TWO people have lost their jobs at the Stockton branch of a national musical instrument chain that has gone into administration.

Sound Control Holdings Limited operates from 26 stores across the UK, under the brand names Sound Control, Media Tools, Turnkey and Soho Sound House, and is the largest musical instrument retailer in the UK.

Administrator Deloitte has decided to close ten of the group's 26 stores and to end its telesales and internet sales activities.

The chain's shops in Stockton and Newcastle will both remain open.

But two workers in Stockton are among 163 nationwide who have been made redundant.

There will be no redundancies at the Newcastle branch.