Sir James Dyson's £999 hand-drying tap goes on sale
The tap is the latest product from Malmesbury-based inventor Sir James Dyson.
30th WOMAD festival hailed a success
The 30th WOMAD festival in Wiltshire has been hailed a huge success. Sunday's rain failing to dampen spirits
WOMAD begins at Charlton Park, Malmesbury
From world artists to DJs, family drum workshops to fine cuisine, WOMAD kicks off for its 30th festival
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Sir James Dyson on why they are recruiting
Wiltshire-based firm Dyson has reported a 19% rise in profits. It says long term investment in digital motors and new cordless vacuum technology fuelled sales and pushed turnover to £1.2bn in 2012
Now the company is looking to recruit 650 staff, increasing its engineers by 45%.
It says half of them will be recent graduates. They will work on developing smaller gadgets.
– Sir James Dyson, Founder of Dyson“We are growing because of continuing robust investment in research and development. We have been developing Dyson digital motors in Malmesbury for 15 years and we are now harnessing them to make smaller, more efficient machines.
It is powerful technology which sits at the heart of our 25 year pipeline of invention for Dyson.”
Dyson to recruit hundreds of engineers
Wiltshire-based company Dyson is looking to recruit 650 new staff. The firm, which has its headquarters in Malmesbury, is looking for engineers to work work on developing smaller gadgets such as cordless vacuum cleaners and hand driers.
250 of the new recruits would be based in the UK.
The firm is celebrating a good year - profits have risen 19% - to £364 million.
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Dyson says less than half the team are affected
– Dyson spokespersonDyson is focusing its contact centre capacity on the peak periods, to ensure we have the support available when our owners need it most. _
Following a consultation, fewer than half of Dyson’s Wiltshire-based customer care team is having their contracted weekly hours reduced by 90 minutes to bring them in line with our standard 39 hour week.
They still have the opportunity to work overtime and work towards targets and incentives that make up – or even exceed – those 90 minutes.
Unions criticise Dyson's plans to cut call centre workers' hours
Unions have criticised plans by the Wiltshire-based vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson to cut the hours of call centre workers. It wants to reduce the working week from 41 to 39 hours but it's claimed that will mean a 20% loss in wages.
MP angry at Malmesbury planning mistake
A Wiltshire MP has strongly criitcised confusion over a controversial housing scheme in Malmesbury. The government announced yesterday (Tuesday 19 March) that 180 homes on land off Tetbury Road would go ahead.
Later a minister said the wrong letter has been issued and that a final decision would be taken by his department instead. Local MP James Gray wants to know what went wrong.
James Gray MP on Malmesbury housing mix-up
James Gray MP (Con, North Wiltshire) on the Malmesbury housing error.
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Sir James Dyson's £999 hand-drying tap goes on sale
The tap is the latest product from Malmesbury-based inventor Sir James Dyson.
Read the full storyCigarettes stolen in newsagent break-in
Three men wearing hoods and balaclavas have broken into a newsagents in Malmesbury and stolen cigarettes. The incident happened at 3:20am yesterday morning at Abbey News, Market Cross.
Police say the men kicked open the front doors, forced the cigarette shutters open and took most of the cigarettes on the stand away in black bags.
Two of the males are described as being of average height and build and the third is described as over 6ft and slim.
Sir James Dyson to improve flood defences in Malmesbury
Sir James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur, may step in to improve flood defences in the Wiltshire town of Malmesbury, where his company headquarters are based. Recent floods in the town were the worst for half a century.
And several families are unlikely to be able to return to their homes for months. Watch Robert Murphy's report.
Make-shift flood defences couldn't save Malmesbury
Malmesbury in Wiltshire was one of the worst areas worst hit by floods over the weekend.
The force of the water made a mockery of the sandbag defences that had been put in place to safeguard homes and businesses. Today those living in the town began salvaging what they could.