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Efforts to have Dixie reconsider its exit from Antigua and Barbuda have failed.<\/p>

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The call centre on Old Parham Road informed staff moments ago that the company will close on April 27th.<\/p>\n

Staff is not required to work during that period. They have been on temporary layoff since last week.<\/p>

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The company told staff via a zoom meeting that they will be paid full severance and bonuses.<\/p>

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They will also be allowed to keep the computers they have been using for work.<\/p>\n

Close to 200 people are employed there some of them for many years.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said last week he asked the company to delay their exit given the harsh economic times.<\/p>\n

The closure is said to be based on “regulatory issues.”<\/p>

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