Vacuum cleaner maker will axe about 1,000 jobs as part of global cost-cutting drive
January 2024
Vacuum cleaner retailer Godfreys collapses after 93 years in the Australian market
PwC says it expects to close 54 stores during voluntary administration resulting in almost 200 job losses in effort to keep business afloat
October 2023
James Dyson’s holding company paid £1.2bn dividend in 2022
Payout takes total extracted by pro-Brexit tycoon from technology group to £4bn over past five years
May 2023
Dyson to build new factory in Singapore and expand in UK and Philippines
Investments in Bristol and Santo Tomas in the Philippines will be worth £100m and £166m respectively
March 2023
The Audio Long Read
From the archive: Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands – podcast
Labour proposes long-term tax breaks to increase UK investment and growth
October 2022
James Dyson sues Channel 4 for libel over news report
Report suggested Dyson was complicit in abuse and exploitation at Malaysia factory, claim inventor’s lawyers
August 2022
Dyson fined £1.2m after 1.5-tonne machine falls on factory worker
Wiltshire employee’s head and chest were injured in 2019, in incident that HSE said ‘could have been fatal’
July 2022
‘Brexit to blame’: UK shoppers pay up to 50% more than those in EU
From Zara to Ikea and Decathlon, stores charge more for same items, Guardian Money research finds
May 2022
Dyson reveals its big bet … robots
UK manufacturer aims to roll out machines capable of performing household chores such as washing up by 2030
March 2022
Dyson launches Zone air purifying Bluetooth headphones with visor
Company’s first wearable delivers personal pocket of filtered air and cancels unwanted noise
December 2021
Game over: why Santa may struggle to bring you that PS5, Xbox or iPad
Global slowdown in production of popular tech leaves shoppers at the mercy of ‘scalpers’
Dyson tells many of UK staff to work in office even after plan B guidance change
Vacuum cleaner maker claims large parts of business are impossible to carry out from home
Dyson says it will appeal after £150m damages claim rejected by EU court
Case follows earlier legal victory over energy efficiency stickers on vacuum cleaners that firm said misled buyers
November 2021
The 20 best gadgets of 2021
From smartphones to folding skis, the year’s top gizmos selected by tech experts from the Guardian, iNews, TechRadar and Wired
July 2021
Sucks to be him! How Henry the vacuum cleaner became an accidental design icon
Henry is a fixture in millions of homes – including 10 Downing Street – despite almost no advertising. Meet the man behind a curiously British success story
April 2021
Patriotism, tax and the Dyson lobbying affair
Covid: Lancashire firm wades into Dyson ventilators row
November 2020
Dyson staff express concern over return to workplace order
Research and development workers told they can only work from home in ‘exceptional cases’
October 2020
Dyson technology institute to be given power to award its own degrees
Institute founded by Sir James Dyson will be first alternative provider to be granted such power
