THE Prince’s Initiative, the national charity dedicated to enabling business creation by unemployed over 50s, is to hold a series of workshops in Avenue Road, Malvern, to support mature workers, offering advice and mentoring to help develop budding businesses.

Over 50s in search of support can join the course, which is free to attend and takes place from Thursday.

Delivered over six to eight weeks, the course takes people through the process of preparing to run their own business and covers areas such as researching a business idea, planning finances and how to market a product.

For details, go to prime.org.uk/courses or call 0845 8622023.