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Ben’s Gone!

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 [...]

Apprentice Update – who is (almost) hired and fired

8 weeks in and with exception to Philip (who admittedly should have gone, but I thought we could have seen more from in future tasks), we’re now down to some real strong characters.
Those who have been fired are:
Anita Shah  -  Fired Week 1
Rocky Andrews  -  Fired Week 2
Majid Nagar  -  Fired Week 3
Paula Jones  -  [...]

Do programmes like “The Apprentice” inspire ‘younger’ business people and entrepreneur’s

I’ve been asked recently my views on programmes such as BBC’s Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice inspire younger business people and entrepreneurs – and the simple answer to this I believe is a simple “Yes”
OK, so we may agree that some of the candidates aren’t the the best calibre of business professionals, and think we [...]