Posts Tagged ‘The Apprentice’

Fired for ‘coasting along’: Something unacceptable on the Junior Apprentice AND at Reckitt Benckiser

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

I’ve been following the fortunes of the Junior Apprentices on the new BBC show featuring Lord Alan Sugar and his search for the brightest business minds in the UK. Last week’s show saw the end of Hannah Cherry, a 17 year old who scored 100% in her business AS level. So why was she fired? [...]

Could the Junior Apprentices cut it at Reckitt Benckiser?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Last Wednesday, new show Junior Apprentice was shown on British TV, in which 10 teens battle to win £25,000 from Lord Allan Sugar. It’s a spin-off from the hugely successful BBC show The Apprentice and the young competitors are aiming to win the cash towards their business development. The first episode saw the teenagers selling [...]

The Apprentice final: How the winners would have fared at Reckitt Benckiser

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

I love watching The Apprentice, not only because it’s entertaining TV but because the challenges and skills tested are all in a day’s work at Reckitt Benckiser. However I won’t say the calibre of people is the same! There’s no way you’d find anyone at RB not knowing their gross from their net profit. Here, the [...]