Vacuum cleaner tycoon James Dyson has been named in an Abbey National Survey as the most popular role model in the region for small business people.
This is in spite of his heavily-criticised decision earlier this year to close his Malmesbury washing machine operation with the loss of 500 jobs and move production to Malaysia.
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