After 12 gruelling weeks battling it out against Britain’s brightest business hopefuls, Simon Ambrose, a 27-year-old internet entrepreneur from London, has been named as Sir Alan Sugar’s third Apprentice.

Simon walks away with the prize of a six-figure salaried job with the self-made multi-millionaire and boss of Amstrad, Sir Alan Sugar.

In the concluding episode, screened last night on BBC One, Simon beat off stiff competition from 36-year-old pharmaceutical sales manager Kristina Grimes, by managing a team of fired apprentices in the toughest task yet – they had to come up with ideas for a replacement building to Sir Alan’s recently acquired £120million IBM building on the South Bank. Read more & comment »

Kristina Grimes and Simon Ambrose may be going head to head tonight in the Apprentice final, but even with all that rivalry between them, there is still something they can agree on. Unsurprisingly, they both have a deep dislike of the most recent Apprentice loser, Katie Hopkins.

Kristina Grimes told the Daily Mirror “If you think intelligence is sleeping with married men and only getting to wherever you are because you have slept there, then more fool you.”

Simon added “she has got more issues than the Beano. I think she should try to find some more married men. Hats off to her if she thinks that is the route she has to take.”

Tonight saw the semi final of the BBC reality TV show, The Apprentice.

Controversially, instead of sacking one person, Sir Alan Sugar announced that he would sack three, to make room for two people in next weeks final.

The contestants had to endure three rigorous interviews with trusted business associates of Sir Alan, who then fed back their opinions to the boss man.

Sir Alan quickly arrived at his decision to get rid of Lohit and Tre (FINALLY!) but was in a quandary when it came to decide between Katie, Kristina and Simon. Read more & comment »

Simon Ambrose

Qualifications: MA Economics, Cambridge
Career: Internet Entrepreneur
Home town: Clapham, London

Profile: Highly competitive, proud and ambitious, Simon can speak six different languages and says he achieves his best work under pressure. He was made redundant from his last job as an investment banker, and has since tried his hand at a number of internet based, entrepreneurial ideas. He’ll stop at nothing to get what he wants; he once booked a table for 10 at a top celebrity eatery by posing as a Manchester United football agent. His first job was assisting in a discount jewellery shop where he was trained to differentiate between real and fake diamonds by judging their weight in carats – a skill he still has. At university Simon tried his has hand at acting and even performed at the famous Cambridge Footlights. He enjoys yachting, karate and kite boarding.

He says: “My Dad bought me an Amstrad PC when I was six and I learned how to program it. I still have it. It will be a dream come true if I end up working for him.”