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Archive | June, 2011

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The Apprentice Week 9: Zoe crumbles in biscuit task

Apprentice team composition is nothing to do with how the cookie crumbles but is manipulated and last night, in a task to create and market a new biscuit, was no exception with the two lowest scorers in our table moved… continue

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The Apprentice Week 8: Lights out for chocolate teapot Leon

Not so much “Oh la la” as “Huh?” for Team Logic as all four team members demonstrated a distinct lack of ability on this week’s French task.  Tom, who has been a consistently good team player in previous tasks, failed to… continue

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The Apprentice Week 7: Read all about it! Glenn gets fired!

It can be difficult to see the world as someone else sees it, particularly if you are very different from them. One way of getting around this is to talk to that other person. Simple as that. Oh yes, and… continue

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The Apprentice Week 6: Edna’s not forgiven while Zoe the bully survives

  Last night’s task was to set up a waste collection business and whilst Lord Sugar described losing project manager Zoe Beresford as ‘a bull in a china shop’, I think it’s more accurate to call her a bully in… continue

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The Apprentice Week 5: Vincent and Ellie bow-wow out with a dog’s dinner of a product

We’ve seen it time and time again. One team self-destructs before our eyes, as the over-bearing leader divides the group and pushes the product with the dodgy name. Meanwhile, the other team works cohesively, has strong leadership and nails the… continue

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