Economy
Uxbridge has two shopping centres, The Mall Pavilions (formerly "The Pavilions") and The Chimes. Much of the town centre is pedestrianised. In addition, just off the High Street is Windsor Street, a short road populated by older shops; as well as being home to St Margaret's Church. Randall's, the Art Deco style department store is owned by the family of the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, John Randall. The store building was awarded Grade II listed status in October 2008.
The town centre comprises retail outlets and a number of office buildings, including the main European offices of several international companies including Canon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Apple, WMS Gaming, Unisys, Kuehne + Nagel, PAREXEL, Xerox, Arri, Bristol-Myers Squibb, APL, Herbalife Europe Ltd and Anixter International. Other employers include F. Hinds, The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises,, General Mills and Nexen. Cadbury plc moved its head office to Uxbridge from Mayfair in January 2008. The company announced the plan in 2007 as part of efforts to cut costs.
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