MORE sales staff have been recruited by a Burnley-based computer firm ready for the busy Christmas period.

Time Computer Systems has increased its workforce by 50 per cent to more than 400 since last year.

And it has just recruited another 15 for the sales department to join the 31 existing staff at the firm's Simonstone base.

"We predict that sales for first-time buyers will be up by as much as 50 per cent, even though European sales indicate a downturn," said general sales manager Colin Silcock.

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