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?”
ITV is launching its own version of ‘The Apprentice’, in which a property tycoon is looking for a rookie builder to join his empire.
Fred Story – who has made millions from building and selling homes – will oversee a group of 12 young apprentices who will battle it out in the hope of winning the life-changing job.
Like BBC One’s business star Lord Alan Sugar, Fred will give the hopefuls a string of tasks to test their knowledge, skills and determination.
Liz Locke became the latest candidate to be fired from ‘The Apprentice’ last night.
The 24-year-old investment banker – who was an early favourite to win the BBC One show – received the boot by Lord Alan Sugar after the multi-millionaire business magnate admitted he was looking for “someone unusual” to bring something new to his many companies.
Despite being commended for her hardworking nature and strong sales agenda, the Birmingham-based beauty admitted she was devastated to leave the competition.
Raleigh Addington has revealed that he quit The Apprentice, when he was informed his brother had been badly injured in Afghanistan.
The 22 year old graduate was competing for a job with Lord Sugar, when he learned that his older brother Ed, 26, was fighting for life after being blown up in Helmand Province.
Dan Harris has become the first candidate to be fired on series six of The Apprentice.
The 34 year old Sales Director was seen putting himself forward as team leader for the sausage task on tonight’s show. It was a colossally bad move, because in between yelling at his colleagues, bullying his teammates and making the cheapest, most unappetising bangers ever, Dan only managed to bring in £14 of revenue for the boys group.
Sir Alan Sugar has admitted that he once used his fame, to skip a doctor’s queue and get his plastic surgery done more quickly.
The Apprentice star was recovering from a painful groin injury, when he decided to make the most of his rest time and book in an operation to lift his eyelids.
Speaking to Piers Morgan, the Amstrad boss revealed:
Former Apprentice winner Lee McQueen is to quit his £100,000 job and take up a public speaking role instead.
The 32 year old won the BBC business show in 2008 and since then has worked in Alan Sugar’s company Amscreen. However he has decided to leave and is now looking for public speaking and motivational engagements in and around the London area.
The Apprentice’ star Kate Walsh might have got further in the boardroom, but her boyfriend (and fellow ‘Apprentice’ star) Phil Taylor insists he’s going to be the boss of the ballroom!
‘Strictly’ pro-dancer Karen Hardy is giving dance fans Phil, 29, and Kate, 27, a treat with some expert dance classes. The pair are tango’ing every day this week on Kate’s show, ‘Live From Studio Five’, but after witnessing his first attempt, Little Miss Showbiz wasn’t impressed!
