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Jobs have been saved at a North East training firm after Learning Curve Group stepped in to save it at the eleventh hour.

Durham’s Learning Curve Group, has worked with Midlands based Total Training to save the Hartlepool arm of its training business, which will now see 11 members of staff keep their jobs instead of facing redundancy.

The firm has taken on the lease of the Hartlepool office to keep all jobs secure, ensuring it is business as usual for employers, learners and staff.

The move ensures the commercial and Government-funded training that the centre delivers remains viable, while also serving up opportunity for expansion.

It also extends Learning Curve’s reach in the North East to four centres across Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Sunderland covering sectors including beauty, construction and health and social sectors.

Learning Curve is hoping to extend the provision offered by the centre, to add to the courses in forklift driving, warehousing, employability and groundworks alongside accredited CITB Health and Safety provision.

Brenda McLeish, CEO of Learning Curve Group, who was recently named Durham, Sunderland and South Tyneside business executive of the year, said: “After being enabled to take on Total Training’s AEB contract through the Tees Valley Combined Authority, the opportunity to step in and keep this centre going makes complete sense for us.

“We already deliver provision in Hartlepool within a number of sectors including beauty, health and social care, childcare and mental health; helping over 753 learners reach their potential each year.