Dyson has shelved plans for a £100 million technical and analysis centre in Bristol, opting as a substitute to consolidate its southwest operations at its flagship Malmesbury campus in Wiltshire.
The transfer will see the relocation of 180 workers – beforehand earmarked for Bristol’s 1 Georges Sq. – to the corporate’s fundamental web site, which additionally homes the Dyson Institute and its engineering diploma programme.
The British expertise agency, greatest identified for its vacuum cleaners and hairdryers, had initially introduced the Bristol hub in 2023. Nevertheless, Invoice Wright, Dyson’s UK HR director, stated bringing groups underneath one roof would help the corporate’s collaborative strategy to analysis and innovation. “As the pace of innovation and development accelerates, we increasingly see the benefits that would come from having teams all located together in one physical location,” Wright defined.
Whereas it has already invested considerably in refurbishing the Bristol web site, Dyson confirmed that 1 Georges Sq. will now be put in the marketplace for lease. The corporate says it’ll assist workers commute by introducing a coach service and providing free electrical automobile charging factors to melt the influence of the transfer.
This newest growth follows Dyson’s world overview, which final 12 months triggered an announcement to chop as much as a 3rd of its UK workforce. The choice additionally comes towards a backdrop of founder Sir James Dyson’s outspoken criticisms of the UK’s financial insurance policies – particularly Labour’s current tax proposals and better nationwide insurance coverage prices. In a letter to the Telegraph, he wrote: “Why would anyone start a company in the UK? The hit delivered by Labour to business, and the destruction of British family-owned businesses especially, is an egregious act of self-harm.”
Although the corporate stresses that the location closure in Bristol is a enterprise determination moderately than a political assertion, it underscores a seamless consolidation technique in Dyson’s world operations. Now headquartered in Singapore, Dyson seems intent on centring its core innovation actions again the place all of it started: on the historic Malmesbury campus in rural Wiltshire.