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Lord Sugar blames Government for 'neglected' apprenticeships

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Iceland 'freezes out' Sugar bid to buy Woolies stake

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MP reforms should be implemented in full

04.11.09

Today, Sir Christopher Kelly's report on MPs' expenses, six months in the making, is unveiled... more

Sugar plumbs new low in Pimlico

09.09.09

There was once a laughable suggestion that Alan Sugar could run for London Mayor. Surely there is no chance of the star of TV’s The Apprentice and Gordon Brown’s recently ennobled business adviser, taking to the hustings — given that he keeps firing off solicitors’ letters to anyone who has the temerity to criticise him... more

Lord Sugar blames Government for 'neglected' apprenticeships

19.08.09

Alan Sugar has attacked the Government’s 'scandalous' record on apprenticeships despite being hired to promote Gordon Brown’s policies... more

Sir Alan Sugar role risk to BBC impartiality

22.07.09

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Lord Sugar takes his seat

20.07.09

Sir Alan Sugar was today ennobled as Lord Sugar of Clapton in the Borough of Hackney... more

Sir Alan Sugar faces sexism hearing

29.06.09

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City Spy: Beats having to work for a living

17.06.09

Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... more

Business beware the Sugar rush that wiped out Amstrad

15.06.09

No one doubts Sir Alan Sugar produces good television, but there's never been a government appointment that has prompted such ridicule — and not a little discomfort... more

Labour's playground antics show it has run out of time

08.06.09

What a shower. If they were in the City, they wouldn't last a second. I write, of course, of the Labour hierarchy that, for the time being at least, is nominally in charge of this country ... more

Sir Alan Sugar's peerage may be stopped by watchdog

08.06.09

Sir Alan Sugar's promised peerage could be blocked by anti-sleaze watchdogs, it has emerged... more

The reshuffle: Ups, downs and digging in

05.06.09

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You're fired, Gordon... or is Sir Alan a new No10 apprentice?

04.06.09

Sir Alan Sugar, the star of TV's The Apprentice, produced a swirl of rumours around Westminster today as he visited 10 Downing Street... more

Osborne puts his foot in it again – over defence cuts

28.04.09

Just how credible is the would-be next chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne? Ask his colleague, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox ... more

The rot, the rioters and a radical solution for banks

26.03.09

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Sorry, Sir Alan – you’re yesterday’s man

18.03.09

EVEN the publicity picture of the contestants with their "me, me, me" poses, pinstripe suits and stilettos, against a backdrop of Canary Wharf, says it all. The Apprentice, the fifth series of which was launched yesterday but screens next week, is suddenly looking very dated indeed. ... more

Sir Alan and a TV spoonful of sugar as his fortune goes down

16.03.09

Sir Alan Sugar's fortune may have fallen by up to Ł100 million after being hit by falling property prices and the global recession... more

Compared to Boris, Mayor Sugar would really mean business

03.03.09

There is only one name mentioned by Labour’s ‘Stop Ken’ campaign who can win back City Hall. But does the party have the courage to say ‘you’re hired’ to Britain’s favourite entrepreneur?... more

Deripaska’s new headache in the Balkans

15.01.09

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Iceland 'freezes out' Sugar bid to buy Woolies stake

17.10.08

Retail: Sir Alan Sugar appeared to become the latest victim of frozen assets in Iceland as he failed in his bid to pick up a 3.88% stake in beleaguered High Street chain Woolworths... more

Market report: Woeful Woolworths on Sugar's shopping list

10.10.08

Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to Sir Alan Sugar's shopping list.... more

Woeful Woolworths on Sugar's shopping list

10.10.08

Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to sir Alan Sugar's shopping list.... more

Apprentice winner Lee McQueen pulls a sickie on his first day at work (on the hottest of the year)

02.07.08

The former salesman, who returned from a week in Spain with his girlfriend on Sunday, called in sick yesterday in a move which is said to have left his tycoon boss fuming.... more

The Mayor's job is none of your business, Sir Alan

24.06.08

Occasionally, a story comes along that obliges you to do a double-take. One such was the report yesterday that Sir Alan Sugar is being lined up by Labour insiders for the London mayoral race in four years' time... more

He should have told the truth: Now even Gordon Brown criticises Lee the lying Apprentice

13.06.08

The fury at the decision to award a Ł100,000 job in this year's The Apprentice to a salesman who lied on his CV refused to die down yesterday. ... more

Apprentice losers may end up real winners as finalists prepare for boardroom showdown

09.06.08

After 11 weeks of gruelling competition, the finalists on this year's The Apprentice line up for a final time before one is crowned champion... more

Sneak peek: Tears and bruised egos as Apprentice hopefuls take a wrong turn

27.05.08

It’s billed as a fast-track to success, but two hopefuls look set to crash and burn in tonight’s episode of The Apprentice.... more

He really should have fired the 'bloody lot'

09.05.08

If The Apprentice is to keep its place as the top reality show, it must sharpen up its own recruitment policy and give us contestants worthy of the Boss... more

Alan doesn't want you on the team: Simon Smith is fourth to be fired from The Apprentice

17.04.08

He claimed 'everyone wants me on their team' at the start of the series, but clearly that did not include Sir Alan Sugar. Former army man Simon Smith, 35, became the latest wannabee business tycoon to be fired from this year's The Apprentice last night... more

Sacked from The Apprentice, the BBC radio presenter who left his wife for a shot at stardom

10.04.08

A BBC radio presenter was told the two words no one wants to hear on the latest episode of The Apprentice. Ian Stringer, who boasted he did not even know how to say the word "loser", became one when he was dismissed by Sir Alan Sugar for leading the boys' team to failure in a catering challenge... more

Shazia 'stubborn cow' Wahab is first female apprentice to be fired after laundry task - but claims she was hung out to dry

03.04.08

She brazenly stated she'd make it through to the final, but the mosaic artist was the second contestant to hear the infamous phrase 'You're fired'. Unsurprisingly, Shazia seemed unwilling to accept the decision and within minutes claimed it was all a set up... more