Inventor Sir James Dyson has announced plans for a new multi-million-pound research and development centre in Wiltshire.
Work will soon begin on building a second technology campus on a 517-acre former Ministry of Defence site at Hullavington. The company is set to double it’s UK workforce to around 7,000 in the next five or six years. It is set to begin site preparations for the first phase of the Hullavington development next week, with restoration of the Second World War hangars beginning in May.
Sir James said: “After 25 years of UK growth and continuing expansion globally, we are fast outgrowing our Malmesbury campus. The Hullavington Campus is an investment for our future, creating a global hub for our research and development endeavours."
Sir James, who spoke out in favour of Brexit, recently announced plans to launch the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in September - a new university based at Malmesbury - and two weeks ago opened a new technology centre in Singapore.
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