All The 見習い工 勝利者s who 溝へはまらせる/不時着するd Lord Sugar after taking his £250,000 投資 - and they've gone の上に have VERY mixed success
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For many budding entrepreneurs, winning The 見習い工 can come as the pinnacle of success, with the chance to land a £250,000 投資 from Lord Sugar.
When the show began in 2005, 勝利者s landed a £100,000-per-year 職業 at one of Lord Sugar's companies.
But things turned sour when 2010 勝利者 Stella English 試みる/企てるd to 告訴する Lord Sugar for wrongful 解雇/(訴訟の)却下, and the に引き続いて year the prize was changed to a £250,000 投資するd from Sugar into the 勝利者's own 商売/仕事.
And while some have continued their 関係 with Lord Sugar for many years, others 選ぶd for step away from the 投資 for a variety of 推論する/理由s.
So, as the new 一連の The 見習い工 kicks off with a new group of 商売/仕事 希望に満ちたs, MailOnline takes a look at the 勝利者s who have since parted ways with Lord Sugar...
Joseph Valente - Series 11 (2015)
Joseph Valente was 栄冠を与えるd The 見習い工 支持する/優勝者 in 2015, but two years after 上陸 the 投資 for his plumbing 商売/仕事, they parted ways
Joseph was 軍隊d to sell his boiler 取り付け・設備 商売/仕事 in 2020 for an 公表されていない sum に引き続いて (人命などを)奪う,主張するs it 借りがあるd almost £2million to creditors
Just two years after 上陸 Lord Sugar's six-人物/姿/数字 投資 for his plumbing 商売/仕事, Joseph Valente decided to part ways with him.
Joseph 発表するd he would take 十分な 支配(する)/統制する of ImpraGas - but they still ended their 共同 on friendly 条件.
At the time, Lord Sugar said: 'I'll still be on 手渡す to 申し込む/申し出 any help and advice 要求するd. I wish Joseph and ImpraGas all the very best for the 未来 and will follow their 進歩 with much affection.'
The 見習い工 boss divested himself of his 利益/興味 in the company, and Joseph acquired his?shareholding and took 十分な 支配(する)/統制する of the 商売/仕事.
Joseph 追加するd: 'I am so 感謝する for everything Lord Sugar has done for me and I could not have asked for a better partner in the 早期に 行う/開催する/段階s of my 商売/仕事 career.
'I 借りがある him a 広大な/多数の/重要な 取引,協定. I am 確信して that with the winning 商売/仕事 model we created together, I can continue to grow the 商売/仕事 首尾よく.'
Joseph was 軍隊d to sell his boiler 取り付け・設備 商売/仕事 in 2020 for an 公表されていない sum に引き続いて (人命などを)奪う,主張するs it?借りがあるd almost £2million to creditors.
爆撃する company VBH 資産s, also co-owned by Joseph, then entered into voluntary liquidation, 借りがあるing £1.9million to creditors.
Joseph has 以前 詳細(に述べる)d his struggles with 不景気 and the public 批評 he 直面するd after his 商売/仕事 failed.?
The 星/主役にする, who became a father in 2021, told The Mirror: 'It 攻撃する,衝突する me very hard, I was very depressed for a couple of months, and one day I woke up and thought, 'There is no way I am going to let this destroy me.
'I had my 信用性 and my 評判 to 再構築する.'
Since then, Joseph has started a course on how to?support new and 存在するing 商売/仕事s and how to grow them, and they've?gone from strength to strength.
Alana Spencer - Series 12 (2016)?
Alana Spencer landed Lord Sugar's 広大な 投資 to support her baking 商売/仕事 Ridiculously Rich in 2016. Three years later she bought 支援する his 株
Alana landed Lord Sugar's 広大な 投資 to support her baking 商売/仕事?Ridiculously Rich.
She 以前 明らかにする/漏らすd that?her turnover has gone from £100,000 to £450,000 in a year thanks to winning The 見習い工.?
Three years after her 勝利,勝つ, Alana bought 支援する Lord Sugar's 株 and she became the 単独の owner and director of the 商売/仕事 in 2019.?
She wrote on social マスコミ: 'A little while ago I had the amazing 適切な時期 to buy out Lord Sugar from Ridiculously Rich and take 十分な 支配(する)/統制する 支援する of my 商売/仕事,' she explained on social マスコミ.
'It was an exciting, crazy, scary few months while the final 詳細(に述べる)s were 存在 agreed and sorted, but something I am so 感謝する for.'
She 追加するd: 'Working with Lord Sugar has been an incredible experience and I have learned such a lot in such a short space of time. I am so 感謝する for his time in Ridiculously Rich by Alana.'
Wishing her luck, Lord Sugar said: 'I will follow Alana's 進歩 with much affection.'
James White and?Sarah Lynn - Series 13 (2017)
James White and Sarah Lynn were both awarded Lord Sugar's investement in a surprise 新たな展開 in 2016, with both going の上に have 変化させるing degrees of success
During The 見習い工's 13th series, Lord Sugar made the surprise 決定/判定勝ち(する) to award two finalists his 投資.
He 投資するd £500,000 that year, with half going to James' IT 新規採用 会社/堅い and the other half into Sarah's confectionary company.
Sarah's personalised confectionary 商売/仕事, 甘いs in the City, has gone from strength to strength since Lord Sugar joined as a partner.
The brand is now 在庫/株d in Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Selfridges.
James' 商売/仕事 has had a much rockier road, and he?was said to have 苦しむd a 一連の 'unfortunate 後退s' and lost £30,000 in the first six months of his IT 新規採用 company, 権利 Time 新規採用.
In December 2020, it was 明らかにする/漏らすd that James and Lord Sugar had parted ways but he was still able to keep the money he received from the investement.
'I wish James all the very best for the 未来 and will follow his 進歩 with 利益/興味,' Lord Sugar said in a 声明.