April 29th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: bbc, Ben Clarke, Noorul Choudhury, The Apprentice 2009

BBC’s Apprentice opened tonight with Philip answering the phone in his boxers (yum) and being told that the group had thirty minutes before they had to meet Sir Sugar. Does the BBC really expect us to believe that those folks are only given 30 minutes to get up, get dressed, showered, straightened and primped and make their way across London to meet Sir Alan? No way could Kate even get her makeup done in that short space of time.
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April 24th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Noorul Choudhury, The Apprentice 2009

Sir Alan Sugar’s right hand man Nick Hewer has criticised Apprentice hopeful Noorul Choudhury.
Noorul may have avoided the boardroom so far but general consensus seems to be that this is down to his ability to melt into the background rather than his business acumen.
Speaking about this week’s advertising challenge, Hewer told The Mirror: “Noorul decided to melt in the background. And if that wasn’t possible he hid, sweating, in the Pants Man suit.
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March 30th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: bbc, Ben Clarke, Noorul Choudhury, The Apprentice 2009

Apprentice candidates Ben Clarke and Noorul Choudhury are said to have gotten embroiled in a heated feud whilst filming the show for BBC One.
The second episode of the series airs this Wednesday and word is we can expect to see lots of fights and rows between the pair over the next few weeks.
One source told The People: “It’s got to be one of the worst feuds the show has seen. Noorul hated the fact that Ben is quite in-your-face and struts around like he owns the place.
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March 25th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Anita Shah, bbc, Ben Clarke, Debra Barr, Howard Ebison, James McQuillan, Kate Walsh, Kimberly Davis, Lorraine Tighe, Majid Nagra, Mona Lewis, Noorul Choudhury, Paula Jones, Philip Taylor, Rocky Andrews, The Apprentice 2009, Yasmina Siadatan

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.
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March 17th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: bbc, Noorul Choudhury, The Apprentice 2009

Noorul Choudhury
Age: 33
Career: Science Teacher
Qualifications: GTTP, CIM
Lives: Rochdale
Science teacher Noorul hopes to eventually become a property development millionaire. Fashion-obsessed, he believes that Argos should be banned from selling jewellery and aims to one day start up a men’s tailoring business. Describing himself as a straight-talking leader, he loves being kept on his feet and confesses to always putting work first. He believes that business is a cut-throat, dog-eat-dog game that you must play to win.
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