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Old 25-11-2016, 00:45
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Why thank you. Someone who can actually read.

I love Granary. She reminds me of Roisin a bit. She is definitely one of my most favourite candidates but in the Liberty task she was really bad and struggled to keep the others in check.

If people mess up as pms, sorry, but they need to go.
I like her too but I feel like she is fading a bit now.
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Old 25-11-2016, 12:49
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Why thank you. Someone who can actually read.

I love Granary. She reminds me of Roisin a bit. She is definitely one of my most favourite candidates but in the Liberty task she was really bad and struggled to keep the others in check.

If people mess up as pms, sorry, but they need to go.
Is it too much to ask for you to use the correct name?

Frankly the fact you don't bother to use her name is getting tedious.
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Old 25-11-2016, 12:53
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I also think we should go back to it being the apprentice. This might as well be called 'The Business Partner' now.
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Old 27-11-2016, 12:48
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Wouldn't it be much better if he was hiring someone to work in one of his businesses like before? That way folk would get the boot if they were bad and not be kept on because of their business plans.

He might as well just do a Dragons Den style show and have it all done in one week.

K was right to have been booted out last week, but Granary should have gone the week she messed up at Liberty's too.
I can see what you're saying.

I too preferred the original format.
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Old 27-11-2016, 13:27
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I doubt theres many people with 100k to spend on someone to work for them who will sit there through the recording process and if they do it'll be for a specific role, so probably many roles in many organizations would be off limits due to professional/legal reasons so you end up with a sales manager sort of job and people have seen how long those sort of jobs have lasted with LS and just don't fancy the hassle.
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Old 02-12-2016, 03:09
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I also think we should go back to it being the apprentice. This might as well be called 'The Business Partner' now.
Might as well be called never mind the performance, show me the money. Its about who can maximise your profit, minimalise your effort and risk, and doesn't turn up with something that you would never touch. .
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Old 04-12-2016, 22:45
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Might as well be called never mind the performance, show me the money. Its about who can maximise your profit, minimalise your effort and risk, and doesn't turn up with something that you would never touch. .
Yes like Dragons' Den - but at least with that you have a chance with five to pitch to instead of just one power crazed mister big.
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Old 08-12-2016, 22:56
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I miss the awesome shopping channel task from days of yore.

Whatever happened to that one?
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Old 09-12-2016, 04:46
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I miss the awesome shopping channel task from days of yore.

Whatever happened to that one?
hahah that task is horrendous. I enjoy the buying ones, but this season they did it at night for some reason, and made the episode seem a bit empty. I enjoy the frantic running around London for specific goods.
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Old 11-12-2016, 09:05
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Presumably there are reasons why Lord Sugar now picks an investment rather than an employee. However, as the tasks in the process are broadly the same as in the past, they are more suited to looking for an employee.
Looking at the (apparent) poor performers in this year's final, he surely must have an inkling about one or more of their business plans
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Old 11-12-2016, 09:56
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Presumably there are reasons why Lord Sugar now picks an investment rather than an employee. However, as the tasks in the process are broadly the same as in the past, they are more suited to looking for an employee.
Looking at the (apparent) poor performers in this year's final, he surely must have an inkling about one or more of their business plans
Of course Lord Sugar knows what their business plans are. The process helps him decide whether each candidate has a snowball's chance of being able to carry out the plan.

As regards poor finalists, well, it has been a poor year. And if you look at any particular finalist, it is hard to argue they have been unduly favoured by Lord Sugar. For instance, Courtney has never been in the final boardroom so could never have been fired, and that is why he is in the final -- not because of his business plan.

Similarly, Jessica has only been brought back to the boadroom once, and Grainne only in the past two weeks. Even Frances, who is invariably on the losing side, has only been in the final boardroom twice, including last week when there were only three in her team so she had to be.
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