Production of the MG ceased in 1981 and since then the factory site has become Abingdon Business Park and attracted a lot of new busines to the town.

The site was bought and developed by Standard Life. (Standard Life were demutalised back in June, and a lot of people got shares in the company as part of the deumtualisation.)

The Park has been landscaped and has the most impressive fountains and lily ponds in the town. It has even won awards for the transformation from derelict factory site to leafy utopian place to work.

This is one of the newer buildings, and faces the only undeveloped stretch of land. I saw three pheasant skidaddling around there before taking this picture. The front is one large open glass wall like a cross-section into an office. Here, Swets Information Services manage the distribution of academic and other publications. They have taken over the more well know local firm: Blackwells Information Services.

Next door, is the UK centre for EBI foods. They are a major supplier to McDonalds of batters and breadcrumbs. A few years ago EBI Foods had a modest distribution centre off the Drayton Road, and have expanded to this much larger space….

Other Major office holders in the Business Park include:

• GE Medical Systems
• Schlumberger
• Oxfordshire County Council