Graduates urged to mind own business

CITY university graduates are being encouraged to launch their own businesses after it was revealed that graduate unemployment in the UK is currently at its highest rate in more than a decade.

A New Start Scotland event will be held in the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, on March 18 and 19. Key speakers include self-made millionaire and Dragons' Den inventor Shaf Rasul and Julie Meyer, who was voted one of Europe's 30 most powerful women.

More than 100 exhibitors and 50 seminars will be offering their expertise.