Company|publisher=quaffale.org.uk|access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref> It brews a range of [[cask ale|cask]] and bottled beers, including ''Strongarm'', a 4% [[abv]] [[Bitter (beer)|bitter]]. The brewery is heavily engaged in contract brewing such beers as [[Kronenbourg 1664]], [[John Smith's]] and [[Foster's Lager|Foster's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/high_hopes_of_contract_brewing_1_1031544|title=High hopes of contract brewing|website=hartlepoolmail.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210102701/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/high_hopes_of_contract_brewing_1_1031544|archive-date=10 February 2011}}</ref>

Orchid Drinks of Hartlepool were formed in 1992 after a management buy out of the soft drinks arm of Camerons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.just-drinks.com/news/britvic-closes-orchid-drinks-deal-worth-67m_id76003.aspx|title=UK: Britvic closes Orchid Drinks deal worth £67m|date=11 July 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132631/http://www.just-drinks.com/news/britvic-closes-orchid-drinks-deal-worth-67m_id76003.aspx|archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> They manufactured [[Purdey's]] and [[Amé]]. Following a £67 million takeover by [[Britvic]], the site was closed down in 2009.

[[Middleton Grange Shopping Centre]] is the main shopping location. 2800 people are employed in retail.<ref name="investinhartlepool.com" /> The ten major retail companies in the town are [[Tesco]], [[Morrisons]], [[Asda]], [[Next (clothing)|Next]], [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]], [[Marks & Spencer]], [[Aldi]], [[Boots UK|Boots]] and [[Matalan]].<ref name="investinhartlepool.com" /> Aside from the local sports clubs, other local entertainment venues include a [[Vue (cinema)|VUE Cinema]] and [[The Rank Group#Mecca Bingo|Mecca Bingo]].

Companies that have moved operations to the town for the [[offshore wind farm]] include [[Siemens]] and [[Van Oord]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/jobs-boost-for-marina-1-4606952|title=Jobs boost for marina|website=hartlepoolmail.co.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605054850/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/jobs-boost-for-marina-1-4606952|archive-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>