The Apprentice’s Captain Squawk Can’t Sell Rocking Horses »
By Jim Symcox on May 21, 2009 in Kate Walsh, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
Empire fail to move rocking horses at the Earl’s Court Baby Show
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Category: The ApprenticeBy Jim Symcox on May 21, 2009 in Kate Walsh, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
Empire fail to move rocking horses at the Earl’s Court Baby Show
By Jim Symcox on May 14, 2009 in Apprentice Series 5, Kate Walsh, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
The apprentices try to rebrand Margate as a resorts for families or gays. Which one wins is down to poor management. Does the right person get fired? See what this post suggests.
By Jim Symcox on May 8, 2009 in Apprentice Series 5, Kate Walsh, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
The Apprentices pick 2 items and sell their socks off in Manchester and Liverpool, or do they?
By Jim Symcox on May 1, 2009 in Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
have you ever wondered what traits you need to be an Apprentice candidate? Wonder no more, check these out…
By Jim Symcox on Apr 29, 2009 in Apprentice Series 5, Kate Walsh, Marketing, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
Yes, those canny Apprentices completely fail to get the point of the task. Which is to value the 10 items and then sell them at better than the value where possible.
By Jim Symcox on Apr 27, 2009 in Apprentice Series 5, Kate Walsh, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
The Apprentices create Pants Man and Captain Squawk to frighten advertisers everywhere. How the Apprentices cope with time is wonderful to watch.
By Jim Symcox on Apr 15, 2009 in Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
Apprentice candidate Ben gets in a lather about why he shouldn’t be in the boardroom.
By Jim Symcox on Apr 9, 2009 in Apprentice Series 5, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
The Apprentices create te Bingo Buster and The Bum Ball – with names like that who will order them?
By Jim Symcox on Apr 6, 2009 in Apprentice Series 5, Series 4, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice, The Apprentice 2009 | Comments
To many The Apprentice is looked upon purely as a form of entertainment for all us unwashed masses.
In fact on the BBC Apprentice forums someone has (with a little tongue in cheek) suggested that The Apprentice is unfair and good bosses would train their apprentices before testing them in the way Sir Alan does.
In [...]
By Jim Symcox on Apr 1, 2009 in Customer Service, Kristina Grimes, Rocky Andrew, Simon Ambrose, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
The Apprentices hold a city high flyer evening event and manage to ruffle feathers and of course one gets fired. This explains who and why…
By Jim Symcox on Mar 27, 2009 in Anita Shah, Apprentice Series 5, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
Car wash TV arrives in The Apprentice 2009. Two teams Ignite and Empire fight to clean the most profitably
By Jim Symcox on Mar 18, 2009 in Lohit Kalburgi, Manchester United, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice 2009, The Silent Assassin | Comments
The Apprentice 2009. What happened, who got fired, why they were fired and whether it was fair from a business viewpoint.
By Jim Symcox on Mar 14, 2009 in Comic Relief, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
When the boys lost it was immediately apparent to me that the glum-looking Gerald Ratner should carry the can and get fired. After all he’d not factored in the massive cost of tooling up to capture a limited market with the swap belt and its tiny characters.
As one commentator pointed out the figures [...]
By Jim Symcox on Mar 13, 2009 in Comic Relief, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
I think you can truly say that Jonathan Ross really took The Apprentice format by the scruff of the neck and gave it a really hard shake for Comic Relief.
When he’s interviewed Sir Alan on the Jonathan Ross show he’s always been interested in the ins and outs of what goes on.
He made his [...]
By Jim Symcox on Feb 27, 2009 in Comic Relief 2009, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
The Apprentice with Sir Alan Sugar leaps into Comic relief with a bevy of stars to amuse one and all.
So we have Jack Dee, Gerald Ratner, Patsy Palmer, Carol Vorderman, Michelle Mone, Ruby wax, Fiona Phillips, Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr and Gok Wan.
Obviously, given the involvement with Comic Relief the teams have comics and [...]
By Jim Symcox on Jun 23, 2008 in Alex Wotherspoon, Claire Young, Helene Speight, Jennifer Celerier, Jennifer Maguire, Kevin Shaw, Lee McQueen, Michael Sophocles, Raef Bjayal, Series 4, Simon Smith, The Apprentice | Comments
So now we’ve got the result we wanted from the Apprentice. A winner! Was it the one we wanted… And was the hiring fair? See what you think.
By Jim Symcox on Jun 10, 2008 in Alex Wotherspoon, Claire Young, Entrepreneurs, Helene Speight, Series 4, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
Unusually Sir Alan only fired one candidate after the interviews with his gang of 4 (augmented by Karen Brady). That leaves 4 Apprentice candidates to fight to the death in the final.
By Jim Symcox on May 30, 2008 in Alex Wotherspoon, Claire Young, Entrepreneurs, Helene Speight, Lee McQueen, Lucinda Ledgerwood, Michael Sophocles, Series 4, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
Sir Alan Sugar’s Apprentices try to sell experiences in some of the world’s most coveted supercars. Do they succeed? And more to the point who went home after the task?
By Jim Symcox on May 22, 2008 in Alex Wotherspoon, Claire Young, Helene Speight, Lee McQueen, Michael Sophocles, Ogilvy On Advertising, Raef Bjayal, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
The Apprentices create an advertising campaign for tissues with interesting results. The net result is a surprising firing.
By Jim Symcox on May 21, 2008 in Claire Young, Entrepreneurs, Helene Speight, Lucinda Ledgerwood, Michael Sophocles, Raef Bjayal, Reality TV Shows, Series 4, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | Comments
Sir Alan Sugar’s Apprentices are let loose at the NEC Wedding Expo to sell wedding dresses. Someone got fired. Was the firing fair? It’s easy to decide with the benefit of hindsight – that doesn’t mean it’s less fun though!