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| Suffolk is a largely rural
county but is also well known as the home of British horseracing at
Newmarket and for the busy international Port of Felixstowe. Suffolk
has a growing concentration of high-tech industries in and around
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| Suffolk is home to a population
of 675,000 with the major county towns of Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich,
Lowestoft and Newmarket. Suffolk offers its inhabitants a combination
of rural tranquillity and lively towns which has contributed to Suffolk's
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Tourist attractions in
Suffolk include: rural market towns of Bungay, Lavenham and Woodbridge,
the historic seaside centre of Aldeburgh and 45 miles of largely unspoilt
coastline.
Newmarket - horseracing capital of the world and the RSPB Minsmere
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The
Ipswich to Cambridge corridor
Suffolk is successfully developing its Ipswich to Cambridge high-tech
corridor to attract technology companies into the region. Clustered
around Ipswich are Btexact Technologies Research Facilities at Adastral
park and Brightstar, BT's own incubator, producing spin-out companies
which turn cutting-edge technology into commercial ventures.
Three leading-edge postgraduate research institutes: University College
London (UCL), CMI, Chimera (University of Essex) have set up base
at Adastral Park. |
Suffolk's
leading businesses
Elsewhere in Suffolk, Genzyme, one of the world's top five biotech
companies, has made substantial investments totalling £55 million
in its Haverhill site. Other major companies with a significant presence
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Agilent Technologies |
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Crystal Decisions |
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Corning |
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Roper Industries |
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Copella Fruits (owned by Pepsico) |
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