Economy
Wetherby has a large manufacturing presence, both in the town and on the nearby Thorp Arch Trading Estate. The majority of residents in Wetherby work in Leeds, however many work on the Sandbeck industrial estate, major retailers in the town centre or at Thorp Arch. Particularly big employers in Wetherby are the British Library, Morrisons, Goldenfry Foods and, Moores Furniture and The Forensic Science Service. Residents travel to work in the nearby areas of York, Harrogate, Bradford or Wakefield.
Perhaps the most notable company to emerge from Wetherby is Goldenfry. Goldenfry started life as a Wetherby fish and chip shop, the company now make many products, the most notable being their own brand gravy. Goldenfry manufacture every UK supermarket own brand gravy. Goldenfry is situated on Sandbeck Way.
Inspirepack (formerly Safepack and Mondipack) have a factory on Sandbeck Lane. One of the UK's longest established IT resellers and service providers in the UK, the ICC group, is based at Thorp Arch Estate who currently support 80% of the UK powerstations and specialise in HP/IBM and Dell products and support nationwide.
Farnell (also trading as Premier Farnell or Farnell Instruments) opened their first factory in Wetherby in 1956 (made up of former W.D. huts) on Wetherby's York Road Industrial Estate. The company grew so much that by 1963 they required new premises and moved to a purpose built factory on the town's Sandbeck Industrial Estate. The company specialise in the manufacture and wholesale distribution of Electrical, Electronic and Measurement, Control and Instrumentation equipment. In the 1990s the company left the town and now have their main offices in Armley.
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