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A WINNER of TV’s The Apprentice has sold the business he set up with Lord Alan Sugar for an estimated £10million. Mark Wright won the £250,000 partnership on the BBC show in 2014. He and the peer founded digital marketing agency Climb Online and grew it to 130 staff.

Gordon Ramsay's youngest child Oscar has been labelled a 'twin' of middle daughter Holly by fans, after the latter shared a sweet Instagram picture with her younger brother.The TV chef, 56, is a doting dad of five with wife Tana Hutcheson - including oldest Megan, 24, twins Holly and Jack, 23, daughter Tilly, 21 and four-year-old Oscar. As they enjoyed a trip to Paris last week, Holly shared a selfie with her 323K followers, smiling alongside her brother while he cheekily stuck out his tongue. Despite their large age gap, the blonde duo's striking resemblance was clear, with many taking to the comment section as they noticed the likeness.

The Apprentice 2023 winner Marnie Swindells has opened up about the death of her dad when she was just eight years old, and how the traumatic time has aided her success. Marnie, 28, became the newest business partner of Lord Alan Sugar’s after beating fellow The Apprentice finalist Rochelle Anthony and took home a £250,000 investment from the billionaire to go towards her boxing gym.The winner briefly touched upon the devastating loss of her father as a child while on the popular BBC programme, but has now gone into more detail about her dad’s death and spoke about how it pushed her to succeed.

She's voiced her dislike for this year's series of The Apprentice after taking part in the BBC One business competitiion in 2022, and Amy Anzel raised eyebrows as she launched a petition to replace Lord Alan Sugar at the helm. Amy, who was fired halfway through the process by the business magnate, is calling for the Amstrad founder to be switched for Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett.

Gordon Ramsay has leapt to the defence of his reality TV competition Future Food Stars after Lord Alan Sugar's condemnation. Premiering on BBC One this time last year, the show puts 12 culinary entrepreneurs through their paces in a battle to secure £150k worth of investment in their business, while it's also been given the go-ahead for a second series. Alan, 76, recently told MailOnline: "I think broadcasters, Channel 4, Channel 5, and ITV have tried for many years, at least for 17 years, to try and replicate the elimination process of The Apprentice.

The winner of the 17th series of The Apprentice has been revealed as boxing gym owner, Marnie Swindells.The 28 year old beat stiff competition from 18 ambitious entrepreneurs undertaking plenty of tough tasks on the popular BBC show to win a life-changing £250,000 investment from Lord Alan Sugar, her new business partner. She won the show with her boxing gym business plan for Bronx, and last week she said: "My business is in boxing gyms, the name’s Bronx, the idea is to create a middle-market option between the high-end boutique gyms and the low-end spit and sawdust gyms." Marnie was in the final with Rochelle Ray Anthony, who's dream was to expand her salon and hair academy business.

Marnie Swindells is one of just two remaining The Apprentice contestants vying for a huge business investment from Lord Alan Sugar. She’s up against Rochelle Anthony as the two women battle it out in the finale tonight.The 28 year old Barrister and Court Advocate is hoping to win the investment, which former winners have used to build successful businesses, for her London boxing gym Bronx which she opened in Camberwell in February 2023.The reality TV contestant actually began her career as a boxing pro before studying law.

As The Apprentice reaches it’s final nail biting conclusion on Thursday evening, Lord Alan Sugar will once again be revealing which contestant has earned his highly sought after investment to help get their business of the ground. The 74 year old star, has been making the dreams of contestants come true since 2005, when he first launched The Apprentice and kickstarted the businesses of the winning contestants, by offering both a cash investment and his impressive business knowhow to help them reach their full potential.

A defiant Lord Sugar has assured fans that he’s not going anywhere ahead of this year’s The Apprentice finale, that airs on March 23 at 9pm.The successful businessman, who was recently rocked by a star quitting the show, said that “a lot of people underestimate me” and that he could easily go on doing 20 or 25 years on the hit reality show. So far, he’s fronted all 17 series of the programme.The 75 year old also explained that he was “very fit” for his age and that finding someone to replace him on The Apprentice could end up meaning the show would “kill itself off.” Alan Sugar did concede, however, that if they went on a ten year hiatus before bringing it back with “new characters” the show could wind up with a successful revival.The star has certainly never shied away from his business success, and is thought to be worth a staggering £1.2 billion, ranking him as the 138th-richest person in the UK.

There is usually one week of the series that fans of The Apprentice look forward to the most but it appears some were not impressed with this year's round of candidate interviews as the show was slapped with complaints. The hit BBC One show returned to screens on Thursday night (March 16) for the penultimate episode of the 17th series.

Lord Sugar has had his say on the Gary Lineker row after his name was mentioned by his ex-pal Piers Morgan and other stars to highlight the BBC's alleged hypocrisy.

The Apprentice star Amy Anzel has been rocking the red carpet after being blocked on Twitter by Lord Alan Sugar. In a move blasted as 'awkward' Amy found herself snubbed on social media by the business tycoon.

Piers Morgan has blasted the BBC's decision to pull Gary Lineker off Match of The Day. The corporation said the presenter's criticism of the government's Migration Bill was a "breach of our guidelines". The sports pundit will now be stepping back from his presenting duties until a "clear position" on his social media use is agreed upon.

The Apprentice viewers were left stunned on Thursday night after Bradley Johnson was fired on the spot by Lord Sugar after a disastrous male skincare task.

Harpreet Kaur, the businesswoman who won The Apprentice 2022, has taken to Instagram to share the tragic news that her father has passed away. Posting to her grid Harpreet shared a number of photos of her family, which she captioned: "We all love you forever dad [dove emoji] 1963-2023 [heart emoji] rest peacefully now x" She then posted a photo of her late father to her Story, to which she added the text: "Love you forever dad.Thanks you for your kind messages. "My father sadly passed away yesterday.

The Apprentice star Tom Skinner has revealed that he and his wife Sinéad are expecting twins.The couple will welcome their second and third children later this year.They welcomed their first child together – a little boy named Henry – in 2020.Taking to Instagram to share their happy news, Tom told his 225,000 followers: "When 3 become 5!! I want to let everyone know that Sinéad & I are expecting identical TWINS!!! "Little Henry is gonna be a BIG Brother!! Hit the target twice lads!! BOSH! DOUBLE BOSH!" Tom and Sinéad tied the knot last year in a lavish ceremony after he popped the question while she was pregnant with their son. And when Henry was born, he shared an adorable post with fans, writing: “My beautiful baby boy is here and he is amazing.

Since 1985, EastEnders has cemented itself as an iconic part of British culture, and in the process, it has produced many stars who have gone on to become household names. From Letitia Dean’s character Sharon Watts to Adam Woodyatt’s Ian Beale, there are plenty of celeb fans that have wanted in on the Albert Square action, too. So much so, that some of them have even joined the cast with cameo appearances.

Lord Alan Sugar has given candidate Sohail Chowdhary the boot in Thursday's episode (February 16) of The Apprentice.In the latest installment of the BBC reality show, the candidates were tasked with designing lunchboxes for school children with an added element of designing a mobile app.Martial arts school owner and instructor Sohail led his group, following through with a pirate-themed lunchbox and app.READ MORE: The Apprentice star brands show 'pathetic' for 'taking p*ss' out of young entrepreneursHowever, the savvy business amateur failed to impress Lord Sugar and found himself in the bottom three after he bombed a pitch with industry experts. After bumping heads with fellow competitor Marnie Swindells and the flop of his pirate’s treasure chest lunchbox idea, he faced a boardroom grilling by Lord Alan Sugar alongside his fellow candidates Marnie and Bradley Johnson.In tense scenes, Lord Sugar was unafraid to put the contestants into the hot seat as he grilled them about their major hiccups in the challenge.However, after weighing up his options, it was martial arts enthusiast Sohail who was fired after Lord Sugar’s dressing down.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.After the show, the competitor said the process was “a lot more tricky” than he realised from watching on TV.Speaking after his exit, Sohail said: “It’s very different compared to what you expect.

LORD Sugar had backing in firing his latest Apprentice - from the candidate themselves. Martial arts instructor Sohail Chowdhary agrees he was the right man to go after fumbling his role as project manager on the latest task.  He said: “It was a fair firing.

She was fired halfway through the process of last year's series of The Apprentice, and Amy Anzel has slammed the BBC One business competition as "car crash TV" while calling for business magnate Lord Alan Sugar to be "fired." Beauty boss Amy, who was shown the door by Lord Sugar in week six, told us that series 17 is a difficult watch for her.

Premier League manager is destined to become a Sir Alex Ferguson or a Pep Guardiola.The majority spend a few seasons at a club before moving on, and if they're super lucky, they may just win a trophy along the way. But among the never-ending carousel of incoming Premier League bosses, there are a few where you simply have to stop and wonder, "When on Earth did that happen?!" Here, Daily Star Sport brings you an homage to the forgotten ones.

Reece Donnelly revealed he left The Apprentice due to health reasons. Last week’s teaser saw this year’s budding entrepreneurs jet off to Dubai for their next task – their second trip abroad after Lord Alan Sugar flew them all to Antigua in week one. Reece reportedly wasn’t able to participate in the Dubai challenge, however, and was forced to step down from the task after being notably absent for a large part of this evening's show, Thursday 9 February.