MILLIONS of pounds will be poured into creating Teesside jobs for apprentices who have lost theirs during recession.

The latest tranche of cash to be released from a £60m ring-fenced fund to strengthen the Tees Valley process industry cluster, will see the careers of 150 young people safeguarded.

Sixty-five Corus trainees made redundant when the Teesside Cast Products plant was mothballed in February have already been found alternative employment where they can complete their training.

The £1.5m for employers who take on young people who have lost their placement or are at risk of doing so, is being managed by the Darlington based National Skills Academy for the Process Industries.

Ian Mains, commercial director of NSAPI, said the majority of those helped were likely to be in the process sector where a severe downturn in demand last year left a number of young people facing an uncertain future.

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