http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-17711-alan-sugar/topic-rss.do Alan Sugar RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23741732-sugar-plumbs-new-low-in-pimlico.do 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 2009-09-09T07:51:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23734125-lord-sugar-blames-government-for-neglected-apprenticeships.do Alan Sugar has attacked the Government’s 'scandalous' record on apprenticeships despite being hired to promote Gordon Brown’s policies 2009-08-19T08:07:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23722776-sir-alan-sugar-role-risk-to-bbc-impartiality.do 2009-07-22T11:13:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23721899-lord-sugar-takes-his-seat.do Sir Alan Sugar was today ennobled as Lord Sugar of Clapton in the Borough of Hackney 2009-07-20T15:30:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23713147-sir-alan-sugar-faces-sexism-hearing.do 2009-06-29T09:22:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23708704-city-spy-beats-having-to-work-for-a-living.do Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001 2009-06-17T11:33:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23707483-business-beware-the-sugar-rush-that-wiped-out-amstrad.do 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 2009-06-15T07:02:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23704686-labours-playground-antics-show-it-has-run-out-of-time.do 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 2009-06-08T05:49:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23705043-sir-alan-sugars-peerage-may-be-stopped-by-watchdog.do Sir Alan Sugar's promised peerage could be blocked by anti-sleaze watchdogs, it has emerged 2009-06-08T13:26:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23704308-the-reshuffle-ups-downs-and-digging-in.do 2009-06-05T12:01:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23703864-youre-fired-gordon-or-is-sir-alan-a-new-no10-apprentice.do Sir Alan Sugar, the star of TV's The Apprentice, produced a swirl of rumours around Westminster today as he visited 10 Downing Street 2009-06-04T13:44:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23696850-facing-a-dilemma-over-downgrades.do One group of businesses to have been on the receiving end of official wrath over the credit crunch are the rating agencies. 2009-05-22T07:42:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23681949-osborne-puts-his-foot-in-it-again-over-defence-cuts.do Just how credible is the would-be next chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne? Ask his colleague, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox 2009-04-28T06:01:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23667153-the-rot-the-rioters-and-a-radical-solution-for-banks.do 2009-03-26T08:48:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23663679-sorry-sir-alan-youre-yesterdays-man.do 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. 2009-03-18T09:58:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23662511-sir-alan-and-a-tv-spoonful-of-sugar-as-his-fortune-goes-down.do Sir Alan Sugar's fortune may have fallen by up to £100 million after being hit by falling property prices and the global recession 2009-03-16T09:30:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23656491-compared-to-boris-mayor-sugar-would-really-mean-business.do 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? 2009-03-03T08:20:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23620338-deripaskas-new-headache-in-the-balkans.do 2009-01-15T10:18:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23574509-iceland-freezes-out-sugar-bid-to-buy-woolies-stake.do <b>Retail: </b>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 2008-10-17T14:00:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23571103-market-report-woeful-woolworths-on-sugars-shopping-list.do Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to Sir Alan Sugar's shopping list. 2008-10-10T08:50:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23571195-woeful-woolworths-on-sugars-shopping-list.do Consumers may be shunning its stores, but Woolworths has still found its way on to sir Alan Sugar's shopping list. 2008-10-10T09:29:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23504997-apprentice-winner-lee-mcqueen-pulls-a-sickie-on-his-first-day-at-work-on-the-hottest-of-the-year.do 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. 2008-07-02T08:51:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23498859-the-mayors-job-is-none-of-your-business-sir-alan.do 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 2008-06-24T15:32:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23494454-he-should-have-told-the-truth-now-even-gordon-brown-criticises-lee-the-lying-apprentice.do The fury at the decision to award a £100,000 job in this year's The Apprentice to a salesman who lied on his CV refused to die down yesterday. 2008-06-13T00:36:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23492819-apprentice-losers-may-end-up-real-winners-as-finalists-prepare-for-boardroom-showdown.do 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 2008-06-09T12:26:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23487720-sneak-peek-tears-and-bruised-egos-as-apprentice-hopefuls-take-a-wrong-turn.do It&#8217;s billed as a fast-track to success, but two hopefuls look set to crash and burn in tonight&#8217;s episode of The Apprentice. 2008-05-27T08:18:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23483374-he-really-should-have-fired-the-bloody-lot.do 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 2008-05-09T12:04:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23478911-alan-doesnt-want-you-on-the-team-simon-smith-is-fourth-to-be-fired-from-the-apprentice.do 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 2008-04-17T09:28:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23476490-sacked-from-the-apprentice-the-bbc-radio-presenter-who-left-his-wife-for-a-shot-at-stardom.do 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 2008-04-09T23:58:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23472606-shazia-stubborn-cow-wahab-is-first-female-apprentice-to-be-fired-after-laundry-task---but-claims-she-was-hung-out-to-dry.do 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 2008-04-03T06:59:06Z