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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

City Spy: Busson's Ark sails through the storm

06.07.09
London's hedge fund community may have had a torrid time last year but at least its favoured charity, Arki Busson's ARK (or absolute return for kids), has shown the way in moneymaking. In the year to August 2008, its income rose from £32.7 million to £40.2 million. Furthermore, hedge fund turmoil is not expected to affect the levels of pledges. ARK acknowledges that "the level of outstanding donor pledges is considered to be one of the charity's key risks" but that all funding pledges "due for payment have been received to date." So hats off to the generous hedgies and let's hope that spirit continues.... 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

Hugh joins other chefs with a beef

12.06.09
Gordon Ramsay is not the only high-profile celebrity chef having a hard time of it. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the old Etonian contemporary of David Cameron, is not exactly flush with cash.... 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

The reshuffle: Ups, downs and digging in

05.06.09
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Sir Alan Sugar: Mayor job is a walk in the park

27.04.09
Sir Alan Sugar declared that being Mayor of London would be a “walk in the park” after a poll showed he was the voters’ choice to beat Boris Johnson... more

BT a winner as tough talk on pension deficit cheers

17.04.09
BT raced up the FTSE 100 winner’s board today on talk that it is planning an all-out attack on its pensions deficit by issuing a multi-billion-pound bond... more

Contestant quit to avoid 'whipping' from Sir Alan

25.03.09
The man who quit the new series of The Apprentice hours before meeting Sir Alan Sugar said he was scared of being "whipped silly" in the boardroom... more

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

Meet the Apprentices MkV

17.03.09
A Tanzanian beauty queen, an award-winning restaurateur and an ex-professional footballer are among the new batch of aspiring tycoons hoping to land a job with Sir Alan Sugar... more

Investors edging back to auctions as the tide turns

09.01.09
On 17 December at the Cumberland Hotel near Marble Arch, auctioneer Gary Murphy of Allsop brought down the hammer on Brookside Close, selling the 13 houses that made up the set of the defunct Channel 4 soap opera for £735,000... 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

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

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08.10.08
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'I'm fired'... Sir Alan Sugar steps down as Amstrad chairman

02.07.08
He has become famous for harshly dismissing contestants on BBC1's The Apprentice... but last night Sir Alan Sugar fired himself.... 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

Sir Alan's sidekicks 'are hired' for Strictly Come Dancing

14.06.08
Sir Alan Sugar’s Apprentice TV sidekicks are set to be thrust into the limelight – on Strictly Come Dancing. Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford have been approached to appear in the sixth series, to be aired on the BBC in the autumn.... more

The Apprentice winner's first task... to seal wedding deal

12.06.08
The winner of The Apprentice reveals his first task in his new job will be to ask for a holiday so he can propose to his girlfriend... more

William’s friend the specs tycoon only has eyes for Apprentice star Michelle

08.06.08
She is the former supermarket checkout girl who won The Apprentice and went to work for Sir Alan Sugar.... more

Fired Apprentice Lucinda: I was bullied because of my accent

04.06.08
A sour Lucinda Ledgerwood dubbed the headquarters of Sir Alan Sugar's business empire 'bland' after becoming the latest candidate to be sacked from The Apprentice.... more

I've had it with banks that carry on bungling

02.06.08
This week sees a defining moment for the City. We will know whether Royal Bank of Scotland management has persuaded shareholders to forgive their foolish ways.... more

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