FORTY more jobs were to go at high-tech Blackburn electronics company TDS Circuits.

The jobs at the Whitebirk Industrial estate company were going across the board in a bid to rationalise the firm.

The announcement was made by new director Mr Alberto Luongo, appointed after the takeover by Italian circuit maker Teknecomp before Christmas.

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