July 17th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Margaret Mountford will make her return on The Apprentice final tonight and one person glad to have her back was her former co-worker Nick Hewer.
The pair acted as joint advisors to Lord Alan Sugar in previous series’ of the BBC One reality TV show, until she decided to step down and concentrate on her phD and was replaced by younger businesswoman Karren Brady.
Speaking to The Daily Mail, PR expert Nick admitted that he misses Margaret and hasn’t managed to build such a close relationship with her replacement.
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July 17th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
The Apprentice final airs on BBC One tonight and Northern Irish candidate Jim Eastwood finds himself in a bit of hot water, during his interview with former show aide Margaret Mountford.
The silver haired business expert asks Jim to describe himself without using nay of his normal clichés and on of the first things out of his mouth is:
“I’m exactly what it says on the tin”
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May 16th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
It’s a later life love story!
Nick Hewer has admitted that although he is happily married, he would quite like to get hitched to his former Apprentice co-star Margaret Mountford in the future.
The former PR guru has shot to fame while assisting his boss Lord Alan Sugar on the BBC One reality TV show and confessed that he will always have a soft spot for Margaret, who worked alongside him on the show until 2009.
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December 15th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Margaret Mountford is to make her triumphant return to ‘The Apprentice’ on tonight’s show.
The straight-faced lawyer – who was Lord Alan Sugar’s right-hand woman on the BBC One show until being replaced by vice-chairman of West Ham United Karren Brady this series – will fire a host of gruelling questions at the five remaining contestants.
However, Stuart ‘The Brand’ Baggs immediately gets off to a bad start when he addresses her as ‘Margaret’.
The businesswoman scolded: “Would you normally address an interviewer who you hadn’t met by their first name?”
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June 6th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Sir Alan Sugar’s advisor, Margaret Mountford, has quit the show after five years.
The Northern Irish corporate lawyer acts as Sir Alan’s eyes and ears on the show, as she and Nick Hewer shadow teams of candidates and report back on their performance throughout the tasks.
The Sun reports that Mountford will quit after this years series ends in order to finish her doctorate on ancient Egyptian manuscripts.
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May 2nd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Nick Hewer has claimed that his colleague Margaret Mountford is quite flirty and revealed that he has a bit of an eye her on ITV’s This Morning.
Sir Alan’s right hand man told Phil and Fern: “She is a very attractive woman. She has beautiful eyes and is quite flirty.”
He joked: “I’m beginning to gather my courage together to make some sort of move. She is, fortunately, not spoken for at the moment, which is good for me.”
