NINE jobs have been saved at a company which rose from the ashes of the former SSI steelworks after its business training young people to drive light and heavy goods vehicles was bought out of administration.

Last month 25 workers lost their jobs after the haulage side of Cleveland LGV Transport ceased operating and there were fears Cleveland LGV Training would go the same way.

But after both ventures entered administration, administrators from FRP Advisory have secured the sale of the training side and its assets to a new, independently funded firm, Tees Valley Driver Training.

It will continue to trade from the Skippers Lane industrial estate, in Middlesbrough, with nine staff, including directors, transferring over.

Cleveland LGV Training has contracts to provide training for young people, including with local councils in the Cleveland area.

It is understood they have been told it is “business as usual” with youngsters continuing to be trained to drive vehicles.

Joint Administrator Martyn Pullin, from FRP, said in a statement: “By selling the training business as a going concern we’ve been able to save jobs and minimise disruption to customers.”

Cleveland LGV was founded in January 2016 and received £10,000 from the SSI Task Force, which was set up to support new business start-ups, growing businesses and provide help to companies in the SSI supply chain, as well as help workers and families who were affected by the Redcar plant’s closure.

Last year it moved to larger premises which included space for a permanent teaching room, after it won a new contract to take 90 people through its training programme.

The force was not in a position to provide an update on its investigation when contacted by a reporter.