James Dyson’s £6m donation to primary school approved despite concerns
Worries about impact on neighbouring schools of money for Malmesbury primary in Wiltshire, near Dyson’s campus
December 2023
Musk, Zuckerberg and most of rest of the world’s richest got richer in 2023
Fortunes of 38 of the top 50 richest people and 385 of the top 500 grew this year – in one case sevenfold
James Dyson criticises Tories for not ‘going for growth’ after fall in GDP
Inventor defends economic policies of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss that sent economy crashing
Brief letters
Mrs Griffiths had a recipe for waste
Brief letters
The King Charles effect on school attendance
James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher
November 2023
Dyson tells libel trial Daily Mirror article was a distressing ‘personal attack’
Inventor is suing publisher over ‘rogues’ gallery’ article that stated he championed Vote Leave before moving global HQ to Singapore
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
March 2023
Labour proposes long-term tax breaks to increase UK investment and growth
News comes after top company bosses criticise government energy policy for failing to spur investment
February 2023
UK for sale
Dyson among British entrepreneurs who own UK property via overseas companies
James Dyson and Tina Green, wife of Philip Green, among British business figures on register of overseas entities
January 2023
James Dyson attacks Rishi Sunak’s ‘shortsighted, stupid’ tax policies
James Dyson: our £120m farm investment dwarfs the CAP payments we’ve had
October 2022
High court dismisses James Dyson libel claim against Channel 4 News
James Dyson sues Channel 4 for libel over news report
May 2022
Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty join UK rich list with combined £730m fortune
Chancellor becomes first frontline politician in Sunday Times rankings – days after telling people ‘next few months will be tough’
December 2021
Dyson says it will appeal after £150m damages claim rejected by EU court
The Q&A
James Dyson: ‘The worst thing anyone has said to me? That my father had died. I was nine’
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
May 2021
From Edward VIII to James Dyson: the yacht that tells a tale of British wealth
Ian Jack
The fortunes of industry and a handful of ultra-rich individuals are woven through the history of the Nahlin, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
April 2021
Steven Poole's word of the week
From monasteries to ministers: how ‘lobbying’ got its meaning
You no longer have to stand in an actual lobby to ask a politician to change the law in your favour
