News about Alan Sugar

A former Apprentice star revealed contestants are kept in 'prison-like conditions'- saying he didn't learn 'anything about business' on the show. Raj Dhonota, 49, from Kent, (right) appeared on the very first series of the popular TV business show back in 2005 (left) before being fired by Lord Alan Sugar (centre) in the ninth week. However opening up about the BBC show, Raj who is moving to the US to re-launch his career after two bankruptcies, claimed contestants were given 'no privacy' as they were constantly being 'supervised.'

The BBC has divided opinion after appearing to use a wheelchair to film scenes from The Apprentice.  A video posted on TikTok shows a candidate strolling while pulling a suitcase next to the River Thames by Tower Bridge in London. The classic and iconic shot from the show shows candidates with their suitcases after they have been 'fired' by Lord Alan Sugar. But the programme seems to have employed an unusual filming method as the cameraman is sat in a wheelchair while being pulled along by another member of the crew.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Charm, the magical quality of being likeable, is a superpower. When it fails, the result is as catastrophic as Superman losing his ability to fly - at 80,000ft. Tre Lowe, perhaps the most charismatic candidate ever to pitch for Lord Sugar's money on The Apprentice (BBC1), crashed out of the sky in a long, screaming nosedive, during the interview round - the one genuinely entertaining segment of this aged format. Tre wasn't Superman, just Wile E Coyote discovering there was nothing beneath him but a bottomless abyss. As his luck ran out, he almost turned to the camera with a pitiful gaze and a sign that said, 'Goodbyeeeaaarrrgghhh!' Tre never stopped reminding us that he had a Top Three hit with Body Groove, back in 2000. His smiling confidence has carried him aloft during ten weeks of blunders and in-fighting. But when he presented his business idea to Sugar's team of interrogators, it proved worthless. He dreamed of marketing 'testosterone shots', fruit smoothies crammed with vitamins and herbs to maximise a chap's macho potential.

EastEnders star Rita Simons has revealed that Sir Alan Sugar is her uncle.  The actress, 47, appeared on Tuesday's Good Morning Britain where she discussed her little-known family connections. The Apprentice legend Lord Sugar, 77, is Rita's uncle, as he's married to her aunt Ann Simons.

Despite being fired in the ninth week, Raj Dhonota, who was in the first season of Lord Sugar's BBC show, found success in sales. Over the years, he has established several profitable tech companies, but before the padnemic, he found himself facing his second bankruptcy after establishing a company meant to assist entrepreneurs. Despite his setbacks, he's planning to head to the United States to start his tech venture.

Des Cross, 71, insists that the 4,000 residents of Queenborough should not be paying any form of tax because of a Royal Charter enacted by King Edward III in 1369. Following a visit - and even built a castle on the Isle, which was once a significant wool product, the monarch and Queen Phillipa, who the town is named after, took a liking to seaside village. Sheppey was once Europe's biggest exporter of wool, but there was a shortage of people on the island to work in the processing plants and supporting businesses. According to Des, King Edward III ordered the Queenborough Charter to exempt residents from taxes and tolls in order to bring more people to the area.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince Andrew performed a version of musical chairs in Windsor's St George's Chapel for the late King Constantine's memorial service. In the second class, he was supposed to sit next to his ex-wife Sarah. The front row was reserved for Queen Camilla and working royals plus Marina Ogilvy, who was seen in a wheelchair for the first time. The Duke of Kent, who should have been with his sister and niece in the second row, was carried to the second row like a jumbo cuckoo Andrew. Would absent William - who has little time for Andrew (who bagged pole position as the highest in the line of succession present) - have relegated his uncle to his proper place?

Michael McIntyre, please move over. Lee Mack, Shut your mouth. Alan Sugar is in the house, and he has them strolling in the aisles. However, I've had a sense of humor or he's surrounded by sycophants on The Apprentice (BBC), but the good lord's scripted ad libs were much more bad than average. After the annual treasure hunt, this year's crop of exceptional incompetents was in for an ear-drubbing. Previous intakes have been sent as far afield as Dubai, but funds in Sugar Towers will be tighter as a result of this cost-of-living crisis, because the two teams of twerps did not travel to Jersey instead. They were expected to spend as little as possible on a shopping list of puzzles that included Jersey wonders (a sort of knotted doughnut), shucked oysters (that is, open) and a knitted jersey with an anchor design as usual.

Despite the fact that Karen Brady is still going strong at 76, she has revealed she's 'getting old' at 54 to be Alan Sugar's right-hand woman on The Apprentice. Baroness Brady, who has been on the BBC show for 15 years, said, "I'm getting old for it, because television's a young person's sport." The days are long, we film seven weeks back-to-back without a break, from five in the morning to 11 at night,' she said. I was in my 30s when I started, and now I'm in my 50s.'

On Thursday night, sales executive Oliver Medforth was the first candidate to be barred from the new series of The Apprentice. After the men's team suffered a humiliating £506.40 loss, Lord Alan Sugar sacked the Yorkshire businessman. The 18 hopefuls were given by the mogul, 76, with an away day in the Scottish Highlands.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Remember the Brain Drain, the threat that high taxation was going to drive every competent entrepreneur out of Britain and leave us an island of business boneheads? Well, it happened. The 18 candidates on this year's The Apprentice (BBC1) are so miserably weak that their combined intellects are barely adequate to distinguish one average idiot. Whether you're comparing their words or their vanity, there is no discernible difference between this lot and the vacuous Love Islanders over on ITV2.

On tonight, the Apprentice's 18th series will be broadcast on BBC1 for its 18th series - but the show's many previous champions have had mixed fates since winning. In 2005, the series began pitting some of the UK's brightest young business minds against each other in order to secure a job with then-Sir Alan Sugar. With the candidates now competing for the Amstrad entrepreneur, now Lord Sugar, the show's winner was redeemed to invest in their company. Mail Online looks back at the previous winners, the company ventures they went on to create, and where they are today.

DEN CONFIDENTIAL: Richard Caring (left), a member of the City of Clubs, did not reopen the London dining room Le Caprice after Covid lockdowns, think he had pulled off a clever trick by getting a lease on the property, which is just around the corner from The Ritz. However, Caring is planning to cock a snook at King by reopening Le Caprice in a new location. Since Caring still owns Le Caprice, his restaurant will be named Le Caprice. I can say that Caring is in talks to reopen Le Caprice at The Chancery Rosewood, the $1 billion hotel and leisure renovation of the former US Embassy building in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair. The hotel, which is owned by Qatari Diar, is scheduled to open next year. It's going to be interesting to see who will go to Le Caprice and who will go to the old 'Caprice,' a source tells me. When it was on 20 Arlington Street, Princess Diana (right, at the restaurant in 1994) was one of the regular diners at Le Caprice.

In July last year, Joe Lewis (pictured) was arrested and charged with 16 counts of securities fraud and three counts of conspiracy. Prosecutors said that between 2013 and 2021 he gave insider information on to his clients, thus denying him access to corporate boardrooms.

Liberty Poole revealed her surprising celebrity crush on Love Island on Saturday at All Stars Unseen Bits. The reality star, 24, said she adored a much older person and that she was attracted to their "rightness" rather than its "authority."

Lord Sugar does not want to do this interview. He makes that clear before he's even arrived in the room, growling loudly in the corridor, 'What does this guy want?How long are we giving him?' 'Er, 40 minutes, Lord Sugar,' aide's voice says.' We decided an hour with his people, but His Lordship is still not happy, that's not true. "Oh no.' When half an hour and say I'm missing in the boardroom, I'm ok. He won't know anything different.' I can't hear him.

According to a recent survey, Lord Alan Sugar is likely to sign a six-figure contract for The Apprentice.' The entrepreneur, 76, who has been helmed to show since 2005, is gearing up to celebrate the series's 20th anniversary. Bosses are expected to keep Alan up until 2026, with 'huge plans' in place for the next two seasons.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Sir Bradley Wiggins is the subject of an untold tale about him and a wall that dates back to a time long before his name was established into one. It's from a time before Fancy Bears, Jiffy Bags, and legislative hearings, and a long time before his accounts fell into the red, indicating that everything he touched turned to yellow or gold. According to various sources, the incident occurred in Isleworth, west London, not far from where he grew up.

On Thursday, Apprentice star James Hill announced the birth of his second child, a baby boy, with his partner Naomi Hibbert. Albie, the television star who went on to win Celebrity Big Brother in 2015, shared some sweet photos with his family and revealed the baby's name. The couple have been together since 2016 and also have a daughter, Nola, who was born in June 2021.

Paul 'PK' Kemsley, the half of a Hollywood power couple in Beverly Hills, is a well-known celebrity in the United States, as well as his American wife Dorit. One of the spouses on the reality show dealing with the fallout when their glamorous women trade insults are compared to shaving as their manicured talons. Since his traumatic demise 15 years ago, PK is relaunching his career on this side of the Atlantic. In the 2008 financial crisis, PK lost his £500 million UK empire and was declared bankrupt before reinventing himself in America.

Lord Alan Sugar and his wife Ann Simons enjoyed a well-deserved break from The Apprentice boardroom on Thursday as they pulled up to shore on a swanky boat in Portofino. As he started his lavish holiday in the Italian Riviera, the businessman, 76, appeared to be in good spirits. The couple took a long stroll along the harbour to enjoy the stunning views before hopping back on board.

MIKE KEEGAN is a member of SPORTS NEWS: Joe Lewis, 85, is 'hands off' when it comes to the club's day-to-day operations, according to Insiders. He is not known as a huge football fan and attends less than one game per season. However, he was at the first game at the new stadium and the 2019 Champions League final. On board Aviva's numerous screens, he likes to watch games. This does not imply that he doesn't have an opinion. Mail Sport has been told that on at least one occasion he called a player at the club to demand that they approach governing bodies and ask them to change the game's rules. Although his precise request could not be identified, it was described as "outlandish" by the author. Vivienne, Lewis' daughter, is particularly keen on what's going on in north London. She watches games on a more regular basis than her father, and she was photographed alongside Levy when Spurs hosted Brighton last season.

After the Lord expressed reservations about his wine investment, Apprentice actor Tom Gearing missed out on a £250k cash infusion from Alan Sugar in 2012. And 11 years later, the mogul has been proven wrong by announcing that Tom's company, Cult Wines, is now £290 million in fine wine sales, as well as boasting all-star clients. Lord Sugar told Tom of the show, 'Someone of my position in society can't afford to be involved in something that goes wrong.' Don't get me wrong; I've made a lot of mistakes, but this could be a disaster if my name is included in it.'

Both Apprentice winners receive £250,000 investment from Alan Sugar and get his first-year guidance, but new winner Marnie Swindells (pictured with Lord Sugar) is warned that not all of them succeed. Sian Gabbidon, the 2018 series's champion, has put her swimwear business into voluntary liquidation. Gabbidon, 30, founded the company in February 2018, but after deciding to wind up the company, the corporation was halted last month.