Graduates hoping to set up their own businesses will benefit from workshops provided by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills' Flying Start scheme.

It aims to kindle the entrepreneurial spirit of 5,000 graduate jobseekers by allowing them to meet and network with people who have created their own successful enterprises.

Says higher-education minister David Lammy: "This is an important addition to the range of options available to recent graduates including internships, further study and volunteering."