{"id":19006,"date":"2018-08-20T08:50:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=19006"},"modified":"2018-08-20T08:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:53:22","slug":"harris-paints-likely-buyer-of-lee-wind-at-weekend-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/harris-paints-likely-buyer-of-lee-wind-at-weekend-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Wind Paints sold at weekend auction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that the Leewind Paints property has been sold at auction over the weekend with Harris Paints being the likely purchaser.<\/p>

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Browne said on radio<\/g>\u00a0that the property auctioned for about three million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prime minister said Harris Paints had been in discussion with the government of Antigua and Barbuda to expand its business here for months now.<\/p>

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“Again I have not been able to confirm this but if that is correct we will have Harris Paints operating here very shortly, in a matter of months, manufacturing Harris Paints here in Antigua creating serious investment,” he said.<\/p>

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According to the prime minister, there will be enough money to pay the former workers of Lee Wind Paints and money left over for the government to recoup its investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So the proceeds of the sale of the property which I am told was sold for just about three million dollars, we should at least have 90 per cent<\/g> of the proceeds available for distribution between the employees and the government of Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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“We will make sure of course that employees severance will be taken care of. I am not sure of the liability but assuming it\u2019s a few hundred thousand dollars then I can see the government being reimbursed just over two million dollars to recover some of those funds we invested in Lee Wind.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Harris Paints could hire some of the former Lee Wind employees “so ultimately they will find themselves working for a new more sustainable entity, one that will have export potential.”<\/p>

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