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 replaced by Mairead McAlinden from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and Suzanne Tracey from Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. The plan proposes to make savings of £144 million in 2017/8. At the same time Nick Roberts, who is already chief clinical officer at South Devon and Torbay CCG, is taking over the leadership of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG. 71 inpatient beds across four community hospitals were closed by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust in August 2017 as services were moved out of hospital. 170 staff were redeployed into enhanced community teams.