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Last night saw Yasmina crowned The Apprentice Winner 2009 and a well-earned 6-figure salary working for Sir Alan looking after Digital Signage sales for the NHS (I can vouch that Digital Signage is a fast growing sector).
Both Yasmina and Kate were great finalist – must have been a very hard decision for Sir Alan – [...]

Last night was “interview round” – and as promised, lots of tough questions for our bright-eyed candidates who didn’t fail to disappoint with their rather flamboyant CV’s!
The interview team was a tough panel to impress, they were lot tougher than previous years as they really drilled down into references and even filed accounts, as Yasmina [...]

Last night we saw the departure of “risk-adverse” Howard.
Such a shame that both Howard and Lorraine couldn’t shift just two more deep fat fryer’s – weren’t they good items, if we only just knew how to buy one!
I thought once again Howard, Kate and Lorraine were the better side in terms of products – and [...]

On Tuesday 19th May 2009 Peter Bird from Primary Business Support invited me to the Hampshire & IOW County Finals of the Young Enterprise programme 2008/9.
It was a fantastic event, the energy, enthusiasm and commitment the “young achievers” (as the student are known under the YE programme) put into their ideas, products, display stands, presentations [...]

Ben Clarke has been the latest apprentice to be given the boot from Sir Alan.
Although he did back the horse (a high value item with a lot of risk, but could and almost did pay-off) with Debra – I feel that the way she easily alienates people should certainly have meant early departure.
I’m pleased for [...]