Economy
The town centre includes the pedestrianised High Street with a mix of chain stores, independent shops and banks; a covered shopping mall and the Fishpools department store, reputedly the 'South-East's largest quality furniture store', which has been in the town since 1899. A busy general market is held on Wednesdays and Fridays, and there are occasional French and farmers' markets.
The 'Park Plaza' site, immediately west of the town adjacent to Junction 25 of the M25, is home to the world's largest printworks. This produces publications for News International including The Sun, The Times and formerly the News of the World. Employing 200 people on a 23-acre (93,000 m2) site to produce 86,000 newspapers per hour on each of its twelve printing presses (a total capacity of over 1,000,000 newspapers per hour), the plant cost £187 million (part of a £650m initiative including plants in Knowsley, near Liverpool, and Motherwell, near Glasgow) and replaced the News International press in Wapping.
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