| The District of Basildon
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Through Thames Gateway the district is the commercial and business centre of South Essex and accounts for nearly a quarter of the manufacturing output of Essex.
With substantial industrial, office, and retail floorspace, the district is a major centre for business and employment. While some 30 per cent of the district’s workforce commutes into London every day, just as many people enter the district to work every day as leave it.
The district has been recognised as the business hub within the Thames Gateway South Essex initiative.
Major commercial employers include Fords, Visteon, First Data, Gilbarco, Bae Avionics, York International, MSX, CGNU, Abbey National, Case New Holland, International Financial Data Services, PMS International and Konica UK Ltd to name but a few.
"The District is identified as the business hub within the Thames Gateway South Essex initiative..."
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