The Apprentice star Lord Lord Alan Sugar has been appointed as the government's enterprise tsar in a bid to get more young people to start their own business or an apprenticeship.

Sugar, whose businesses include Amstrad and Viglen, said 'I'm delighted to be taking on this challenge. I built successful businesses with the support of hundreds of talented young people who learned their skills on the job - exactly the kinds of skills you learn in an apprenticeship. But not enough of our young people know about apprenticeships and what they offer, and too few feel empowered to set up their own business'.