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

Dyson has revealed plans to build a new battery factory in Singapore, alongside investments by the maker of vacuum cleaners and dryers in technology centres in the UK and the Philippines.

The company, run by the billionaire Sir James Dyson, said the investments in Bristol in the UK and Santo Tomas in the Philippines would be worth £100m and £166m respectively. The Singapore investment will be significantly larger.