James Dyson warns over lack of UK engineers
Dyson is to recruit 250 new engineers at its headquarters in Wiltshire.
The move comes as the company announced a 20% growth in profits last year, taking its annual turnover to £1.24billion.
Sir James Dyson said the company needed extra engineers to improve its current products and to produce new ones, but that a lack of UK engineers was the 'biggest barrier' to growth at his company.
He went on to say that he has enough work for another 2,000 recruits, if only he could find the staff.
"We'll get all the workers we need in Singapore and Malaysia," Sir James commented. "But we have to be realistic in Britain. If we can get 300 we'll be doing well. We would recruit 2,000 if we could. We have got the technology and the ideas. We just need the people."
