Last night the newest series of The Apprentice kicked off and though Sir Alan praises them as his best candidates yet, I thought they were all a bunch of bumbling idiots.
In the end the girls lost the cleaning challenge and Anita Shah got fired but I would have much preferred to see Mona Lewis go.
Anita Shah has become the first candidate to be fired from this years Apprentice series.
Anita was part of the all female Ignite team. As part of their first task they were given a white van, a maximum of £200 to spend on equipment and told to make as much cash as possible.
Despite claiming that she had one of the best financial minds in the UK, Anita started the girls on the path to losing before they had even cleaned a single car. At the start of the task, Anita was asked to hold a calculator and tot up how much they were spending on cleaning materials. She seemed elated when they managed to spend a mere £196 and kept talking about their cleaning ‘budget’. In reality the team had no budget, just a maximum spend amount of £200. They boys managed to buy all their materials for £107, which in the end won them the task.
OMG!!! Sir Alan Sugar appeared on The One Show tonight saying that this years bunch of Apprentice candidates are his best yet, but to me they look like a bunch of bumbling idiots.
Their first task consisted of Sir Alan providing them with a van and some cleaning materials (all of which they paid for out of their budget). They then had to clean some stuff and make as much money as they could in just one day.
The girls in particular astounded me by trying to charge £300 to clean three cars! When the customer pointed out that his current cleaner does the job for £60, Mona Lewis told him he was wrong and basically implied that he was a liar. They landed the contract in the end but after dropping their price dramatically they then had to summon their customer to help them work the pressure washer.
Anita Shah
Age: 35
Career: Business Strategist
Qualifications: LLB in Law & Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Lives: Birmingham
Cricket fanatic Anita is a qualified lawyer and self-confessed perfectionist. Anita, who led a team to win at the Visa Business School in 2008, hopes to one day complete a chick-lit novel and launch a new business providing emotional, psychological and spiritual therapy. She is inspired by James Caan for believing that you can be successful by investing in relationships and being nice to people, rather than being ruthless or devious. Anita considers herself to be a humanitarian with a Bridget Jones alter-ego.