Dyson to axe around 1k jobs in Britain
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They moved their HQ to Singapore back in 2019 for that reason.
This move would have happened with or without Brexit.
Edit: Why the downvotes?
Outside of specialized high value manufacturing like Aerospace (Rolls Royce), Power Systems (Siemens, Rolls Royce), and Defense (BAE Systems) the consumer manufacturing skillset is morose in the UK, and engineering talent just isn't there compared to peers like Germany, let alone manufactured powerhouses in ASEAN.
And fundamentally, Engineering just isn't respected in the UK and it's reflected by the careers taken up by graduates. They'd rather be barristers, accountants, or financiers earning a £40-45k starting salary instead of £25-35k as an Engineer, and applied engineering programs similar to American Community Colleges+Land/Sea/Sun/Space Grants or Singaporean Polytechnics don't exist anymore.
[0] - https://www.ft.com/content/51c2c41a-d8fe-11e8-a854-33d6f82e6...
[1] - https://www.wired.com/story/dyson-moving-hq-to-singapore/htt...
I wouldn't say this necessarily makes him a hypocrite, it just feels rich that he gets airtime for his questionable views on political topics all the while having basically no skin in the game.
> But one Dyson employee who received notice today told the BBC though the physical R&D building remained, "everyone involved in R&D have now exited all Dyson buildings".
E: non ugly cordless stick vacuum specifically
[1] As-in, they design is iconic.
For a wood floored two bed house, when there was just two of us and a cat, it was perfect.
But we now have a larger house with 2 kids and 2 cats, and it just wasn't keeping up. I still have it, and use it to clean my office and even the decking and paving slabs in the garden.
1: https://www.dysoncanada.ca/en/vacuum-cleaners/robot/360-visn...
I only worked in the town for four years so forgive my ignorance on the topic.
Do you have details of the planning application which was refused? I looked, but all I could find is one that was approved in 2014: https://www.insidermedia.com/news/south-west/116246-dyson-wi...
And this approved in Jan 2024: https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-applicati...
One of my neighbours had planning permission refused from the local council, and got it approved when appealed at national level. The process works, and isn't difficult.
And yet, we still can't find the planning permission that was denied to Dyson. At best this sounds like a terrible pretext, at worse it sounds like a weak company.
This is a solid “fuck off”, for me, an American, if someone is pitching an offshore operation.
It's not. But in the U.S., you get access to the common market. The U.K. forwent that advantage vis-a-vis Europe. I'm a proponent of putting production in Britain, but it requires someone in London who can promise ex ante that the local crap will be sidestepped. That, in turn, requires cultivating political connections.
Also, having done manufacturing in the UK, Europe and America, the first is universally bureaucractic. You'll encounter similar bureaucracy in New York and California. But you can set up a plant in parts of the country in weeks. That might get you through permitting int he most permissable parts of the U.K.