THE Apprentice winner Marnie Swindells has hit out on the present’s “aftercare” simply hours forward of the brand new sequence launch.
The boxing health club proprietor, 29, who received the BBC1 sequence in 2023, mentioned the method was a “severe rollercoaster” and anticipated extra safeguards to be in place to help candidates.
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Marnie issued a warning, saying: “Extra may very well be executed across the aftercare and ensuring folks’s heads are okay all through the method.”
The previous court docket advocate, who spoke with Workplace Freedom, went on to say: “I anticipated just a little bit extra help at instances and it felt like a checkbox train.
“I feel they do genuinely care, however whether or not they have sufficient assets and protocols in place to guard from folks having a nasty emotional expertise with it, I’m undecided.’
“You go from being an absolute no person, then in a single day the entire of the UK has an opinion on what you are doing and is watching you intensely – not simply on Thursday nights, however all through the week they need to know what you are doing and who you might be.
“It’s a severe curler coaster and journey.”
The entrepreneur additionally insisted the brand new batch of contestants must have a “thick pores and skin” and be emotionally ready for the present.
Regardless of present process interviews, checks and psychologists in the course of the course of, Marnie mentioned she “did not really feel they had been all the time listened to”.
The Solar have reached out to representatives for The Apprentice for remark.
The Apprentice returns tonight with a brand new batch of hopefuls.
This yr’s line-up is extra eclectic than ever, that includes a Ninja Warrior competitor, a hair transplant entrepreneur, and a comfort retailer boss who’s already turning heads with their confidence and allure.
As they battle it out for a coveted £250,000 funding in usually hair-bained enterprise ventures, followers can count on the same old mixture of boardroom drama, jaw-dropping blunders, and high-pressure challenges.
Lord Sugar will as soon as once more be joined by trusted aides Karren Brady and Tim Campbell, as they sift by the wannabe moguls’ strengths and weaknesses.
Maintaining with the instances means Amstrad proprietor Lord Sugar has no worries about whether or not he will probably be requested by the BBC to return for a twentieth sequence subsequent yr — which is but to be confirmed — and even past.
Nor has he thought-about heading into retirement as he approaches his eighties. “I take pleasure in doing this, discovering younger folks and placing them in companies and ranging from scratch with them yearly,” he defined.
“It’s not been commissioned for extra but, however there’s a very good likelihood.
“I’d go on and on till the funeral director has to cease it, you by no means know. I’m actually not going to go and odor the roses and begin gardening and all that stuff.”
The star is hoping {that a} huge BBC twentieth anniversary celebration will embrace a celeb Apprentice, which he teased viewers may count on to see confirmed earlier than the present sequence ends.
“There was discuss of it,” he mentioned. “They’re fairly enjoyable, all of us do it for charity — and I’m fairly open about who takes half, so long as the manufacturing folks don’t select Boris Johnson.”
Lord Sugar stays unfazed in terms of the wholesome competitors of different enterprise reveals on the BBC and massive streaming networks comparable to Netflix and Amazon.
The tycoon says he enjoys watching Dragons’ Den, which additionally airs on BBC One, although that doesn’t imply he views all of the dragons as equal competitors.
He mentioned: “I watch it on a regular basis — and Shark Tank, which runs in America — and I do prefer it.
“Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden, they’re the previous legends of the present and have executed very nicely.
“However Steven Bartlett, he’s a thriller to me. I don’t know who he’s actually. He’s an excellent talker and comes throughout a bit suave and debonair, however I’m undecided what his enterprise is.”
The Apprentice winners who’ve give up
By Conor O’Brien
Since The Apprentice launched in 2005, Lord Alan Sugar has topped a number of winners.
In 2011, the prize modified from a job working below Lord Sugar to a £250,000 funding partnership.
Whereas some previous winners work with Lord Sugar to this present day, different collaborations have lengthy ended.
Here’s a have a look at among the winners who’ve give up working with the enterprise big.
Tim Campbell: After successful the primary sequence, Tim (who was 26 on the time) secured a place at Lord Sugar’s firm Amstrad on a £100,000 wage. After two years, Tim left to start out a fragrance enterprise – though this was later deserted. Since 2022, he has been again on The Apprentice as one among Lord Sugar’s aides.Lee McQueen: Having received sequence 4 in 2008, 30-year-old Lee McQueen was assigned a place at Amscreen. He left the function after two years in July 2010.Yasmina Siadatan: Yasmina, who received The Apprentice in 2009, fell pregnant 4 months into her £100k-a-year function. She labored for Lord Sugar for 12 months however selected to not return after her maternity depart.Stella English: 2010 winner Stella English went on to work for Lord Sugar’s Viglen after time on the BBC present. Nonetheless, she walked out after 13 months of employment when informed her contract wouldn’t be renewed and claimed she was simply an “overpaid lackey”.Mark Wright: Australian-born Mark received in 2014 and used the £250,000 funding to discovered digital advertising company Climb On-line. He parted methods with Lord Sugar in 2022, promoting the enterprise for an estimated £10million.Joseph Valente: Former plumber Joseph received the BBC present in 2015. Nonetheless, he and Lord Sugar in the end ended their working relationship after 18 months.Alana Spencer: Alana partnered up with Lord Sugar after successful in 2016. She claimed the highest spot together with her cake enterprise Ridiculously Wealthy. The pair labored collectively for 3 years – till Alana in the end purchased out Lord Sugar.James White: In a one-time scenario, James was one among two Apprentice winners in 2017. Three years after he received the present, Lord Sugar left the IT recruitment firm, however reportedly let him hold the £250,000 funding. Sarah Lynn: Sweets supply businesswoman Sarah was the opposite joint winner in 2017. She and Lord Sugar parted methods in September 2022.Carina Lepore: After successful The Apprentice in 2019, Lord Sugar put a £250,000 funding in Carina Lepore’s Dough Artisan Bakehouse enterprise. Nonetheless, the pair ended their partnership in 2023.
