THE Prime Minister was in Malmesbury this afternoon taking a tour of Dyson’s headquarters to discuss £1.5billion of investment announced by the Wiltshire based company earlier today.

David Cameron spoke with James Dyson in his office, inspected new designs and then took a tour of the building’s offices before meeting graduates working at the facility and stopping off to answer a few questions for local media.

He praised Malmesbury for its innovation and explained how impressed he was with the announcement from Sir James Dyson this morning.

He said: “To have seen all this expanding and all these jobs created, it’s a remarkable story and a credit to Sir James and everyone who works here.

“Let’s celebrate the fact that this brilliant place and the inventors, technicians, engineers and designers have had such success that they are creating 3,000 new jobs.

He added: “You know, sometimes people wonder where do the jobs come from in an age of technology, with all this change and the internet, and here in Malmesbury you’ve got a business that soon will be employing over 5,000 people. I think that is a remarkable success story."

The expansion of Dyson has not been met with universal acclaim however as some fear that the parking situation in the town will become even more diffcult with 3,000 new employees and not nearly enough parking spaces for them all.

A spokesman for Dyson explained that the company operated a lift share scheme that would ease the burden during and after the expansion.

Wiltshire Councillor John Thomson has also written to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles to ask whether or not the government would consider paying back the business rates that the council pays to government for its car parking.

Although he did not confirm that the government would pay back the business rates David Cameron said that a proportion was likely to come back to Wiltshire thanks to the expansion of Dyson.

He said: “What I do know is that if a particular area is successful in attracting a new business or increased investment then we will give a percentage of the business rate that they have paid automatically.”