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00:00Still delays for the Northern Line. Piccadilly Line is back on the move.
00:07Maximum temperature, 26 degrees Celsius.
00:10No access. Charing Cross Rays on Trafalgar Square because of this accident.
00:18From all over the country, the very best of Britain's young business prospects are converging on London, the commercial capital of Europe.
00:26Success is important to me. It's really all I've ever known.
00:31I tend to win most times. I don't mind losing. I don't tend to.
00:36I'm very adaptable, trustworthy, determined, shrewd, yet honest.
00:41I'm definitely a strategic thinker.
00:44I've got O-levels, I've got A-levels, I've got a degree in environmental planning.
00:49There are far too many good business ideas in my head that I know could make a serious amount of dot.
00:54From thousands of applicants, 14 people hungry for success have been shortlisted for a unique opportunity.
01:02They've all come to battle it out for a dream job with a salary of £100,000.
01:12All they've got to do is impress the boss.
01:14I don't want to blow my own trumpet here, but what I'm looking for is somebody a bit similar to me.
01:23I'll shove it right up your bloody arse if it doesn't work out. I'm telling you, I'm sick and tired of it.
01:27This is Sir Alan Sugar, self-made multimillionaire and East End boy done good.
01:35I would have told you to piss off.
01:37At 16, he left school in Hackney and started trading from a small council flat.
01:41By the 1980s, his Amstrad computer was a household name across Europe.
01:47He became chairman, then hate figure, at Tottenham Hotspur, but he's still their biggest individual shareholder.
01:54Thick skinned and uncompromising, Sir Alan's at the top of his game, with a global empire worth £700 million.
02:02I'm very, very impressed.
02:13Now aged 57, Sir Alan's booking for an apprentice to help take his corporation into the 21st century.
02:23For the next 12 weeks, burning ambition will meet the school of hard knocks, as Sir Alan puts these candidates through a gruelling selection process.
02:3214 young hopefuls, one vacancy. This is the ultimate job interview.
02:39I'm afraid to say, you're fired.
02:42What's going on, boys?
02:44You're fired.
02:46You feel the pressure is building?
02:49You have let me down.
02:51I'm gonna fucking win this night if it kills me.
02:54I ain't happy with any explanations from the three of you.
02:57You are an awkward character.
02:58I think you're a hindrance more than a help.
03:02You want to survive, and I want to survive, yes.
03:05You're fired. You're fired. You're fired. You're fired.
03:08I'm quite happy to fire you, Paul, if you are going to take this kind of...
03:11Oh, fuck off! You can't fucking fire me!
03:13Don't fire me!
03:25Seven men, seven women, each with a business background.
03:30Some have first-class degrees, others left school with nothing.
03:33Some have climbed the corporate ladder, others have gone it alone.
03:39All 14 have left successful careers behind in the hope they'll be the one chosen by Sir Alan Sugar.
03:45Hello?
03:49Can you send them in, please?
03:50Can you send them in, please?
03:51Can you send them?
03:54There is no need for-
04:21Quite a few thousand people applied for this job.
04:24A job with me, a job that's going to bring you a six-figure salary.
04:29But to get that job, you're going to have to demonstrate to me
04:33your skills in leadership, business acumen, shrewdness, the lot.
04:39Every week, I'm going to set you tasks,
04:42and you're going to be split into separate teams, boys and girls.
04:47And each team is going to have one of these people following them.
04:51This is Margaret Moundford.
04:53Margaret has worked with me for well over 20 years.
04:57Over here is Nick Hewer.
04:59Again, Nick has been with me for over 20 years,
05:02and he's been by my side everywhere I've gone.
05:05They're going to be my eyes and ears.
05:08Now, every week, the team that loses,
05:12one of you in that team is going to get fired.
05:15Now, this is not a game.
05:19This is a 12-week job interview.
05:26I'm the one who's going to decide who gets fired.
05:30I, and only I, am the one who's going to fire you people
05:34one by one every week until I've got my apprentice.
05:38So you can forget about flicking your hair back
05:40and flashing your eyes and having a handsome attack
05:42because it ain't going to make any difference.
05:45And here's a bit of a warning now.
05:48Never, ever, ever underestimate me
05:51because you will be making a fatal error.
05:54I know everything in my business.
05:57I can tell you where every screw and every nut
05:59and every bolt is in my company.
06:01I don't like liars.
06:02I don't like cheats.
06:04I don't like bullshitters.
06:06I don't like schmoozers.
06:07I don't like arse lickers.
06:10Well, what are you going to do now?
06:12You're going to go back to the house I've got for you.
06:15I've laid on a nice little drink for you.
06:17But I also want you to be on your toes
06:19at any time you're going to receive a phone call
06:22about the first task.
06:24All right, on your bike.
06:35The candidates will be staying
06:36in an eight-bedroom luxury house
06:38on the Thames in West London,
06:40a first taste of the lifestyle the winner can expect.
06:47Oh, this is fabulous!
06:50Oh, gorgeous view!
06:51We haven't got a river view,
06:53but the garden's beautiful.
06:55I'm going to have to bounce up and down
06:56just on the bed.
06:57Yes, sir.
06:57Oh, it's awesome!
06:59Oh, my God!
07:02This is top casting.
07:04I want to stay here.
07:07Where's the table?
07:09I am.
07:09Really?
07:12Cheers!
07:12Good luck.
07:13Cheers, gang.
07:14We're all going to be at each other's throats
07:15come tomorrow,
07:16so today at least we're all friends.
07:18I was born in London,
07:19moved up north when I was a boy.
07:21Among the 14 candidates is Paul Teresi.
07:24Like Sir Alan, he left school at 16.
07:27Now 34, he's fought hard
07:29to become a successful property tycoon.
07:32I would expect the candidates
07:33to be sly, ruthless dogs, basically,
07:38that will do everything.
07:39I always expect people that are fighting against me
07:42to use terrible methods,
07:44but because I expect it, I'm ready for it.
07:46I will be sharp,
07:47I will be cunning,
07:49and I will use whatever I can to get ahead.
07:51Cheers.
07:51Yes, all the best to all of us.
07:53How are we all in here?
07:54Cheers.
07:54If people are going to play a game,
07:56let's see how good their game is.
07:59Ben Leary, 29,
08:00left school with just one O-level.
08:02He now runs his own headhunting agency.
08:05Someone once told me
08:06that you can't bullshit a bullshitter.
08:08I was a class at doing that
08:10when I first started.
08:11I had to be.
08:12You know, no qualifications.
08:13How do you get yourself
08:13into a white-collar opportunity?
08:17You blag it a little bit.
08:19I don't know who my competition are,
08:20but I shouldn't think
08:21there are as many streetwise people
08:23in business as myself today.
08:25Sarah Khan, 34,
08:29is a sales manager from the Midlands.
08:31Her parents are from Pakistan,
08:33and she was the first member
08:34of her family to go to university.
08:37My family say I'm incredibly bossy,
08:40but I think bossy is the wrong word.
08:42What I'm incredibly good at
08:43is getting things done.
08:45I've got a lot of get up and go
08:47and a lot of energy.
08:49I think I have too much energy,
08:52and I think sometimes
08:52that's a real problem for other people.
08:55I try not to follow the herd.
09:00Being able to think
09:01like an individual
09:02allows you to do things
09:04that the herd aren't doing,
09:06and to some extent
09:07that can be your advantage.
09:14Matthew Palmer, 39,
09:16and father of two,
09:17is the oldest candidate.
09:19At 6'9",
09:20he's co-founder of the Tall Society,
09:22has been a Tory parliamentary
09:24candidate,
09:25a journalist,
09:26a financial advisor,
09:27and a stockbroker.
09:29I definitely have got
09:31a lot of entrepreneurial ideas.
09:33Regularly, my ideas
09:35just appear in my mind
09:36from absolutely nowhere.
09:38It's important
09:39to have a good lateral mind
09:41for a lot of businesses.
09:42It's the old phrase
09:43of thinking outside the box.
09:45That's important,
09:46and I can do that
09:47quite often
09:47and I enjoy doing that.
09:50Whether or not I win,
09:51that's up to Sir Alan,
09:52isn't it?
09:52Dear apprentices,
09:55welcome.
09:56I hope you enjoy your stay.
09:58To begin with,
09:59please enjoy the...
09:59Introductions completed,
10:00the men's team
10:01and the women's team
10:02receive their first instructions
10:04from Sir Alan.
10:05Your first task
10:06is to devise a name
10:07for your company.
10:08You must also select
10:09a project manager.
10:11My office will phone you
10:12with further instructions.
10:13Signed, Sir Alan Schudler.
10:15Oh.
10:16Only someone from the losing team
10:18will be fired,
10:19so how each group gels
10:20is crucial.
10:22So, name a company
10:24or name the team.
10:25What image do we want
10:26to give of ourselves?
10:27We're strong women.
10:28We're women who
10:29are positive and passionate
10:30and we're women
10:31who want to achieve a lot,
10:34so I think our name
10:35has to project all that.
10:37What sets us apart from the women?
10:39Your birds.
10:39Our testicles.
10:43My fellow apprentices
10:44will get to know me
10:44as a very nice,
10:45likeable, personable
10:46kind of guy,
10:47but they should be aware
10:48underneath that
10:49quite calm veneer
10:50is somebody who is
10:51dogged and determined
10:52and usually gets
10:53what they want
10:53and can put their foot down
10:55if necessary
10:55when it's called for.
10:56Something solutions.
10:58Something solutions.
11:00Word or word.
11:00I do like solutions.
11:01We're trying to be creative.
11:02Creativity, innovation,
11:04I think it's got to be
11:04along those lines.
11:05Let's try and think of a word
11:06which is successful
11:07and aspirational.
11:08Upbeat and snappy.
11:09What about a word
11:09like dynamite then?
11:10No.
11:11That is on the right wavelength
11:12though.
11:13That impact of the word
11:13is bang on.
11:15Impact.
11:16Impact.
11:16The meaning of impact
11:19is it's impact.
11:20Can I suggest?
11:21It's action.
11:22It suggests something.
11:23Boom.
11:23Impact.
11:24There's something happening.
11:25It's action.
11:26I've got a name.
11:26What's your name?
11:27Amelia.
11:28Feminine.
11:29I quite like that too.
11:31Amelia or camellia.
11:33Yeah, ocean and water.
11:35I like ocean and waves
11:36and crashing
11:37and that sort of thing.
11:37Okay, well how about
11:38exploring fertility in some way?
11:39I like all the fraternity
11:42and apple and all
11:43I like all of that
11:44but does it really capture
11:45we are strong individuals here
11:48we're not pansies
11:49we're not lilies
11:49do you know what I mean?
11:50I want a bit of passion in there.
11:51What about them exploring rock?
11:53Vote for impact.
11:54I like impact by itself.
11:56Right, that's that much.
11:56No more voting.
11:57That's it, done.
11:57I was thinking of something like
11:58spirit or energy
11:59like you were saying.
12:00But what does it mean though?
12:01What does it mean?
12:02It's just abstract and tedious
12:04and I'd never remember it.
12:05Yeah, but we're going to go around
12:06in circles.
12:06Let's just go back
12:07to our project manager.
12:08You know what?
12:08I don't mind.
12:09I'm happy to take responsibility
12:10first up.
12:11I'll step to the plate.
12:12Yeah?
12:13Is everyone happy with that?
12:14Yes.
12:14Give me everything you can today
12:15because at the moment
12:16we have to make sure
12:17we beat the opposition.
12:19If we win
12:19we don't get eliminated.
12:20We can do that
12:21as long as we work together
12:23as a cohesive unit.
12:24I like director
12:25I think that it's a strong word.
12:27It is a very strong word.
12:29It's not a good company name.
12:30Why not?
12:31What?
12:32When you say that sweetheart
12:34you've got to say
12:35it's not a good word
12:36because
12:37we're all happy
12:38with our name
12:39and all that sort of shit.
12:40I like him.
12:40I like it though.
12:41I think it's good.
12:42Look, we're all getting on
12:43because we're all being nice.
12:44We're all being friendly.
12:44We're all being open.
12:45And that's nice guys.
12:46Can I just say that
12:47we've said like six or seven times now.
12:49We all keep voting
12:50and nothing's happening
12:50so what is the best way we have to do?
12:53Yeah, you're far better than I have.
12:56Seven sisters
12:56full circle up front.
12:58It sounds cheesy, cliche
12:59school child stuff really.
13:04An hour and a half
13:05after the boys team finish
13:07the girls finally reach agreement.
13:09What, first forte?
13:11First forte.
13:12First forte.
13:12Oh my God, are we going to agree?
13:17Let's see who's willing
13:19to volunteer for the project.
13:21I don't mind being a volunteer.
13:23Sarah?
13:24Okay.
13:24Done.
13:24That's it.
13:25Done.
13:26What are you guys called then?
13:28Impact.
13:29We are called Impact.
13:32Hello?
13:34Hello?
13:34Yes, hello.
13:35Matthew Palmer here.
13:36At 9.30 that night
13:37a call comes through
13:38from Sir Alan Sugar's office.
13:40Sir Alan asked me to call you
13:42and tell you to meet him
13:43at the Financial Times.
13:45The car will be with you
13:47at the house in five minutes.
13:49Okay.
13:50Okay, goodbye.
13:51Goodbye.
13:52Come on.
13:56Five minutes,
13:57we've got to be the finance,
13:58we're going to get in the car
13:59to go to the Financial Times building.
14:02Sebastian?
14:04Wagons host.
14:05We've got to go now
14:07and there's no kind of
14:08just go,
14:09let's just come on.
14:10Okay, right, let's go.
14:12Where's Morty?
14:13We're here.
14:27My priority in anything
14:29is we are a team
14:30and we are not the enemy within.
14:33Do you know?
14:33Yeah.
14:35You've got to be more gung-ho, Lindsay.
14:42If this is the sort of attitude
14:43of your girly team,
14:44I'm afraid you're in for a big shock.
14:47Just because.
14:47Because we have got seven lions
14:49in our male team,
14:50I don't mind saying.
14:51I love being a woman.
14:58Yeah, me too.
14:58I would not want to be a man,
15:00but I've really enjoyed
15:02being a woman in business as well.
15:03Yeah.
15:04I have, I really have.
15:05I always think
15:06if you're a clever woman,
15:10I just think you've got an edge over a man.
15:11I really do.
15:12I love the boy's impact.
15:17Oh, she's so boyish, isn't it?
15:18So boyish.
15:19To brief the apprentices on their first task,
15:36Sir Alan has arranged to meet them
15:38at the Financial Times print works
15:40on the Isle of Dogs in East London.
15:42OK, folks.
15:48In this factory,
15:49over three million newspapers
15:51are going to be printed
15:52in a short period of time.
15:54By about five o'clock tomorrow night,
15:56they're all going to be sold.
15:57What these people have learned
15:59over the years
16:00is get it sold quickly
16:01and don't have any inventory left over.
16:04Now, I can see you're all smartly dressed up,
16:07suited and booted.
16:08Maybe because you think
16:09you heard the word the Financial Times
16:11and you had something in mind
16:12grander than what I've got in mind for you.
16:15Well, it's not very grand.
16:18It's not a city job.
16:19I'm going to take you back
16:20to the grassroots where I started.
16:22You're going out in the street tomorrow
16:24and you're going to be selling something.
16:26A similar commodity to these newspapers.
16:29Flowers.
16:31They're also worthless the day afterwards.
16:34I'm going to give each team 500 pounds
16:37and you're going to buy 500 pounds worth of flowers
16:40and then you're going to get out in the street
16:42and start selling them.
16:45Nick is going to be following the girls team.
16:48Margaret, the boys team.
16:49And the team that sells the most
16:51and has the most money at the end of the day
16:53is going to win.
16:54And in the team that loses,
16:57one of you is going to get fired.
17:03The tips that I would have given them
17:05is that they've got to find a good position to sell in
17:08because everything's about position, location.
17:12And the ones that would impress me the most
17:14would be if they sold out earlier
17:16than the deadline we've given them,
17:18they actually go back and buy some more.
17:20And the ones that are not going to impress me the most
17:23are going to come back with a load of wilted pansies.
17:271am and the first chance for the two teams
17:30to plan a strategy for the task ahead.
17:32I understand how prepared our people to
17:34wear extraordinarily short skirts and titty tops
17:36in order to sell.
17:39Both teams have been given a list
17:41of where each London borough permits street sales.
17:43You may not enter any royal parks.
17:45That's one thing that we said.
17:47In just six hours' time,
17:48they'll have to start buying
17:50at Covent Garden Flower Mucked.
17:51The first option is to do nothing
17:52because at the end of the day,
17:53if we come back with 500 quid,
17:54we haven't lost anything.
17:56Now, if they buy flowers and they lose,
17:57they don't sell anything
17:58because it's raining or whatever,
18:00they've made a loss.
18:00Let's not get bogged too much with the detail.
18:03There's a lot of experience here.
18:05Miranda, you're a key salesperson.
18:07You're going to be quite keen.
18:08I haven't come into The Apprentice
18:09to make a huge family and a bunch of new friends.
18:12Of course I've come in here
18:13to get on with people
18:13and enjoy the whole experience.
18:16But I'd like them to respect me,
18:17although I do understand
18:18that respect is something that's earned.
18:19I consider myself to be a strong leader,
18:21definitely a strong character.
18:23I do think that I work well in a team,
18:25but I do think that I excel further
18:27as a team leader.
18:28If I can just take over just for a second,
18:31what we need to do in any kind of sales,
18:33because obviously I don't have the experience
18:34of buying and selling it at a profit,
18:37what we need to do is get our cheapest,
18:39the best price on the flowers.
18:41That is going to start.
18:42I'm just going to stop you.
18:43I'll tell you why I'm going to stop you.
18:45It's because, all fair and well,
18:47but tomorrow we're going to a market.
18:50There are already going to be people
18:51who do this for a living.
18:53Yeah.
18:53Okay?
18:54I personally want to get their experience.
18:58They're not going to give you,
18:59certainly in five minutes,
19:00the best sales advice
19:01for that particular product.
19:02I understand what you...
19:03I brought them together in a bunch.
19:04I think what we need to do...
19:05Can I just stop you two minutes?
19:08Okay.
19:08It's going to get a load of cheap
19:09or flowers.
19:11What does sound to me
19:12as if it's going to be within the rules
19:14is door-to-door selling
19:16to residential areas,
19:18to housewives.
19:19If we look at the approach,
19:20I think this door-knocking option
19:22that Matthew's is a great idea,
19:24because we've got...
19:25We've got the borough of Islington.
19:26Yeah.
19:27Fucking hell, guys.
19:28What about West London?
19:29Right, hang on.
19:29We've got loads of borough housewives
19:32in Islington who are loaded.
19:33The most important thing is
19:35to understand that we're working as a team.
19:37We are not the enemy within here, okay?
19:41The enemy's kind of like our competitors.
19:43Pause.
19:44Pause.
19:48It's just a quick question.
19:49Are we missing anything?
19:49Bye, ladies.
19:50Bye.
19:51Sorry.
19:52I think we need to allow 50 quid
19:54for all of our lunches and instantos
19:56during the day.
19:56No, I think we should take food from here.
19:59There you go.
19:59Hang on, hang on.
20:00Don't get so impatient.
20:02Why are you taking it?
20:03Because you've got the borough.
20:05Majority will have all the line.
20:06With rivalry growing,
20:08both teams come up with the same idea
20:09of making packed lunches to save money.
20:12I'm not being aggressive.
20:13You've got lots of things there.
20:15Right.
20:15We're just being proactive
20:16and doing it in the morning.
20:17Very good strategy.
20:18So, let's just keep it going.
20:23Where are you going with all that food?
20:24I'm trying to take it away from the girls
20:26because they've taken a very good strategy,
20:28which is they were saving money on their lunch
20:30and therefore they were going to get
20:32as much as they possibly could
20:33and therefore deprive us of any free lunch
20:36and therefore cripple us from the start.
20:38So, the point is,
20:38grab as much as you can
20:40before they haul,
20:41before they nick everything
20:42because that's exactly what they were doing
20:44at that time,
20:44moment in time.
20:46So, I'm just grabbing what I can
20:47for the benefit of the boys.
20:52I just want to make sure in my mind
21:10that I'm getting some of my thoughts clear on paper
21:14and looking at a little bit more detail.
21:17Everybody else is quite tired and knackered,
21:19but I've kind of got the energy to go on
21:21so I'm quite happy to do that.
21:22Tomorrow, it's about
21:23me being the project leader
21:26and me bringing in the cash to win
21:28and I want to make sure that happens.
21:31It's about leading from the front tomorrow, yeah.
21:34We won't buy anything on the first 15 minutes.
21:50No, no, no.
21:50Right?
21:50No, that's the research time.
21:52Fantastic.
21:53Lots of time.
21:54Yeah.
21:54It's 7am and both teams have 30 minutes to spend up to £500 on their flower stock for
22:01the day.
22:01And secondly, can I just say anything that you can get, free of charge, scraps or whatever...
22:06Yeah.
22:07The teams will be closely monitored by Sir Alan's observers, Nick Hewer and Margaret Manford.
22:12Get it at it, look at it, look at it.
22:13Nobody in either team has any previous experience of the flower trade.
22:21Right, OK, our team.
22:22OK, 25-2 meat pack.
22:24Right, see you later.
22:2525-2.
22:26See you later.
22:27OK.
22:28How do people normally buy your customers?
22:29My customers come in and say, I want a box of that, box of that, box of that, a bunch
22:32of that, and they know what they're doing.
22:34My advice would be to go with just one thing.
22:36I was going to go with something like roses or something like that.
22:38Roses or carnations?
22:39Yeah.
22:40Or carnations a bit.
22:41Lilies are good sellers?
22:42Oh, yeah.
22:43So many lilies.
22:44Millies?
22:45So lilies is best.
22:46For me, it is.
22:47Tell us, what are the best lilies which sell?
22:52Are there white ones, coloured ones, open ones, closed ones?
22:55What you really need is ones that are showing just that little bit of colour.
22:57Little bit of colour.
22:58Right.
22:59We'll just have a quick discussion on the old lily front.
23:01Yep.
23:02He was saying lilies sell really well on the street.
23:04He said men buy roses, women buy lilies and everything else.
23:06Yeah.
23:07Chances are people at home during the day are more likely to be women.
23:10Yep.
23:11So therefore...
23:12After ten minutes, the boys decide lilies offer the best chance of turning a profit.
23:16How do you do that?
23:17160.
23:18160 for a free.
23:19And will you do us a deal if we're buying a big bolt?
23:21Big bolt.
23:22We're buying a lot.
23:23140.
23:24Okay.
23:25We've got 500 grid, basically.
23:26What about 140?
23:27That's what they cost me.
23:28So we've earned nothing.
23:29145.
23:30Go on then.
23:31Yeah?
23:32The boys spend a third of their money on lilies.
23:34Thank you, sir.
23:35Thank you very much, yeah.
23:36Have a good day, yeah?
23:38But we need to start buying.
23:40Yeah, we do.
23:41So are we just going to buy lilies?
23:43The girls have also decided to invest in lilies.
23:46But they're divided over presentation.
23:48Down the right there's some sleeves.
23:50And on the left there's cellophane in rolls.
23:52Right.
23:53Cheers.
23:54Cheers.
23:55Girls, when you buy lilies you don't buy ribbons.
23:58We're wasting time here.
23:59The lilies already come in sleeves.
24:02Come on.
24:03What about, are we just getting lilies?
24:04Or what about your carnations, your gypses?
24:06They're all in sleeves.
24:07No, somebody took you in a sleeve like that, I would think.
24:10I would say that I am a very competitive person.
24:13I won't tolerate people that are very, very confrontational
24:17or people that want to be loud all the time
24:20and make their point by being loud.
24:23I'm saying to you right now, we do not need extra ribbons.
24:26In your opinion, do we need to put anything with them?
24:29Well, selling the flares is normally in the design.
24:31That's where you make your money is really, in the design,
24:33what it looks like when you sell it.
24:34Yeah.
24:35I mean, you might buy them like that,
24:38but I wouldn't take that to my mom in hospital.
24:40Would you?
24:41I would.
24:42You wouldn't, would you?
24:43They're running out of time, that's my view.
24:45Yeah.
24:46They're running out of time.
24:47Um...
24:48Saira, the project leader, she's holding her own.
24:51She's coming under a bit of pressure.
24:53Can we stop talking about it and just get on with it?
24:55Can you go and buy the sundry items some of the day?
24:57The ideas are good,
24:58but I think they've really got to start buying
25:00or they're going to be in trouble.
25:02Ribbons?
25:03We need some ribbons, all right?
25:04Yeah.
25:05Bowing to pressure from her teammates,
25:07Saira agrees to invest in packaging and decoration.
25:11We're really desperate.
25:13Can you give us the cheapest ribbon you've got
25:15or we need...
25:16The cheapest ribbon is there.
25:17The two bottom shelves, they're £1.30 a row.
25:20All right, mate.
25:21OK.
25:22What colour?
25:23The other team don't need it.
25:24That's too much!
25:25Roses?
25:2660p each for one row.
25:28Find out if you can find a cheaper set of stems.
25:30Phone if you find cheaper, yeah?
25:32If we don't spend this money in the next 20 minutes,
25:34we can't buy any more flowers.
25:36OK, here's 100, 110.
25:3845 pence of stem.
25:4045, that's very good.
25:41Good reckon, 30 pence.
25:4230 pence of stem.
25:4330 pence of stem.
25:4430 pence of stem.
25:4530 pence of stem.
25:4630 pence of stem.
25:47That is cheap.
25:48I'm loving this.
25:4915 pence of stem.
25:5015 pence of stem.
25:5115 pence of stem.
25:52Should we have two of these boxes?
25:53We'll take four boxes.
25:54141.
25:55Done.
25:56How much time?
25:57Right, we've got official...
25:58It's five minutes.
25:59We've got five minutes to buy...
26:00We need to buy some more flowers.
26:03Thank you very much.
26:04Good luck.
26:05Take care.
26:06Good luck.
26:07Good luck.
26:08Gentlemen, well done, mate.
26:09Well done.
26:10Good luck.
26:11That was all right, isn't it?
26:12That was all right.
26:13Well done, team.
26:14No, that was all right.
26:15We'll get well soon.
26:16Hospital.
26:17We don't know if we're going to hospital yet.
26:19After half an hour, both teams have spent 400 pounds.
26:23But the girls are still struggling to agree on strategy.
26:26Let's just do one thing at a time and let's get on.
26:28Restaurant owner Adeniki wants to target hospitals and funeral homes,
26:32but she's been overruled by her project manager.
26:35Forget the package.
26:36We're selling flowers with ribbons.
26:37That's all I'm going to discuss on it.
26:39I see my role in teams I participate in as being the leader.
26:43I'm a natural leader.
26:44I've always been a leader.
26:45I'm a first child.
26:46I've always been in a position where I lead people.
26:49That's all I know.
26:51I don't know how to be a follower.
26:52Nikki, can I just say, look, we've got to work as part of a team.
26:57Okay?
26:58So sometimes...
26:59I'll tell you what, let's get on with it.
27:00Let's get on with it and have a discussion afterwards.
27:03But let's finish here.
27:04We're running against time.
27:05Nikki.
27:06Listen, Nikki.
27:07I will have this conversation with you.
27:08Right.
27:09Not on our time.
27:10Come on Zara.
27:11Come on Zara.
27:12Fine.
27:13The girls don't look too happy.
27:15They don't look too happy.
27:17There was a lot of pulling in different directions, okay?
27:21There's only one of me and there's lots of things that I have to think about.
27:26What I will say as a team that's going to let us down is when under pressure we become hysterical and stressful.
27:33And I'll be honest with you, my development, in terms of my own personal development,
27:38when I see other people get stressed, it affects me.
27:41I don't need to feel that today.
27:43We're all going to Portobello now.
27:53Tell them to get to the bottom of Portobello Road.
27:56Who's that, Tim?
27:58As well as being able to sell on the streets, both teams have been given a pitch at Portobello Market in Notting Hill.
28:04We think we should just go to the Market Street.
28:06Perfect.
28:07Right.
28:08We'll see you at the Market.
28:09I want to see a lot of personality when we're selling now,
28:12because you're all sexy girls.
28:14We've got the punters.
28:15We'll do it.
28:16This is going to be the fun part.
28:24So when they said we didn't have anything, we have got nothing.
28:27Nothing.
28:28Are you from Pakistan?
28:30Have you got some water here?
28:31Or have you got some water here?
28:33Or have you got some water here?
28:34Or have you got some water here?
28:36No, no, no.
28:37You can have water.
28:38No problem.
28:39I'll have a look inside.
28:40Table.
28:41Brilliant.
28:42Okay.
28:43Okay.
28:44Where did they get a table from?
28:45They've got a table.
28:49Listen, listen.
28:50This is not going to work.
28:51Standing next to them, they've got a table.
28:53They're going to set up and try and sell flowers there.
28:55Let them do their flower selling there.
28:56I think we should go and do it.
28:57Maybe we come back.
28:58We're going to focus on the door-to-door philosophy.
29:00We should take all our flowers with us and we can go straight to them.
29:02It's 8.30am and before a single flower is sold, each team adopts a different strategy.
29:09It's very close and we come to Maida Vale.
29:10No, look, forget Maida Vale.
29:11Up there.
29:12We can't sell in here.
29:13It's outside.
29:14It's outside.
29:15It's outside.
29:16Look, this is my manor.
29:17All right, just talk to me in the right way and I'll listen to what you're saying, all right?
29:21Matthew lives nearby and is convinced he knows the best area for door-to-door selling.
29:27Matthew really needs to watch his tone.
29:30I think he's just excited.
29:31I don't care.
29:32I think once he gets going, he'll settle down and he'll be all right.
29:35I don't care.
29:36You've got to watch his tone.
29:37We cannot go into the big council tower houses.
29:39I personally think we should be aiming at what I call the upper middle class, which is going to be upper.
29:45Some of my worst characteristics are I can be very abrasive.
29:48I don't treat fools gladly.
29:51I really don't have time for them.
29:54And I think I probably do argue too much.
29:58Look, this is my manor.
29:59I can promise you I know this place very well.
30:01It was me at the top of Labyrinth.
30:02I will argue with even the smaller points with anybody, no matter what the issue.
30:08And I can do it, to some extent, irritating levels.
30:11Diplomacy and attack are something I really have to work on a lot more.
30:15And I'm sure everyone else could, but particularly me.
30:18Look at that bloke there in the white shirt.
30:20He's desperate for a bunch of lilies.
30:22It's true.
30:23Everything we've bought is already in bunches, cellophane wrapped.
30:26So we don't have any...
30:27Don't have to worry about that.
30:28Exactly.
30:29Because we were thinking of spending maybe 50 quid on ribbon, cellotape, cellophane and all that.
30:33The girls are banking on presentation to add value.
30:37But that means staying put in the market until the bunches are prepared.
30:41Would you like to buy some flowers, madam?
30:43$4.99 for a lovely bunch of lilies?
30:45No.
30:46For the lovely lady.
30:47No, I think so.
30:48The freshest lilies you'll find in London.
30:52We haven't got any customers, so I'll just talk to myself.
30:56I think they've got confused.
30:57This is an ordinary street market, but there's no traffic here.
31:00The people are local.
31:01It's a residential area.
31:02The people come here to buy their vegetables.
31:04I think they're going to stay here and be disappointed in about 20 minutes.
31:09They could go in your bag, maybe.
31:11No?
31:12All right.
31:13Come and get your lilies here.
31:14Come on, people of London.
31:15What are you playing at?
31:17I thought London was a commercial haven of the world.
31:22We can't.
31:23OK.
31:24Who's confident in selling?
31:25Me.
31:26Who's very confident in selling?
31:27Very confident.
31:28Me.
31:29Hello.
31:30Good morning.
31:31Good morning.
31:32My name's Paul.
31:33We've got some rather beautiful...
31:34Having opted for the door-to-door strategy, the boys' success will depend on their one-on-one
31:38selling technique.
31:39Yellow lilies, white lilies, mixed bunches.
31:42How much are they?
31:44Are these £7, but we can do them for five?
31:46That's right.
31:47Yeah.
31:48Yeah, we will.
31:49Five pounds for those three flowers.
31:50And how much for...
31:51For a mixed bunch, it's a teller.
31:52No, it's OK.
31:53Thanks, sir.
31:54Five pounds for a beautiful flower?
31:56No, I know, but I don't need any.
31:58It's all a question of need.
31:59I know.
32:00They'll open and they'll smell beautifully.
32:01Is it the five pounds that's tormenting you?
32:03And we were up at five o'clock this morning buying these to sell to a gentleman like you.
32:08Oh.
32:09If my girlfriend was around, she would have got them.
32:11Heavens forbid, you've got a girlfriend?
32:12Now there you are.
32:13And you won't buy these for her?
32:15No, it's OK.
32:16Cheers.
32:17Another man, boo.
32:18Thanks anyway.
32:19Sorry.
32:20Four pounds.
32:21I will do you two bunches for five.
32:23Just so you can say, OK, I've got two bunches out of him.
32:26Then you can have a bunch for your girlfriend and a bunch for yourself.
32:28OK.
32:29Done.
32:30How would you describe your sales technique?
32:32Desperate.
32:33Nothing clever about my sales pitch.
32:37Just please and beg.
32:38Sympathy, whatever it takes, get them flogged.
32:41There's no art, is there, to selling.
32:43You know, you have all these gung-ho American videos saying you've got to be like this.
32:46You know, you've got to come across every person to their own.
32:49Hello, good morning.
32:50I'm looking to sell some flowers to all the lovely young ladies on this street.
32:55Thank you very much indeed.
32:56Thank you very much.
32:57You're a wonderful salesman.
32:59Well, I sold to you, so I must be.
33:01You buy a bunch, I'll buy you a bunch.
33:03Oh, God.
33:04There you go.
33:05That can't be any fairer, can it?
33:06If you buy one and I buy you one.
33:07Oh, it's hard to say anything then.
33:09Are you Irish?
33:10My wife's Irish.
33:11She's from passing the club.
33:12What's your boyfriend called?
33:13Chris.
33:14Chris, and what's your name?
33:15Eva.
33:16Eva.
33:17Are you Polish, Eva?
33:18Yeah, I'm Polish.
33:19My aunt is Polish.
33:20So I'm going to cut a good deal with your boyfriend.
33:22Tell him you want two bunches, not one.
33:24I want some power.
33:25Two bunches for eight pounds.
33:27Done.
33:28Are you good at table tennis?
33:30When I was your age, I was a champion at table tennis.
33:32Did you win any medals?
33:33Did I win any medals?
33:34I never lost any medals.
33:36My granddad was a painter and decorator.
33:38What was he?
33:39He painted Buckingham Palace.
33:40Did he?
33:41As the Lord is my witness.
33:42Traffic wardens don't get the respect they're due.
33:44They don't.
33:45Flowers, are we in business?
33:47Impress your wives.
33:53Thank you very, very much.
33:55That's brilliant.
33:56Thank you very much indeed.
33:57Excellent.
33:58Thank you very much.
33:59Hello there.
34:01I've got these beautiful flowers here.
34:04I'm just wondering if you might be interested in buying some for the house.
34:07We have territory.
34:08Okay.
34:12How many you sold, Matt?
34:14Mill.
34:15Well done, mate.
34:16Watch and learn, my man.
34:18Watch and learn.
34:19I'll tell you something.
34:20I am on fire.
34:22Watch the traffic.
34:25After two hours at Portobello Market, the girls have sold three bunches of lilies for £7.50.
34:31I need to get out there.
34:32It's nearly 11.
34:33I thought we've got to travel and everything.
34:34Okay.
34:35Miranda is in charge of the static team.
34:37Miranda, you make your decision.
34:38What do you want to do?
34:39What do you want to do?
34:40I want to leave for this.
34:41I truly believe it's a waste of time.
34:42Okay.
34:43I truly believe that.
34:44All right.
34:45So if you think it's a waste of time, get your flowers.
34:48Can I go with the static team?
34:50Because I'm just getting demotivated.
34:51No.
34:52You can't go with the static team.
34:53We are supposed to be the mobile team.
34:54You're changing the strategy.
34:55No, listen.
34:56As project leader, you've got to be consistent.
34:57Would you mind?
34:58Hold up.
34:59Hold.
35:00No, I do mind.
35:01Guys, listen.
35:02You're not consistent and I am getting annoyed about it.
35:05Adele, hold up.
35:06There's no consistency, though.
35:07Adele, can you please listen to me?
35:09Well, at the end of this day, we're not going to achieve our objective by...
35:13Hey, listen.
35:14Let's get positive about it.
35:15We've got to get this done.
35:18Every time I'm doing something, I'm getting a lot of like, you know, why are we doing this?
35:25Why are we doing that?
35:26It's like, guys, I'm giving you direction.
35:28I'm telling you to do this.
35:29Do it.
35:30Full stop.
35:31But I've been saying for an hour we need to get to camden.
35:32We're all going to camden.
35:33Yeah, but we can't just keep moving.
35:34You have to stay out of that row in five minutes.
35:36Cheers.
35:37Raj, when you knock on the door, don't say sorry to trouble you.
35:50Yeah, I know.
35:51Because we're doing them the favour.
35:52Just say hello and sort of, as if we've arrived.
35:55Look at all this.
35:56Is it three for a tenner?
35:57You've got a deal.
35:58Anybody got a change of choice?
35:59I have indeed.
36:00Yes?
36:01Lovely.
36:0217.
36:03Have a lovely day.
36:04Thank you very much.
36:05Bye.
36:06Bye-bye then.
36:07Thank you very much.
36:08Throughout the morning, with most bunches going at a healthy profit and despite the changeable
36:10weather, the boys sell steadily.
36:1320 quid?
36:1420 quid.
36:15Thank you very much indeed.
36:20Having abandoned the market, the girls take to the high streets of North London in an
36:25attempt to kickstart sales.
36:27Come on, come on.
36:28No.
36:29Wait for me to give you the go ahead to lower.
36:31Okay.
36:32What we're prepared to do is wholesale this for you at less than cost price.
36:36Without the permission of her project manager, Miranda decides to dump some stock below cost
36:41price on a local shopkeeper.
36:43Who's taking them all?
36:44You take care.
36:45Have a very good day.
36:46Marvellous.
36:49We bought the pre-packed flowers for £2.25 and we sold them for £1.60.
36:54That's quite a lot.
36:55Yes.
36:56But to be fair, I think at the end of the day, rather than have stock sat in the van,
37:01I would rather, even if it is at a loss, have the stock turned into money, which I think
37:06is the best plan.
37:07So, £2 for £5, sweetheart.
37:10Thank you very much.
37:11£2 for £5.
37:13Brilliant.
37:14Honest to God, you've got to.
37:16Mid-afternoon in Hampstead High Street and sales are finally flowing at a good profit.
37:21You're a little, darling.
37:22Thank you so much.
37:23What's that?
37:24£2.
37:25Look, get that out of your purse.
37:27There you go.
37:28Thank you very much.
37:29Sweetheart, I know you just shook your head there.
37:32One for £2.50.
37:33It's in aid of.
37:34It's in aid of the Covent Garden first forte appelling project.
37:42There you go.
37:43Thank you very much for your custom.
37:44You enjoyed those flowers.
37:45The thing is about the salesmanship, the only saleswoman there is Saira, right?
37:51It's not pretty to watch, but it's effective.
37:54Are you from Japan?
37:55Yes.
37:56Yeah, I've been to Japan.
37:57I went to Tokyo.
37:58Oh.
37:59Yeah.
38:00Konnichiwa.
38:01Konnichiwa.
38:02I remember.
38:03Sorry.
38:04From Bosnia.
38:05Let me tell you.
38:06Are you...
38:07Are you...
38:08As-salamu alaykum?
38:09Yes.
38:10Walaikum salam.
38:11Flowers.
38:12Yeah.
38:13£2.50.
38:14Look how beautiful they are.
38:16And I am a Muslim.
38:19And you are a Muslim.
38:20Yes.
38:21And you will buy from me because we are sisters.
38:24You don't get flowers like this in Bosnia, love.
38:26Come here.
38:27It's almost physical.
38:29Before you go with your beautiful eyes and your beautiful smile.
38:31It's a bit confrontational in a way.
38:34But she's shifting the merchandise.
38:38It's half five.
38:39The only place in London at half five where it's going to be busy is Kings Cross Station.
38:43Because there's going to be commuters.
38:45So let's just as fast as we can get in and go to Kings Cross.
38:49I think Baker Street is probably better.
38:50Shall we go to Baker Street?
38:51Yeah.
38:52Okay.
38:53Yeah.
38:54I say Baker Street.
38:55Baker Street.
38:56Baker Street.
38:57And literally just go out and grab the customers.
39:02This is our last hour now.
39:04Now this is really the last, last stint.
39:07We need to make this as high energy as possible.
39:09We're literally just coming up to Kings Cross now.
39:11Kings Cross is not a good place to sell.
39:14Believe me.
39:15Wow loads of people.
39:17Fantastic.
39:18Fantastic.
39:21No, never lose a sale.
39:22Never lose a sale.
39:23Our strategy will be, we keep the prices high.
39:24Okay.
39:25Excuse me sir, would you like to buy some flowers for your grandma, for your mum, for your partner,
39:38for your boyfriend, for your girlfriend, anything.
39:41Thank you very much indeed.
39:42Thank you very much sir.
39:43Have a nice evening.
39:44You take that one and have a very lovely journey home.
39:46Sold.
39:47Enjoy your evening, thank you so much.
39:48You are a star.
39:52Nice doing business with you sir.
39:53Stick it down there.
39:57Can I tempt you into buying a beautiful bunch of flowers for that lovely lady up there,
40:01that must be your wife.
40:02Are you, are you husband and wife?
40:03Yeah.
40:04Well there you are, I have a wife as well.
40:06Well come on then, where are you going now?
40:08I'm going home.
40:09Yeah?
40:10It's lovely on the mantelpiece.
40:11Come on, the fiver.
40:12Aww.
40:13Professor, can I do some roses?
40:15Just £4?
40:16Just £4?
40:17Just £4?
40:18Just £4?
40:19£3?
40:20£3 for these flowers.
40:23£2.
40:24That's it.
40:25Come on.
40:26That's giving them away.
40:27£2 a bunch.
40:29Please, come on.
40:30Two.
40:31Come on, please.
40:32Please, come on.
40:33What does it take?
40:34Look, she seriously wants the flowers.
40:36What about if we all link arms and we don't let anyone pass?
40:39Alright, let's keep going, let's keep going, let's keep going.
40:41You can have this bunch of flowers for one, for one, one pound.
40:45One pound.
40:46What's our dumping strategy?
40:47How do we get rid of these fucking wanks?
40:48I mean, we haven't got that many.
40:50I'm just trying to sell my last bunches of flowers.
40:53I've got only a few means to sell them.
40:56Oh dear.
40:58You know, everyone's coming out of tubes going into tubes.
41:00We thought that would be fantastic.
41:01You know, just swoop in.
41:02But we're finding that everyone just wants to get home.
41:04They don't want to talk.
41:05They don't want to say or do anything.
41:07They just want to get home.
41:08One pound?
41:09I've got 98.
41:10I'll take it.
41:11I'll have to give them to you.
41:13I have to.
41:14I have to.
41:15I can't even give them to you.
41:18I can't even give them to you.
41:19I can't even give them to you.
41:20I can't even give them to you.
41:21I can't even give them to you.
41:22It's the best thing to give them to you.
41:24Sarah, if you can sell that, I think you can sell anything.
41:27Thank you very much, madam.
41:30There you go.
41:32The biggest bunch of flowers.
41:33Enjoy.
41:34Excellent.
41:35Have we all congratulated our project manager?
41:37Well done.
41:386.30 and the girls sell out first with half an hour to spare.
41:43We can't have lots of money.
41:45We've sold all our stuff.
41:46Well done, boys.
41:47We've cleared all stock.
41:48We've cleared all stock.
41:50Seven o'clock in Baker Street and the boys sell out,
41:53but only by slashing prices to well below cost.
41:56We've done very well.
41:57We've done better than we probably thought we would.
41:59I had great fears that we wouldn't clear all our stock.
42:02We're not failures on that particular front.
42:04We may not have done the best.
42:05We may have done the best.
42:06I don't know.
42:07Who's got the money?
42:08Whoa.
42:10Well done, boys.
42:11Have a good rest tonight and you'll hear the results tomorrow.
42:15Thank you very much.
42:16Thank you very much.
42:17Well done.
42:18Well done.
42:19Well done, mate.
42:20Raj.
42:20Good team effort today, wasn't it?
42:27Tomorrow, in Sir Alan Sugar's boardroom,
42:30someone from the losing team will be fired.
42:32Basically, the good things that we found today
42:34is that the responses were adaptable.
42:36If it wasn't for one person, namely Paul,
42:39fucking hell, guys.
42:40He was given it 120%, probably more than anyone else.
42:44I think there was faffing at times, and Mafia,
42:47there were certain times where you wasted our time.
42:50The reality for me as project manager
42:56is that if we lose tomorrow, I'm up for a firing.
43:00For me, the fact is you really led the task.
43:03And even though that sometimes bordered on being quite dictatorial,
43:06I think that maybe sometimes, just ever so slightly,
43:10you've come across as being slightly condescending or patronising,
43:13which I know you've got no intention to do.
43:15I was quite disappointed, as you were aware, in the morning,
43:19just because things were changing too quickly and sporadically.
43:22As the course of the day progressed,
43:24your management skills did come out,
43:26and it was much better and improved with the day.
43:30And we really were a team.
43:409am, and the candidates head for the boardroom.
43:43All 14 have packed their bags.
43:49Whoever is fired won't be coming back.
44:00In less than an hour,
44:02having given up highly paid jobs
44:04for the chance to work for Sir Alan,
44:06one of them will find out the gamble hasn't paid off.
44:39We can go through to the boardroom now.
44:52We can go through to the boardroom now.
45:09Well, how do you think you did, girls?
45:23I think, as a team, we've performed exceptionally well
45:26under the circumstances,
45:27under the fact that we had a terrible day
45:29in terms of the weather.
45:29I think we had a very shaky start,
45:32but by the end, we had gelled,
45:34we were strong,
45:35and we were very, just very motivated.
45:40You'll share that view, do you?
45:41Yes.
45:42Tim, what are you about the boys?
45:44I think myself and my team,
45:46we've performed admirably in the circumstances.
45:49Every single one of the team members pulled their weight,
45:52and we remained as one all the way through that.
45:55You all happy about that?
45:58Yeah.
46:00Right, well, let's not keep you in suspense, then, any longer.
46:05Nick, give me the numbers.
46:07Well, First Forte sold out,
46:09and from their £500 seed money,
46:13they brought home £602.
46:16That's a 20% return.
46:17Well, Impact ended up pretty desperately
46:25getting rid of the last bunches at Baker Street.
46:33Well, they brought in £865.
46:37That's amazing.
46:38Well done.
46:40Well done.
46:42Well done.
46:43Dig it far.
46:44Dig it far.
46:44Well done.
46:45Five.
46:46Chaps, no disrespect.
46:53I had a gut feeling that the ladies were going to win.
46:56I am very impressed, I've got to tell you.
46:59Not a lot of people impress me.
47:01I'm going to give the winning side a treat.
47:04I've got one of those capsules on the eye,
47:06the London Eye,
47:07and I've talked them into allowing us to cater on board
47:10with a champagne reception.
47:12So you get out there,
47:13and you look at our great metropolis from up there.
47:15And you lot,
47:17you're going to have to come back in here.
47:19You're going to have to pick two of your colleagues
47:21who you think didn't support you on the day.
47:25We're going to have to go through things,
47:27and one of you eventually is going to get fired.
47:29Okay.
47:46Well, they seem to celebrate their victory, didn't they?
47:48I mean, that's a hell of a result.
47:52You know, I would have bet everything I had on the girls winning that one,
47:55being flowers, you know?
47:56But there you go.
47:57It must be great salesmen, that's all I can say.
47:59Hmm.
48:00And there's a bit of trouble in that camp now.
48:03I think there's a bit of trouble in that camp.
48:07They are psychologically very down now, the girls.
48:10Yeah.
48:10And did you see, they weren't just upset,
48:12they were dejected, they were absolutely mortified.
48:15I turned around, and honestly, it was like a funeral.
48:18You've never seen a sorry mob in your life.
48:20And all the tasks that we've got,
48:22definitely we have the upper amp here.
48:25That's who that is.
48:26Yay!
48:28You can never have...
48:32That's great champagne.
48:37Natural-born winners.
48:38This team is a really good team,
48:41because we're all good at different things.
48:43And as long as we play to our strengths,
48:45but listen to each other,
48:47then there's no reason why we can't go into the next task.
48:50And do one.
48:50Cheers, guys.
48:51Congratulations.
48:52Cheers.
48:53To impact.
48:54To impact.
48:55Impact.
49:04For the losers, a post-mortem.
49:07Two people will then be chosen by the project manager, Syrah,
49:11to join her in the firing line.
49:17You can go through now.
49:20OK.
49:34Right.
49:35Was there any negotiations in buying the stuff,
49:38or you just go up to the old geezer behind the counter
49:40and say to him, I'll have some of those?
49:42Was there any negotiation?
49:43Who was responsible for that?
49:45I decided to break it into two teams
49:47because there were two very strong opinions
49:49the night before when I was laying down the strategy.
49:53And so in order to make sure that people worked as a team,
49:56I decided that there was one person in the team
49:59who had the experience.
50:00Who was that?
50:01That was Miranda.
50:02So I decided, right...
50:04You know about market trading, is that right?
50:05Yes.
50:06So why did you sell stuff after two hours below cost?
50:10That's what I can't understand.
50:11I made a decision on my own
50:12that we weren't going to sell the stock entirely.
50:16We weren't going to sell out.
50:17So rather than just sit on dead stock at the end of the day,
50:20I'd rather turn it into money, even if it is at a loss.
50:22But what was the end of the day?
50:23Seven o'clock.
50:24Seven o'clock.
50:24And there you were at one o'clock?
50:26There wasn't enough passing trade for the stock to sell.
50:30And I knew that, and in hindsight, I was right,
50:32because by seven o'clock, we'd only just sold out.
50:35The time to cut and run is, you know,
50:38four or five o'clock in the afternoon when it's all over.
50:40Yeah, it was...
50:41I feel a bit an air of panic in there.
50:43We recognised that we made a few mistakes
50:45in terms of our purchases of the flowers.
50:48And also because in the morning,
50:50we had a lot of teething problems
50:51getting along with each other.
50:53You were saying you had differences of opinion then?
50:55Well, yes, we did have our discussions and, you know...
50:58Why didn't you have your strategy defined?
51:00You know, the moment I told you in the printing works
51:03what was going on,
51:04you should have had your strategy worked out then.
51:06You shouldn't be bickering about it the next morning
51:08when you're out in the field, surely.
51:10I just think that we didn't gel immediately,
51:13and as you quite rightly say, we should have.
51:15That didn't happen, and as a result, we've suffered.
51:17I think I've heard enough here
51:19to have a picture of what's going on,
51:20but you are going to have to make a decision
51:23about the two colleagues that you think didn't help you
51:26or didn't contribute enough to this task.
51:30Over to you.
51:34And the two people that I feel
51:36that should stay in the boardroom with me
51:38are Adenike and Miranda.
51:44Right.
51:45Well, that's your decision.
51:47The four of you
51:48that are not required to stay back in the boardroom,
51:51you're free to go.
51:52So, you three,
51:54just step outside into the reception,
51:56and I'll call you when I need you.
51:57Anyway, the interesting thing is Miranda and Miranda's good service,
52:12but she made a mistake.
52:14I don't care what she's actually...
52:16But this Nikki, Nikki,
52:18she didn't actually talk to us much.
52:20I think, actually, she was a little bit of a thorn
52:22in Sarah's side, actually,
52:26in the beginning.
52:27Mm-hmm.
52:27Mm-hmm.
52:29Mm-hmm.
52:29Mm-hmm.
52:30Mm-hmm.
52:31Saira, Miranda and Adoniki now have one final chance
53:01to convince Sir Alan not to fire them.
53:04I don't believe that I should be fired because as far as sales go,
53:09there's no stronger person, in my opinion, than myself.
53:13Anybody can sell at a loss, though, you know?
53:15Anybody can sell at a loss.
53:16No, of course, I appreciate that, but had I not...
53:18I could go out in the street and sell £10 notes for £9 all day long, I can assure you.
53:22But had I not have wholesaled when I did,
53:25then we would have sold at a much greater loss at the end of the day.
53:28So what am I supposed to do, applaud you for that?
53:30The fact of the matter is they cost you £2.25, didn't they?
53:34Yeah, and I appreciate that.
53:35I've still got a problem with this, Miranda.
53:36I've got a problem with why you started to panic.
53:40I can only see it as panic.
53:43Adoniki, come on.
53:44What have you got to say?
53:46I'll tell you where my problem lies with you,
53:48is that my very trusted man here, who I've known for 25 years,
53:52he keeps telling me that he don't think you sold a lot.
53:55I was doing most of the sales in Hampstead.
53:58As soon as I made the money, yes, I was.
54:00I've had to differ.
54:01Tyra was doing most of the sales in Hampstead.
54:04When Rachel was holding the money...
54:05I've been a salesman all my life.
54:06Yes.
54:06Okay?
54:07I know how much stuff I sold.
54:10I know I sold nothing less than 60 bunches.
54:12Where did you get the 60 from?
54:13Did you just make it up or...
54:14No, I didn't make it up.
54:15So you reckon you sold about 60?
54:16I know I did.
54:17I don't reckon.
54:18I know I did.
54:19You know you did?
54:19Yes, I do know what I did.
54:21It's taken me to prompt you to actually come up with a number.
54:23Syrah, what do you think?
54:24The three of you are fighting for your existence.
54:26As project manager, I had a clear strategy.
54:29That strategy was not followed by these two people.
54:32And I think...
54:33Hold on a minute.
54:33Sorry.
54:33Hold on one second.
54:34Was it not you that was saying to me, no more than 10 minutes ago,
54:38that you allowed some of your team members,
54:41because they had more expertise in something,
54:43like market trade, to go on and do something themselves?
54:45No, it's all very well to pass the buck.
54:47I'm not passing the buck.
54:48I did say that the strategy...
54:49So is that part...
54:50Is that not sticking to your strategy?
54:52You gave them permission not to stick to your strategy, right?
54:55Sir Alan, in the time that we had,
54:57and with the headstrong personalities that I had to deal with,
55:00I delegated part of that responsibility,
55:03because I believed that they had the skill
55:05to go away and stick to that strategy.
55:08The second point...
55:09I do also have to say, though,
55:10that I know that you're making reference to myself.
55:12I do have those skills, and those skills prevailed,
55:14and I do feel as though I'm being taken for a bit of a scapegoat now,
55:16because you gave me responsibilities
55:18which you weren't confident enough to take on yourself.
55:21Can I just say, in response to that,
55:23selling a product at wholesale price to a wholesaler
55:27was not a decision made by me.
55:30And Daniki, you're being very quiet here.
55:33What's going on?
55:33I suggested we sell at wholesale.
55:36Zara did not like that idea.
55:37You can't buy from wholesalers and sell to wholesalers.
55:40I suggested that we call funeral directors in the middle of the night
55:43because they were open 24 hours
55:45to try and get them to step outside their house.
55:48You wanted to ring funeral directors in the middle of the night
55:51to get them to step outside on the pavement
55:53and buy £60 worth of flowers from you.
55:55That was your strategy, was it?
55:57That was one of my strategies.
55:59Another suggestion of my...
56:00Seems to me...
56:01Seems to me that you've got a lot of suggestions.
56:04I think I've heard enough.
56:05I've heard enough, ladies.
56:08Zara,
56:09I'm convinced you work very, very hard.
56:14And I know you're putting a lot of effort selling.
56:19Daniki,
56:21I'm concerned that you're
56:25questioning the strategy more than actually doing the selling.
56:31That's my concern.
56:32And Miranda,
56:35I can't get my head around losing money.
56:39You know, that is bothering me a lot.
56:41But I've got to make a decision now.
56:46My decision is...
56:50Daniki,
56:52you're fired.
56:54You have the two ladies
57:03are lucky.
57:05In particular,
57:05you...
57:06you talk yourself out of this.
57:09That's it.
57:09That's the way I saw it, folks.
57:20I think she was undermining
57:22exactly everything that was agreed.
57:24That's the feeling I got.
57:26Anyway,
57:26done is done.
57:27We'll get on to the next one.
57:29I am obviously quite a strong-headed person.
57:36I like to get my opinion across,
57:38especially when things don't seem quite right.
57:41If you're actually fired
57:42for not supporting and losing the strategy,
57:45it's fine.
57:47You know,
57:47I'm proud of what I've done.
57:48I'm proud of all my suggestions.
57:49Because the bottom line is,
57:51I am,
57:52you know,
57:52I have been fired
57:53and that's just the bottom line
57:54and you just have to accept it
57:55and move on.
58:01One job,
58:02now 13 candidates.
58:05Sir Alan's search for his apprentice
58:07has begun.
58:15Next week...
58:16What's going on, boys?
58:18It's not enough, right?
58:19It's business.
58:20Exactly.
58:21Sir Alan sets a new challenge.
58:23Today's task is designing
58:25and innovating a product.
58:27I, as project manager,
58:28want to take a risk.
58:29The bad news is,
58:30I'm going to give you
58:31the worst consumers in the world.
58:34Children.
58:34Oh, fantastic!
58:37This is a trading game with a twist.
58:39It sounds a bit boring to me.
58:41We just had a sort of bloody football
58:43while we're doing this.
58:43I don't know if you've been here
58:45too many times.
58:46Why don't you do it?
58:47Because I'm not going to succumb
58:48to this real...
58:49As the girls seek revenge,
58:51who will be the next to go?
58:53They're pointing the finger at you.
58:55What's going on?
58:59Yeah?
58:59Because I don't understand kan Weekend.
59:01I'm not going on here.
59:02Unfortunately...
59:03as a...
59:03But it's a brand new place for you,
59:04so yeah...
59:04our strategy is doing this way too many times...
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