Apprentice

The candidates for the next season of BBC show The Apprentice have been announced, including a former Barclays banker.

Other candidates include Simba Rwambiwa (“my USP is myself) and martial arts school owner Sohail Chowdhary (“I am calm and collected, but if they do come at me? He says he worked at Barclays for three years but quit before he had enough money saved to buy a property. [his LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avi-sharma/?originalSubdomain=uk) profile he adds: “I quit my job at Barclays Bank to follow my dream.”

Makes for good TV though. They were stalked by two icons of noughties television – Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford, both of whom have since left the show – ...

But the ridiculousness of the candidates and their untempered bravado remains a constant. The 2005 iteration of The Apprentice is less slick and even more concerned with candidate bickering than today’s version (hard to believe, I know). The task was refreshingly simple: buy a load of flowers and flog them on a market. One scrap broke out when both teams decided they would make pack lunches for the task ahead, rather than taking £50 each out of the £500 budget for “lunch and incidentals”. The episode was more Big Brother than business competition, with plenty of attention given to the candidates’ fights in their house share. Back then, the candidates were competing for a six-figure salaried job in Lord Sugar’s company Amstrad, while today’s cohort are after a £250k investment in their own business ideas.

Last year, Yorkshire had its very own winner in the form of Huddersfield's Harpreet Kaur - who impressed Lord Sugar with her dessert company. Oh so Yum! is now ...

In 2008, Lee was The Apprentice's series four winner and went on to be employed at Lord Sugar's company, Amscreen. [Paddy McGuinness' 'new look' confuses fans as he addresses 'getting a bit of work done'](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/paddy-mcguinness-new-look-confuses-25905407) [What time is BBC The Apprentice on TV tonight? The 2011 winner is still very much in contact with Lord Sugar, as the two run a beauty accessories company named Aventom. In 2010, after two years - yes, really - at the company, he left to start up his own recruitment company. Since appearing on the show, business has been well and truly booming for Alana, who has reportedly bought back her shares from Lord Sugar - which means that she is the sole owner of her company. She published an autobiography called Anything Is Possible in 2007 and became a columnist for magazine Business Matters in 2009. Sadly for James, his business suffered following his appearance on The Apprentice and he is also reported to have fallen out with Lord Sugar. Tom's series seven win was an unusual one, a simple nail file that was enough to get the backing of Lord Sugar. The business is still going, with Ricky listed as company director on gov.uk. Series 13, which ran in 2017, was an unusual - and memorable - year for The Apprentice: because it was the first time that two people had jointly won first place. [Yorkshire](https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/all-about/yorkshire) had its very own winner in the form of Huddersfield's Harpreet Kaur - who impressed Lord Sugar with her dessert company. Since starring on the show, Sian's swimsuits have appeared on a number of celebs - including Michelle Keegan and Maura Higgins.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime, with entrepreneurs lining up to be in of chance of winning a £250,000 investment and Lord Sugar as a business partner. Over ...

Sue: She claimed she was forced to resign after 12 months and brought a constructive dismissal case against Lord Sugar. Sharing a video of herself cutting the ribbon for a new store with Lord Sugar, she wrote: 'Dr Leah Baker Street clinic is officially open! Talking to Lorraine Kelly and Aled Jones on Daybreak, she said: 'Despite [the high salary] I couldn’t actually physically stay there, because it was unbearable. The clinic offers skin peels, facials, skin tightening and fat reduction services. She started her dessert parlour business Oh So Yum in Bradford, with her sister Gurvinder and the help of Lord Sugar. I got abused, hardcore, online by all of the haters that were waiting for me to fail. Harpreet said: 'My sister is going to remain as a director in the business. 'This business is a dream that became a reality for me. 'It has made a huge difference in every aspect of my life. Harpreet was crowned the winning candidate, and she clearly means business in this colour pop frock! 'This year's Love Island, I'm going to look at who is going in there. But if it wasn't for the pandemic, we would probably have three or four shops now.'

Is Claude Littner on The Apprentice 2023 after horrific bike accident? What you need to know as Lord Alan Sugar returns for 17th BBC series.

[Comment Now](#metro-comments-container) [Lord Alan Sugar opens up about his future on The Apprentice as BBC series returns for 2023](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/04/the-apprentice-lord-alan-sugar-addresses-his-future-on-bbc-series-18033092/?ico=more_text_links) [Lord Alan Sugar lashes out at Gordon Ramsay for ‘ripping off’ The Apprentice with cooking show: ‘He should stick to his day job’](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/05/lord-alan-sugar-accuses-gordon-ramsay-of-ripping-off-the-apprentice-18043465/?ico=more_text_links) [Claude coped with the bickering candidates](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/03/the-apprentice-claude-littner-hid-from-bickering-candidates-18035492/) on this season of The Apprentice, revealing he went to extreme measures to take a break from their squabbling. [Claude Littner](https://metro.co.uk/tag/claude-littner/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK1) – who’s been on the BBC programme as Lord Sugar’s advisor in 2015 and has also been on every series during the interview stage of the competition – was replaced by [Tim Campbell](https://metro.co.uk/tag/tim-campbell/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P3_LNK2) MBE, the [first ever winner](https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/08/the-apprentice-star-claude-littner-replaced-after-horror-accident-14893895/). [The Apprentice](https://metro.co.uk/tag/the-apprentice/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) is finally back for its 2023 series, as Lord [Alan Sugar](https://metro.co.uk/tag/alan-sugar/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK2) puts [18 brand new candidates](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/04/the-apprentice-2023-start-date-candidates-judges-and-trailer-18039272/) to the test with the offer of an £250,000 investment on the table.

Marnie Swindells, who will star in the seventeenth season of The Apprentice alongside 18 others, has an amazing career in law as well as having founded her ...

I deserve the chance to have that investment to show him what I can do with it." newsletter](https://www.ok.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/) It was as if it was setting just for us." We swam, drank champagne, ate cake and made memories all before laying silently together as we watched the sun lose its light into the mountains of Sitia. " I think that taking the experience I have in the boxing industry and all the experience that he has in the business industry, together we would be a winning combination. Sharing the exciting story of the engagement on Instagram, she revealed: "He took my hand, led me to the front of the boat and as I looked over the edge and into the water I felt him drop to his knee behind me.