Bracknell Office maintained a large presence in the town until 2003, when it relocated to Exeter in Devon; however, the junction of the A329 and A3095 is still named the "Met Office Roundabout". Many businesses are located on the town's three industrial areas. Easthampstead Park in the southern suburb of Easthampstead is now a conference centre owned by Bracknell Forest Borough Council. Bracknell was made a civil parish in its own right in 1955. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the entire Easthampstead Rural District became the Bracknell District on 1 April 1974. In 1988, it was granted borough status, and
Healthcare in Devon 2014. NEW Devon and the two main acute providers – University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust predict a combined deficit of almost £45m in 2014/5. The CCG has a turnover of £1.1bn. It has introduced some demand management measures - such as requiring smokers to quit for six weeks prior to routine surgery, and a ban on procedures of low clinical value - because demand for services is outstripping what they can afford. In November 2014 it produced a list of 24 procedures it was considering for decommissioning. It had identified £80m