NEW: Vacuum cleaner and fan manufacturer Dyson in statement says its medical ventilator project “not now required” but has “some hope our ventilator may yet help the response of other countries”... “but that requires further time and investigation”
via @Theothebald

Dyson was working closely with JCB among others, after both were asked to speak on the Number 10 conference call on this - this was the closest images of what it might have looked like: https://twitter.com/jcbmachines/status/1244507283440185344?s=21

No cost to taxpayer, says my colleague: https://twitter.com/theothebald/status/1253697714971443201?s=21

The aerospace and automotive industry Ventilator project - which relied on existing designs, rather than reinventing a design, backed by big multinationals such as Airbus, GKN, etc seems to be in a much more advanced place: https://twitter.com/airbusintheuk/status/1253252766040035329?s=21

Though here are some pictures of the Dyson prototypes....