By Darren Boyle for MailOnline
Published: 10:45 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 10:45 GMT, 16 February 2019
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British high-tech firm Dyson has moved 100 back office jobs to India and the Czech Republic in advance of the firm's decision to move its headquarters to Singapore.
The company, owned by Brexit-supporting businessman James Dyson, announced last month that he was pulling the company's headquarters out of Britain ahead of the country's departure from the European Union.
The decision to transfer the firm's headquarters to Singapore means it will no longer be a British registered company and the low-tax city state will become its tax base.
Brexiteer James Dyson, pictured, moved 100 back room jobs from the UK to India ahead of his controversial decision to transfer the firm's headquarters to Singapore
The Financial Times claimed the firm has also made more than 150 people redundant
The firm's chief executive Jim Rowan dismissed claims the decision to move to Singapore was due to Brexit or Singapore's low-tax regime.
He said: 'The move is nothing to do with Brexit or tax, it’s about making sure we are future proofed. There are huge revenue opportunities in Singapore, China is the poster child of that,' he said.
'The tax
