The move to Singapore has been mentioned in several comments but he does address it in the linked piece:
> Some might say: “Hang on, it’s all very well James Dyson telling Britain to support doers and makers, but he took his company’s manufacturing to Malaysia in 2002 and then set up a global headquarters in Singapore in 2019.”
> The answer is worth exploring. In 2002 Dyson was expanding rapidly and urgently needed a new factory, but planning permission was refused. We were able to use empty factories in Singapore and Malaysia.
> However, Dyson now employs about 2,000 people in Britain, which is about twice the number we employed at the time of the move.
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