Billionaire Sir James Dyson who campaigned for Brexit on the grounds that it would “make us richer” has just announced he is creating hundreds of jobs – in Asia.
The entrepreneur condemned Remain campaign claims before the referendum that British exports would fall in the aftermath of a vote to quit the union as “absolute cobblers”, saying Britain would actually be £18.5 billion better off every year if voters back Brexit.
But following Dyson’s decision to move 500 jobs to Malaysia in 2002, the company has just invested £300 million in a new research and development centre – in Singapore.
Clearly struggling to put his money where his mouth is Sir James said that his firm’s products were still British engineered when he decided to move jobs out of Britain. But that is all about to change.
The “Technology Centre” in Singapore will give Dyson the capability to create a “24-hour research and development cycle” and is its first research and development site outside of the UK.
The investment will see 200 jobs been created at the centre to add to the 1,000 already employed in the region, all from a man who campaigned to make Britain rich again following a vote to leave the European Union.
Billionaire who claimed "Brexit would make us richer" creates hundreds of jobs - in Asia - The London Economic
The entrepreneur condemned Remain campaign claims before the referendum that British exports would fall in the aftermath of a vote to quit the union as “absolute cobblers”, saying Britain would actually be £18.5 billion better off every year if voters back Brexit.
But following Dyson’s decision to move 500 jobs to Malaysia in 2002, the company has just invested £300 million in a new research and development centre – in Singapore.
Clearly struggling to put his money where his mouth is Sir James said that his firm’s products were still British engineered when he decided to move jobs out of Britain. But that is all about to change.
The “Technology Centre” in Singapore will give Dyson the capability to create a “24-hour research and development cycle” and is its first research and development site outside of the UK.
The investment will see 200 jobs been created at the centre to add to the 1,000 already employed in the region, all from a man who campaigned to make Britain rich again following a vote to leave the European Union.
Billionaire who claimed "Brexit would make us richer" creates hundreds of jobs - in Asia - The London Economic