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<\/div>\nDyson is cutting as many as 1,000 jobs in the UK, around a quarter of its British workforce.<\/strong><\/p>\n The engineering giant, famed for its vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and hairdryers, has UK operations in Malmesbury and Hullavington in Wiltshire, Bristol and London. It employs around 15,000 people globally.<\/p>\n Hanno Kirner, chief executive, said: \u201cDyson operates in increasingly fierce and competitive global markets, in which the pace of innovation and change is only accelerating. We know we always need to be entrepreneurial and agile.\u201d<\/p>\n He said that cutting jobs was \u201calways incredibly painful\u201d but that staff affected would be supported through the process.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have grown quickly and, like all companies, we review our global structures from time to time to ensure we are prepared for the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The review, which began before the general election was announced in May, is understood to have identified roles at risk of redundancy in all departments.<\/p>\n Employees were informed of the restructure this morning and the group indicated that it was not about moving jobs overseas to cheaper countries.<\/p>\n Sir James Dyson, the company\u2019s founder, was criticised in 2019 for moving Dyson\u2019s headquarters to Singapore after being a vocal supporter of Brexit.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s original headquarters in Malmesbury is expected to continue as its research and development base.<\/p>\n Last year, Sir James described former prime minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s focus on science and technology as \u201chot air\u201d.<\/p>\n In a letter<\/a> to The Times he said: \u201cMinisters talk hubristically of Britain becoming a \u2018science and technology superpower\u2019 but their woeful policies diminish this to a mere political slogan.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the UK, Dyson now faces rocketing corporation tax (wiping out any tax credits for research and development), damaging legislation on working from home \u2014 even for those who need to work collaboratively in labs \u2014 and a crippling shortage of qualified engineers.\u201d<\/p>\n He had previously described allowing people to work from home as \u201cstaggeringly self-defeating<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n