Marnie Swindells: Last News

After just over two months on our screens, on Thursday, 18 April a new individual will be crowned winner of The Apprentice and will walk away with a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar. This year’s winners will follow in the footsteps of Marnie Swindells who won last year’s series and has since been busy working on her Bronx Boxing Club in London. But despite coming out on top, in an exclusive interview with OK! Marnie has revealed that she did not think she was going to win after having a “slight meltdown” while in the final boardroom of the series.

The Apprentice star Dani Donovan has announced she is pregnant with her first child and shared a photo of her blossoming baby bump. Dani, 26, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the happy news with her 25,500 followers and posted a sweet snap of her and partner Rocky Oliver on the beach together. The mum to be showcased her growing bump in a pair of bikini bottoms and a white long sleeve crop top, which she paired with a stylish bandana and oversized sunglasses.

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.

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.

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 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.