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00:00Previously, on The Apprentice...
00:11You'll be representing two UK crisp companies.
00:14Make some samples, take them to Germany and get some orders.
00:18Hello, I'm Peter.
00:20They hit Hamburg.
00:22Guten Morgen. Sprechen Sie Englisch?
00:24Chris volunteered.
00:26I've lost three tasks in a row now.
00:28Desperate not to lose another one.
00:30And gave the Germans a taste they recognise.
00:33Smoked sausage and sauerkraut.
00:37While Stella exported the best of British.
00:40We go for the beef and the stilton, yeah?
00:42Your call.
00:43Laura's English baffled buyers.
00:45This is one of our lines that we've introduced now
00:47because this is recent at the moment.
00:49Let's go one step back. This I didn't understand.
00:5180 packets per day.
00:53But Joanna charmed.
00:55How I was thinking is maybe if we order them for the year...
00:57Helping Stella...
00:595,040 euros. Brilliant.
01:01..take a chip out of Chris.
01:03I placed an order this morning so I cannot do it with you, I'm sorry.
01:07OK.
01:08Leaving his hopes with Jamie and Christopher.
01:10Try the goulash first.
01:12No, I don't like it.
01:14In the boardroom, Stella bagged a win.
01:17That's very good.
01:19I must say, Joanna, you were really far in all 12 cylinders.
01:21Health warnings for Jamie.
01:23You are sliding downwards in my estimation.
01:26And Chris...
01:28What can I say about someone who's been on a losing team so many times?
01:32..left Christopher...
01:34You don't have that spark I'm looking for.
01:37..to become the eighth casualty of the boardroom.
01:40You're fired. Thank you.
01:42Now seven remain to fight for the chance to become The Apprentice.
01:48BELL RINGS
01:545.30am.
02:01For God's sake!
02:03What do you guys want, a letter?
02:11Hello? Hello, this is Lord Sugar's office.
02:14Lord Sugar would like you to meet him at Tower 42 in the city of London.
02:18The cars will be outside in 30 minutes.
02:25Half an hour, everyone!
02:27Hello? 30 minutes?
02:30The city?
02:31I don't know.
02:32Right? Yeah.
02:34I can't believe how lazy you lot are.
02:36I think Stella got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.
02:39Is she rumping?
02:40I'll just shout at her.
02:43Three weeks to go.
02:45Seven candidates remain.
02:50I'm here to win. I've always been here to win and that'll never change.
02:53So it's really like a test of mettle as well now, I think.
02:56And, you know, not just stamina but people's nerves.
02:59It's all about sleep, I think.
03:01I think the person that wins is the person that gets the most sleep
03:04cos it is knackering waking up at 5am every morning.
03:07I do think that Chris Bates and Jamie had a bit of a rough ride
03:12last week in the boardroom.
03:14I think both of them felt their card had been marked.
03:16I need to show Lord Sugar that I've still got my spark.
03:24Destination, London's financial district.
03:37MUSIC PLAYS
04:08MUSIC FADES
04:20Good morning. Good morning, Lord Sugar.
04:23Here we are in Tower 42,
04:25a skyscraper right in the heart of the city of London.
04:29Down below us, lots of wheeling and dealing is going on all day long
04:33and your task today is all about wheeling and dealing.
04:36You've spent a lot of time selling, marketing, presenting.
04:40Today, I want to see your skills in buying and negotiation.
04:45So I'm giving you a list of ten items.
04:48You've got to go out and buy at the lowest price possible.
04:51The team that spends the least money will win
04:54and in the team that's spent more, one of you will be fired.
04:59Everything clear? Yes, Lord Sugar.
05:01OK, so we're going to make it interesting.
05:04Actually, we're going to go right back to the very beginning,
05:07boys versus girls.
05:08So, Stuart, come over and join Synergy
05:11and, Liz, you come over here to Apollo.
05:16Karen will be following Synergy and Nick will be following Apollo.
05:20You'll be back in the ballroom tonight at 6.30.
05:23Take that deadline seriously, OK?
05:26Yes, Lord Sugar. Off you go.
05:28Right.
05:34Ten hours to go.
05:37Ten items to buy.
05:40Truffles, that's the food, isn't it?
05:42Very expensive, very rare.
05:44It is very expensive.
05:46What's Blue Book?
05:47Is it a specific old kind of book or...
05:49It's some kind of a directory.
05:51Blue Book.
05:52I don't know what that is.
05:53Plain, single ticker.
05:55Chicken, I thought, but it's got carrot gold.
05:57It's Indian gold.
05:58Yeah.
05:59And the chicken feet.
06:00I'm sure that butchers will have them.
06:02Their only guide, a map of London
06:05and a pile of business directories.
06:08In regards to the detail, you can't accept the first price
06:11and we've got 1,500 quid.
06:13The team that brings back the most change wins.
06:17It's not a complex task.
06:19In fact, it's very simple.
06:21I'm going to see who can drive the hardest bargain.
06:28What I want everybody to do, everyone get a phone book.
06:31Heading up the hunt on the girls' team, Liz.
06:34What we need is some sort of a focus, a strategy.
06:36I think before we leave, we need to be thinking about
06:38where the best places are to focus in on these items.
06:41I want you to start looking at the sewing machine,
06:43you to start looking at tartan.
06:45Basically, the point is,
06:46is that these are all going to be individually in here.
06:48We just need to find a focus on where we can see
06:50there's a number of shops.
06:51This task is all about getting the item
06:53because we don't want to get the penalties.
06:55Identify them, go straight to the supplier.
06:57We've no time to shop around, really.
06:59It's about finding the supplier
07:00and really negotiating that price down.
07:02I don't think people will give stuff to us,
07:04but I think we'll get it for trade price rather than...
07:07Aware he's got to up his game, Jamie is leading the boys.
07:12Start at 70% lower than what he's looking at.
07:16That will be kicking around their cost price.
07:19OK? You can always go up.
07:21Yeah. Think of a tactic.
07:23So have a thought in your mind, a story in your mind,
07:26because if you give someone clarification
07:28on why you're doing this,
07:29why you're busting his balls to get a better price,
07:32then it will make more sense to him.
07:34So, listen, I just don't have that kind of money.
07:37I'm really sorry.
07:38And let's negotiate our little bottoms off
07:40because we're all in the bloody boardroom if we don't.
07:43Lord Sugar has got a very close eye on me at the moment.
07:46He feels that the flame is going out,
07:48so there's no better way to prove that he's wrong
07:51than by being by myself.
07:53You know, really sort of live by the sword
07:55and hopefully don't die by the sword.
07:58Keen to get cracking, the boys hit the road.
08:01Is it expensive?
08:03Let's find out what it is first.
08:05Staying put, the girls work the phones.
08:08Oh, hello, my name's Joanna.
08:10I'm just calling to see if you have a Singer sewing machine in stock.
08:13What do you want it for?
08:14I need to buy this sewing machine today.
08:16Today? Yes.
08:17I'm looking to get hold of some tartan.
08:19It's the modern Mackenzie wool.
08:21When do you need it, boy? Today.
08:23It's a model 99K.
08:25I think we have got it.
08:27Oh, brilliant. Did you hear that?
08:29She thinks she's got this sewing machine. Oh, brilliant.
08:32Good morning. I'm looking to buy a plain single ticker.
08:35It's Indian gold.
08:36It's called the Ealing Road in Southall
08:38and is the Indian equivalent of Hatton Garden.
08:41Fabulous. Thank you very much.
08:44Hatton Garden.
08:47World famous for dealers in diamonds, silver and gold,
08:51but not so famous for plain single tickers.
08:55I'm looking for something quite specific.
08:57Hopefully you can help me. It's a plain single ticker.
09:00T-I-K-K-A.
09:02What does it do?
09:03Well, it's 22 carat gold.
09:05Yeah, that's not a problem.
09:07What do you mean, it's not a problem?
09:09You make... What is the object?
09:11OK, it's a plain single ticker.
09:13It's got to be 22 carat gold. Right.
09:15And it's got to be between 6 and 8 grams.
09:17Right. So it's 22 carat gold.
09:19That's not a problem because we've got 22 carat gold.
09:22We've got fine gold, 22 carat, 18 carat.
09:24White gold, platinum, anything.
09:26But what is a ticker?
09:28I was hoping you could help me with that.
09:30I haven't got a clue.
09:31Thank you very much. Cheerio.
09:3510am.
09:37Oh, good morning. I'm trying to find a blue book.
09:40Yeah, the blue book.
09:42Out hunting for the only book on the list, Chris and Stuart.
09:46Hello. Apparently, it's a magazine.
09:49It's an American literary magazine that was published
09:53between the 20s and 60s.
09:55It's not something that we deal with.
09:57So it's actually an American magazine then.
10:02Off Charing Cross Road, an alley specialising in rare books and magazines.
10:08We've definitely struck lucky by finding what it is so soon
10:11and I think, at the end of the day,
10:13we could have gone around the houses to find out what it was.
10:15First phone call, we got a definition.
10:17We know what we're looking for now, we know where to look for it
10:19and, more importantly, we're going to get here before Team Apollo does.
10:22The blue book, it's a US magazine.
10:24I've heard of the name but I don't think it's something we can help you with.
10:27We're looking for the bit which is the London runs, 1 to 20.
10:31Still at their base, the girls take a different route.
10:35Just out of interest, do you know what a blue book is, Rob?
10:38Yeah, a blue book is to do with knowledge.
10:41The knowledge. That is brilliant, Rob.
10:43It's the knowledge. This is for cab drivers.
10:46Thanks, Anne. Bye-bye.
10:48Well done, Jo.
10:49Wow, brilliant.
10:50Joanna, she's rather good.
10:52She's tracked down this blue book and the chap said,
10:55oh, yeah, that's the taxi driver's manual, that's for the knowledge.
10:58So they now know what the blue book is.
11:02Two hours of calling has paid off.
11:05Sorry.
11:07Time to go shopping.
11:13East London.
11:15A school for cabbies.
11:17Right, let's go in here then.
11:19Basically, it sends separate modules. You've got book one.
11:22Yeah. What one's book one? This one?
11:24One, two, three and four.
11:26And 320's just like the number of runs that are listed in there, simple as.
11:29You need to learn 320, but each book comes in 80.
11:32There's £75 for the four, or £20 each.
11:35We were hoping to start off at £50.
11:37Your friend said that you'd look after us
11:39and that's the price that we had in our head, around £50.
11:43So Rob said I'd look after you.
11:45Well, I was hoping that you would as well, regardless of what he said,
11:48but I'd really feel confident in paying £50 for these books.
11:51You want to pay £50 in more than welcome.
11:53I appreciate that. Sorry about that, Dean.
11:55Ticked off the list, the blue book.
12:00We're looking for quite a rare US publication called Blue Book.
12:04It ran between the 1920s and the 1960s.
12:07Oh, a magazine called Blue Book. It's a magazine, yeah.
12:09A military magazine, I think.
12:11Would that be something which you would have in stock?
12:13Well, I do quite a lot of periodicals,
12:16but the chances of having a single issue of Blue Book are extremely remote.
12:21It's a magazine I very rarely see anyway.
12:24OK.
12:25You're looking for one out of a huge number of copies.
12:28It's a bit of a needle in a haystack, that one.
12:31Yeah, it seems to be.
12:35It's a plain, single ticker.
12:3822 carat gold.
12:40Ticker what?
12:42You tell me. If someone said, I need a plain, single ticker...
12:45I've never heard of a ticker. I don't know what a ticker is.
12:48All right. Sorry. Thanks for your help. OK, thanks.
12:50Cheerio. Is that something that you might stock here?
12:53I certainly don't. No, I've never heard of it.
12:56For each item not found, there'll be a heavy fine.
13:00So ridiculous.
13:03It's proven quite difficult to find.
13:05Our feedback's actually been a bit negative,
13:07but most people seem to suggest that we won't get it today.
13:12I've been to jewellery shops, I've phoned antique shops,
13:14and I've phoned coin shops, and no-one seems to know what it is.
13:20Southall. Ealing Road.
13:24The Indian equivalent of Hatton Garden.
13:28That's beautiful. Wonderful. Thank you very much.
13:31Now, what can we do in terms of price?
13:33What's the best price that you'll be able to give us?
13:35The best I can do is £1.95 on this for you.
13:37£1.95. OK.
13:39I don't want to walk up and down trying to source another one.
13:42What's great about this, you've got the product, I've got the money.
13:45You could do it for £160, we would shake hands now and we have the cash.
13:49Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Excellent.
13:54In, out, and £160 lighter.
13:58That was awesome.
14:00The main single ticker.
14:02Right. What is it, first of all?
14:04It's an Indian sort of headdress type thing.
14:06Are you kidding me?
14:09Having finally struck gold...
14:11Hi, hi, hi.
14:13..Jamie hits Wembley.
14:15I need a good price on the gold, a good price,
14:17cos I'll go to Southall otherwise. A good, good price.
14:20Nearly £108.
14:22£180. Yeah. Gold price is £190.
14:25That's too much still. How much are you looking for?
14:27I'm thinking £130, and we've got a good deal.
14:29Nobody told me. Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.
14:31I can't do any more, otherwise I'll go to Southall.
14:33You know, the gold price is actually higher now, my friend.
14:36I know. Cos, you know, you have to pay for the VAT and all the hallmarks as well.
14:39Listen, listen. Yeah.
14:41That's my price, I go to Southall.
14:43I can't do anything else.
14:45It's all depending on the weight. I can't do anything else.
14:47What I can do for you, I'll do £6,000 for you on £140.
14:51Unless I get my price, I'm going to go to Southall.
14:53So there's £6,000, £130, and we've got a good deal.
14:56I promise you, £140, I can give you.
14:58Come on, £130, £130, £130, £130.
15:02Don't look at £10,000.
15:04OK, we're shaking hands, we'll meet in the middle.
15:08£135, yeah?
15:10Thank you very much. £135.
15:12I'm losing, I'm paying out of my pocket for you.
15:14It's good business, come on.
15:16£135, thank you.
15:18One tikka to take away.
15:20At £25 less than the girls.
15:24Jamie's shown that he's got two key talents which are good for negotiating.
15:27One, never take no for an answer,
15:29and two, persistence and determination alone get you the price you want.
15:34And he's just proved that very well in the jewellery shop.
15:37London Run says to me, the print run in London.
15:3912 noon, Charing Cross Road.
15:43No, absolutely no idea, I'm afraid.
15:46Oh, is it that, then?
15:48Blue Book Uniform System of Citations.
15:51The first person we spoke to quite confidently
15:53told us after speaking with their colleague
15:55that it was a US military publication.
15:57However, we've spoken to a few independent bookstores
16:00and actually they've looked through their stock lists
16:02and there's actually been lots of blue books.
16:04So, slightly confusing and I don't think we really know what we're looking for yet.
16:11On the trail of the third item on their list, Joanna and Liz.
16:15Hi, we're enquiring about the Singer sewing machine.
16:18Yep, it's up there.
16:19Oh, can we pull it down and have a look?
16:21Found by Joanna, Liz negotiates.
16:24Now, obviously I can see it's at 69.
16:26I wondered if we could maybe negotiate some price with you.
16:29What about starting around 50 and working our way up?
16:32Because we've really got a limited budget.
16:3450 your way off.
16:3560 quid would be the absolute rock, I might as well let it go.
16:3760 quid, I'd love 55.
16:39How about 57?
16:40Just because, I know it sounds silly.
16:4257, is that a lucky number or something?
16:43No, it's just that we've literally got a limited budget
16:45and you're really pushing us.
16:47Go on then, we've got 57, that's it.
16:4957's a good price, I don't want to be cheapy.
16:51So, one, two, three.
16:53Elizabeth feels that she's had experience in doing it.
16:55I feel that she hasn't really done well on that last shot.
16:58I cannot believe she chose to pay £57.
17:00Even the gentleman was quite surprised.
17:04In Camden, Jamie's tracked down the same antique model.
17:09I'm the managing director.
17:11Fantastic, I'm Jamie.
17:12Jamie, I'm Jamie.
17:13Please, and I've just done a few...
17:15You're Jamie as well?
17:17No, no, I'm actually a sewer.
17:19Ah, cool.
17:21Wonderful.
17:22We've been here since 1937.
17:24Wow-wee.
17:25And what's the price on this?
17:2759, that would be, with a five-year guarantee.
17:29I need to talk to you about the price,
17:31because that's too much.
17:34I was thinking about 20 quid.
17:36You tell us where we can go and buy them at that price,
17:38we'll be your way.
17:39Don't worry about the guarantee,
17:41and we'll meet in the middle and say 35.
17:43That's for you.
17:45Take care, see you soon, cheerio, bye-bye.
17:4735 pounds, almost half what Liz paid.
17:51It's called Blue Book.
17:53Knowledge of London Taxi Cab Driver, Blue Book 1.
17:57For the boys, a late result.
18:00Is it part of the Taxi Driver Knowledge?
18:02Yes, it's part of the Taxi Driver Knowledge.
18:04Whereabouts would you be able to get that?
18:06It's on the corner of Caledonian Road and Market Road.
18:09Come on, baby.
18:11Let me sell that quarter one.
18:13That's the four books there.
18:15They're 20 pounds each.
18:17If you buy the four together, you get them for 70 pounds.
18:20Right, I'm not going to be able to pay 70 pounds, I'm afraid.
18:23That's the price, sorry.
18:24I definitely can't pay 70 pounds,
18:26but I do desperately need these items.
18:28Just buy one.
18:29I need the full set, in actual fact.
18:31You've never given anyone a discount on this?
18:33Never, no.
18:34Derek, I've explained the discount to him,
18:37and I said we never discount to anybody.
18:39Fundamentally, I'll tell you the situation.
18:41My brother actually needs to take his exam,
18:43and he's going to take it on Monday.
18:45He lent me his books.
18:46Basically, I took them back up to Nottingham,
18:48where I live, by accident with the rest of my stuff,
18:50when I packed it up.
18:51Basically, if I don't get him these books,
18:53then he's not going to be able to study, he's not going to be able to pass his exam.
18:56If there was anything I could do to pay the amount, I would do,
18:58but I can't, I promise you.
18:59I'll tell you what I'd do.
19:00If you put a pound in the box, I'll let you have those for 61 pounds.
19:03There you go.
19:04There's one.
19:05A tall story, but it did the trick.
19:13Outside of London, Laura and Stella,
19:16face to face with another hard haggler.
19:20Comes from one of Scotland's finest mills.
19:22But in terms of pricing, we would be giving you cash.
19:25All right, last price, 70 for the two metres, OK?
19:28I was thinking more around the 50-pound mark.
19:30Impossible. I'm really sorry.
19:32OK.
19:3370 pounds.
19:34Yes.
19:35The thing is, I just, I cannot go higher than 60.
19:38No, not really.
19:39Can we try 65 at our last offer?
19:41No.
19:43How about 69, just the one pound?
19:45All right, I'll give you one pound back. Absolutely.
19:48Thank you. Thank you very much, John.
19:50Sorry about that.
19:51I think there's a very fine line between negotiating and then being rude.
19:55I think Stella seems to be holding back a little bit when she's negotiating.
19:58She's not really a hard negotiator and,
20:00oh, let's not be rude, let's not do this.
20:02And I just think, actually, to win this,
20:04we have to be rude and we have to be a little bit cheeky.
20:07In just over four hours,
20:09the teams must be back in the boardroom with all the items.
20:13I need to find a wooden kitchen worktop, four metres long.
20:17We don't have that on freight.
20:19We just bought a laptop, memory.
20:21It's maybe 22 quid, we got it for a tenner.
20:25We just got the chicken feet. It is absolutely disgusting.
20:29Four metres?
20:30No.
20:31Four metres.
20:32The longest we do is three.
20:34Four metres.
20:35We do Vauxhall, Claring Cross, Camden Town, boardroom.
20:39Brilliant.
20:40Then three.
20:43Classic plate.
20:44The list price is £3.45.
20:46So about £2.40 a plate, then, or something like that.
20:49Good try, but no.
20:53Are you sure you're all right?
20:54Hang on, it does say that they're not allowed to be broken.
20:57Mid-afternoon.
20:59Here's your receipts.
21:00Thank you very much.
21:01For the girls, seven items in the bag.
21:04I have three metres in stock, but four metres are only available to order.
21:07For the boys, five.
21:09You'd be very, very lucky to try and find somewhere.
21:12Most places stock the standard three metres length.
21:15I have pretty much been on two hours trying to find this piece of wood.
21:19I'm just about to exhaust the whole of Yellow Pages.
21:22Ordered this morning by phone...
21:24Crikey, isn't it?
21:26..one kitchen worktop.
21:2820, 40, 60, 80, 3, 3, 5.
21:31That's it, we're ready to go.
21:33Do you have any in stock that are four metres long, in particular?
21:36Not four, the longest one we do is three metres.
21:39Afternoon.
21:40There we go.
21:41Brilliant.
21:42Right, let's bring up about these plates.
21:44Yeah.
21:45Do you do four-metre kitchen worktops?
21:48We don't.
21:49It's only three metres.
21:50Right.
21:51Bye.
21:52Me.
21:53This is just something else, isn't it?
21:57Hi, is this Harrods?
21:59For Stella, posh and pricey Knightsbridge.
22:02I just want to ask you a question about truffles.
22:05White Alba.
22:07On a Michelin-starred truffle hunt.
22:10Hi, is Marco Pierre White there today at all?
22:13No, I'm sorry, he's not.
22:15I'm going to try and talk to Gordon Ramsay.
22:18Come on.
22:20I think this is such a... It's really... We're wasting time.
22:24Well, we're not, because we've got to find the truffles.
22:27I know, but calling Gordon Ramsay...
22:29I'm calling Gordon Ramsay's restaurant,
22:31because it's a Michelin-star restaurant.
22:33Pricey!
22:34I just think we're going wrong.
22:36I think we should be going to East London.
22:38Let me just give it 30 more seconds.
22:40I think we should be going to East London.
22:42I think we should be going to East London.
22:44I think we should be going to East London.
22:46Let me just give it 30 more seconds.
22:48No? Do you want me to hang up?
22:50Do what you want, but I'm just telling you, I think there's more...
22:54Hello?
22:55Hello, restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Francesca speaking.
22:57How can I help you?
22:59Hello there. I wonder if you can...
23:01Basically, what it is, I've got to locate today,
23:04as soon as possible, some Alba White truffles.
23:08For this, you probably need to call the head office number.
23:11This is just a reservation, so don't have that access.
23:13Thank you. Bye-bye.
23:16PHONE RINGS
23:21Jamie's search is on hold.
23:25Your call is currently held in a queue.
23:36This is like a nightmare.
23:40Regent Street. Two hours to go.
23:43We're not going to find tart in here.
23:45This is just completely structured.
23:47OK, so what do you suggest?
23:49We're just walking around aimlessly otherwise.
23:52Listen, getting pissed off isn't going to help anyone.
23:55I'm not sulking, I'm just saying that we either do something
23:58in a structured way or we walk up and down the road
24:01on the hope that we might find tart.
24:03OK, so we keep walking up or go back to the car?
24:05I think go back to the car, mate. Just keep your eyes peeled.
24:08There's no real organisation.
24:10This is random running to different shops, not pre-arranging,
24:14not even finding out if these shops have the items they're looking for.
24:18And I'm really fearful for them because it is now getting late in the day.
24:22Hello? Hey, guys. How are you getting on?
24:25Yeah, not very well, mate. We're going to have to keep it pretty quick
24:28because we're desperately trying to get something.
24:30Yeah, tell me about it. I mean, I'm also finding it massively difficult.
24:33This kitchen worktop is haunting me.
24:36I just don't know what to do in this piece of wood.
24:38Shall we have a little brainstorm for two minutes? Have you got...?
24:41Er, well, mate, I was going to quickly call someone first.
24:44OK, yeah. OK, that's cool.
24:46I think he feels like he's been fired already, to be honest.
24:51I'd better hang the phone back then.
24:54Truffles. I understand they're like gold dust at the moment.
24:58Still in Knightsbridge...
24:59Very expensive. 2,000 per kilo. Thank you, Enzo. Thank you so much.
25:03..Stella's finally sniffed out some truffles.
25:06Truffles. OK, let's call the other team and let them know.
25:09We are literally outside the restaurant called Zafferano,
25:13who sell these truffles. The guy has agreed to sell them to us.
25:16So we just want to make sure that we've got the ability now to purchase them.
25:20Yeah, you have, but obviously price is going to be a really big issue
25:23on these truffles. Please call me when you've found out the price.
25:26I want you to step outside and just ring me up.
25:28We've got a ballpoint figure of the two grand per kilo.
25:31Liz, if we call you and for some reason you're not available,
25:34then you'll have to make that decision,
25:36but I'd like it if you can call me back to give me a call.
25:39Right, let's go. Nice to meet you.
25:41It's funny because I've been cooking at your restaurant for many, many years.
25:46Liz, come in. Right.
25:48How many truffles? They arrived this morning.
25:51How many kilos do you want? We need 50 grams. Only? Only.
25:55OK, let me get the scale.
25:57More, I think, is probably OK,
25:59but we can't get less because we're not delivering then.
26:02Stand this, please.
26:0456. Ah, 56. Fantastic.
26:06OK. Could we cut a little bit off just for...?
26:09No, not really. No? OK. Next.
26:12So, what can we purchase this from you for?
26:18250, 270, yeah?
26:20I mean, we are buying with strict instructions in terms of price,
26:24so is there anything you could do to lower that a little bit?
26:27Is that the lowest?
26:29I mean, could we work around the 200 mark a little bit more?
26:32210 for you. Since you've been a regular customer for many years.
26:35We will definitely come back for dinner if we can shake on 200 pounds now.
26:39200 pounds now? If we can shake on that now. OK.
26:42Oh, thank you. Thank you so much.
26:44And you get the six extra grams as well.
26:46We tried to call you, but we weren't getting an answer.
26:49That's weird, because I've had the phone with me.
26:52So, 200 pounds for the 56 grams of truffles.
26:55Yeah, and it's the Alba white truffle, and it was delivered fresh this morning.
26:59All right, keep in touch, guys. Well done. Bye.
27:01200 pounds was exactly what we were supposed to get.
27:04I think we're lucky we even found it.
27:06A kilo was 2,000 pounds. I think 200 pounds, it's a lot.
27:105.15pm.
27:13OK, mate, look. There's tartan there.
27:16Chris and Stuart spot some tartan.
27:19Hello. I'm looking for a specific type of tartan, actually.
27:22It's modern Mackenzie wool.
27:24All right, you're just near it. That's modern Mackenzie, and that's the modern Mackenzie.
27:28Brilliant. Medium weight.
27:30Yeah, medium weight, 2 metres.
27:33That's very nice. What do you want to use it for?
27:36Basically, I'm actually going to a Scottish wedding this weekend,
27:40so I'm taking it for my nan as a birthday present, in fact.
27:44How much is this? 47 pounds a metre.
27:49Well, realistically, I can't spend anything over 25 pounds.
27:53The least I can do on it is 29.
27:55Well, the thing is, I actually don't have more than 25 pounds in cash.
28:00Mate, you've got, actually, 23.
28:03Cos you've got the 20 and I've got the three.
28:05All right, let's do it for 23. Can we do it for 23? 23?
28:0823, it's a Friday. 23?
28:10You squeezed me very bad, but here you are. Brilliant, thank you.
28:13You're going to get a toast, I tell you.
28:15My nan is going to be a very happy woman.
28:17Well, she is happy, but I'm not that happy.
28:19Your lucky day today, I tell you.
28:21Stuart and Chris's technique is to tell these sort of half stories.
28:25My grandmother wants tartan and I'm going to a wedding.
28:29And it's all a little bit Laurel and Hardy.
28:31And I'm not quite sure that it's a technique that I would use,
28:35but, strangely enough, it's working for them.
28:38Less than 30 minutes to go.
28:41For the girls, last on the list, 48 white dinner plates.
28:46We're just racing our way to Camden now to try and pick these plates up.
28:49It's going to be tight.
28:50Do you think you can go in and out of there in five minutes?
28:53Well, we're going to have to get a jiggle on.
28:55What happens if you don't? We get a penalty of 50 pounds, is it?
28:58You get a penalty of the list price of the item plus 50 pounds.
29:02It's massive.
29:03If you can get in and out in five minutes, then do it.
29:06OK.
29:08The boys are four items down.
29:10Where would you go if you were rich and wanted truffles?
29:13If you buy them in a restaurant, it's going to be quite expensive,
29:16so I think maybe restaurants just scrap them.
29:18Realistically, at this stage, we need a shop around here that's a fine food retailer.
29:22There is no way I'm losing this task.
29:26It's getting really close now to the time
29:28that they need to be heading back to the forgery.
29:30When Lord Sugar says, don't be late, that's exactly what he means.
29:33Can you see it? No, but we'll have to run.
29:36Here, V&S, here, just here.
29:38Come on, let's go. We've got to really run.
29:40No, we don't have any white truffles.
29:42Where do you think we can find them?
29:44Up the road.
29:49Tony!
29:50Come on.
29:54Tony, my man, we're in a rush.
29:56We are really in a rush.
29:58Why are you in a rush?
29:59We've got to go in two minutes.
30:01I'm so desperate to win this.
30:03You want 50 grams?
30:0450 grams?
30:05Five zero grams.
30:06Five zero, OK.
30:07It's 150 pounds.
30:09150?
30:10Could we do something around 100 pounds?
30:12Well, we can, but you won't get 50 grams.
30:14You'll get less.
30:15It needs to be 50 grams, otherwise I'm completely screwed.
30:17That's all, OK.
30:18132.
30:20132.
30:21OK.
30:22Can I get you down a little bit on that?
30:24We're in a rush with not much money.
30:26Well, how can you get me down in a rush like this?
30:28Oh, please.
30:29I know, I know, you'd be doing me a massive favour, I promise you.
30:32Definitely.
30:34I'm not used to this rush.
30:35Do you want this pen here?
30:37I think you've got to pop it open, there you go.
30:39Is there any chance as a one-off you could please do it for 100 pounds?
30:42I know you wouldn't do it normally,
30:44but just because we spent all of our money,
30:46I desperately need these truffles.
30:48I'm begging with you, I'm really pleading with you,
30:50if you could please do it.
30:51I'm desperate.
30:52I really am desperate.
30:53OK.
30:54Yeah?
30:55OK, fine.
30:57What about bringing it down to 112?
30:59I'll be very honest with you.
31:01It is very difficult at this price I'm giving you.
31:04OK, what about...
31:05I'll tell you what I do.
31:07The best I can do for you,
31:09I will put 48 plates at 120 pounds.
31:13Yes, that's a good man.
31:15You're a good man.
31:17Lovely to meet you.
31:18Oh, Tony, don't, you're making me weak at the knees.
31:22Right, here it is.
31:24To the ballroom, please.
31:25Just in here, Jojo.
31:26Are you all right with them?
31:27Yeah.
31:29Come on.
31:30OK, let's go.
31:31Let's go.
31:32Let's get back to the ballroom.
31:33Back to the ballroom, please.
31:34Thanks, guys.
31:38Come on.
31:39You can do it, mate.
31:40Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
31:42Up the curb, up the curb.
31:43Come on.
31:44Come on, big man, up there.
31:49Oh, my God.
31:51We are so close.
31:52Straight.
31:53Oh, my God.
31:54Come on.
31:55Come on.
31:56We're not far.
31:57Come on.
31:586.27.
32:01Left.
32:02Come on.
32:03Come on.
32:04Come on, come on.
32:05Yes.
32:06Come on.
32:07Come on.
32:08Yes.
32:09Ha, ha, ha.
32:10Yeah.
32:11I'd be pissed off with Esweini for being late.
32:13That goes without saying.
32:14Of course.
32:18Yes.
32:21Come on.
32:28Chris and Stuart bought five of the ten items.
32:32Jamie got just two.
32:35They'll get fined £50 plus list price for every one they missed.
32:41Clearly, I'm going to be blamed for not finding the items.
32:44Hands up. What can I do about it?
32:46This is not the way I want to go out.
32:50Docked £50 for getting back late,
32:53the girls bought all ten.
32:58It means everything to me, winning today.
33:00I think Lord Sugar's going to be very impressed with our performance.
33:03We've negotiated well. We've got every single product.
33:05We've come back here feeling confident.
33:07Everybody's done a good job, and I can't wait to hear the results.
33:10You can go through to the boardroom now.
33:28HE SIGHS
33:41Good evening.
33:42Good evening, Lord Sugar.
33:44Well, we're back to boys versus girls, as I said this morning.
33:49So, let's start off with Team Apollo.
33:52Team leader was...?
33:53I was Lord Sugar. Liz, yeah.
33:55How did you get on? Did you get all the stuff?
33:57Yes, we did. All ten items?
33:59Yes, we did, Lord Sugar. Right. OK.
34:01And how did you set about, then? What did you do?
34:03We sat down, and my opinion was I wanted to get a few firm leads
34:07before we split off, and then from there,
34:09we would focus in the areas that we were in, looking for the other items.
34:13Seems to me that what you did was, before rushing off,
34:16you thought you were going to plan it out.
34:18Yes. Is that what you're telling me? Exactly.
34:20What about you two ladies?
34:21We went from here immediately. What was our first purchase?
34:24We went to get the tartan.
34:25Then we went on from there to Knightsbridge for the truffle,
34:29then on to Hearthstone. Knightsbridge for the truffles? Yes.
34:32Right. I bet you didn't get a bargain there.
34:35Well, they were very difficult to source,
34:37and we were told that they were like gold dust.
34:40You normally use a pig to smell them out.
34:42We didn't, unfortunately, have one.
34:44Hmm.
34:45So, did you have any strategy when you went in to see the potential vendors?
34:49Yeah, I mean, we decided to take it in turns, predominantly.
34:52And we just got on with it. I heard you got here late, didn't you?
34:55Yeah, we got here a few minutes late, and we took that on board.
34:59There was a bit of a situation... You take so much on board,
35:02you sound like a container ship. No, I know.
35:04Anyway, you got here late, right? Yeah.
35:06So, obviously, whatever the figures are going to be at the end of the day,
35:09you're going to have a fine for being here late.
35:12OK. Gentlemen, team leader was?
35:15Neeson. Jamie.
35:16So, how did you split the team up, then?
35:18Because there was a shortage of buy one.
35:20As PM, I thought it was only fair that I also went out by myself.
35:23You went out on your own? Yeah.
35:25I wanted to show you that I still had fire in my belly.
35:28Did you give any tips on how to negotiate?
35:31Yeah, I just wanted to get on to a level
35:33where people understood where we're coming from.
35:35I basically said, if you're going to go and buy, try and buy at cost price.
35:39You know, say, look, I only have this amount.
35:41You know, have we got a deal or not?
35:43I mean, it worked well.
35:44We did quite often talk about things like
35:46we couldn't afford the bus fare and things.
35:48And what was the one where your brother was a taxi driver
35:51and he'd left his books in Nottingham?
35:53You were told by Jamie to have a story and you certainly had some stories.
35:57You lot had to go off and get this blue book, right?
36:00Yeah.
36:01I heard from Karen there was a bit of confusion there.
36:03You thought it was some military American book or something like that.
36:06Yeah.
36:07Did you not feel, gentlemen, that you were a bit like headless chicken
36:10when you went out, really?
36:11I mean, it seems to me that you've got a list of things to buy
36:14and what the girls did was locate, first of all,
36:17where they had some paperwork to go and buy them.
36:19Where do you buy them?
36:21Plates. It's like a generation game.
36:23Plates, laptop memory.
36:25You and your jokes.
36:26Have you opened your Christmas crackers earlier this year or what?
36:29No, it just reminded me.
36:30I tell you what, you need to go out and buy yourself a more expensive box.
36:34Can we pause for a moment so we can pick up Stuart's lead balloons?
36:37Can we get back to where we were?
36:40So, out of the ten items, how many did you two get hold of?
36:43Five.
36:44And you?
36:45Only two.
36:46Two?
36:47Mm.
36:48So why was that?
36:49I hit a brick wall time and time again for this kitchen worktop.
36:54It was the bane of my life, actually.
36:56I spent two, three hours calling.
36:59I've called the whole of north-west London.
37:01So you got only two items out of your five and they got all their five?
37:05Yeah.
37:06Team leader doesn't show much of an example, does it?
37:08Three...
37:09I'm more disappointed than anyone, I can assure you.
37:13They seem to have done their job, they got their five.
37:16OK.
37:18So, Nick, Apollo, let me have the expenditure,
37:22if there's any fines or anything like that.
37:24Yeah, well, total expenditure, including fines,
37:28totaled £1,094.40.
37:32OK.
37:34And Karen, for Synergy?
37:38Total expenditure, including £511.50 worth of fines...
37:46..was lower...
37:48..at £1,020.50.
37:53No.
37:55I can't believe that.
37:57Wow, you won. It didn't sound like you bloody won.
38:0170 quid difference.
38:03I don't think we were expecting to win.
38:05You bought really well.
38:06The one on the worktop was a brick wall, I'm sorry.
38:10I apologise now, cos it was... I'm ashamed.
38:13Are we allowed to ask where the major differences were,
38:16or not really?
38:18Oh, you will have time to ask about that, yes, yes.
38:21I can tell you right now what the fault is.
38:23You're bad negotiators, simple as that.
38:25Anyway, gentlemen, a well-deserved, then, treat.
38:28You're off on the Eurostar to Paris
38:31to spend the weekend in Paris, OK?
38:34Have a good time, and I'll see you
38:36when we're about to set the next task, OK?
38:38Thank you so much. Thank you.
38:40Thank you, and cheers, guys. Good luck. Thank you.
38:43Good luck, guys.
38:47Get in here, mate.
38:49Paris. Paris.
38:53You paid double for some things than they bought.
38:56Well, ladies, I'm going home.
38:59It's been a long day, so you need to think overnight
39:02about what the problem was.
39:04Tomorrow, we'll come back in this boardroom,
39:06we'll have a bit more discussion,
39:08and one of you will be leaving the process, OK?
39:11Off you go.
39:14PIANO MUSIC
39:30It's absolutely devastating to have bought all the items
39:33and then to have lost.
39:35We've obviously gone to places where the price was too high.
39:38I think we just didn't negotiate hard enough.
39:40We weren't pushy enough.
39:42I feel embarrassed, more than anything.
39:44Tomorrow's boardroom's going to be a bit of a bloodbath
39:47because all of us are on different pages,
39:49and I don't think Liz's management was very good.
39:51It seems to me, given what Lord Sugar has said,
39:53that it was too much.
39:55OK, I've located it, let's go and buy it.
39:57I think just none of us obviously negotiated hard enough.
40:00If you're going to put yourself up for PM, you've got to do a good job.
40:03If you don't, you've got to suffer the consequences,
40:06and I'm not here to make friends. I'll tell it as it is.
40:13MUSIC
40:17For the boys, a fast train to Paris.
40:20Pour moi, s'il vous plaît.
40:22Je voudrais la hommette.
40:25S'il vous plaît. Merci.
40:27Three boys drinking a bit of rosé, very nice.
40:31Cheers, guys. Yes, well done.
40:35I feel like a true Parisian.
40:37Go, go, go, go.
40:39Who suggested this?
40:43Arc de Triomphe, guys.
40:45Oh, la, la.
40:47Arc de Triomphe for our triumph, guys.
40:50Oh, bless you.
40:53MUSIC
41:10Hello? Yeah, could you send them in, please?
41:13Yes, Lord Sugar.
41:15You can go through to the boardroom now.
41:23MUSIC
41:32Right, ladies, you've had more than overnight to think about this.
41:37Liz, was there a strategy whereby you said,
41:41let's think about 30% off, 50% off on prices?
41:45To be honest, there was no strategy saying
41:47you're going to look for 30%, 40% off.
41:49We all knew we were going there to pay as little as possible.
41:52I think the problem was we focused on getting all the items
41:55and therefore locating them took a lot longer
41:57than having the time to go round and shop around.
42:00Yeah, I mean, I just get the feeling that you got a few quid off
42:04and you thought, oh, job done.
42:06I mean, you spent two hours in the brainstorm
42:08and I think you spent those usefully finding location.
42:11The failure was that you didn't actually work out
42:14what the prices should be.
42:16You went out blind into the marketplace.
42:18I can speak on behalf of some of the products.
42:20We couldn't find anywhere to stock one, let alone go around.
42:23Things like the sewing machine, it's not like you could go
42:25door to door from places to find that sewing machine.
42:27If I sent you out to buy stuff that was listed and clear to you,
42:30you know, like a Louis Vuitton bag,
42:32which I'm sure you'd all know what the price would be of that,
42:34or a pair of Chanel glasses, it might have been an easier thing.
42:37I sent you out to get a sewing machine and computer chips
42:41to put everybody out of their comfort zone.
42:43Yeah.
42:44Just for your reference, you bought the sewing machine, didn't you?
42:47Yes, yeah. You ended up paying £57 for it
42:50and the boys got it for £35, right?
42:53Mm-hm.
42:54So the bottom line is you lost because you felt that we were just,
42:58you know, going out there on a treasure hunt
43:00just to go and get the ten items.
43:02The tartan. Who's responsible for getting the tartan?
43:06That was my second son.
43:07Just run me through how you went about buying that.
43:09We initially walked in and got the first price off him
43:12and we were trying to work him down and down
43:14to be a stick around the £69 mark that he offered us.
43:17And, you know, I was trying to go a lot lower than that
43:20and I do remember that you said that the £69 would be fine.
43:23I don't feel like we gelled together as negotiators, basically.
43:26Mm. You didn't negotiate with them well enough.
43:30And that's why their tartan came in at £23,
43:34compared to yours at £69.
43:37I think for myself, you know, I think I looked at the line
43:41where I was becoming too rude or too imposing
43:44and that was the mistake that I made.
43:46I should have been more aggressive with them.
43:48Aggressive? I heard you were a bit wooden, actually.
43:50Yeah. A bit too corporate.
43:51Part of adapting yourself in business
43:53is knowing who you're in front of.
43:55And sometimes the corporate presentation
43:58doesn't work with the bloke who's got the shop.
44:01That's the art of business,
44:02is knowing how to adjust yourself into the audience that you're in.
44:06Classic example was the truffles.
44:08We were overpaid on the truffles by well over £100.
44:12Where we fell foul was that, you know,
44:14being told that they were like gold dust.
44:16I probably got overexcited when I found out that a restaurant
44:19stocked them and there was too much focus on getting the item
44:22rather than how much it was.
44:24I think in some cases as well, Lord Sugar,
44:26the location where we were, we started off with a price point
44:29that was far above what we should have been negotiating on.
44:32That was the main problem, where we were.
44:34I think the point, you know, if you want a cheap suit,
44:37Exactly.
44:38It's exactly where you found yourself in Knightsbridge.
44:40Yeah, but I think, you know, we went into the restaurant
44:43and the guy offered the first price.
44:45Laura mentioned £200, so we could only negotiate back down to that.
44:49The problem here is that we went to the wrong location.
44:52I knew it would be too expensive and...
44:54No, but once you state a price, you can't negotiate below that,
44:57so it wasn't as if the item was on sale for £200.
45:00That was a price that had then been said.
45:02Where did you get £200 from? Why didn't you offer him £70?
45:05I mean, he could have just told you, you're an idiot.
45:07That's all he could have said, don't be a stupid idiot.
45:10Somebody put a price on white truffles.
45:12Didn't the figure of £2,000 a kilo come up somewhere?
45:15I've got Stella's name against that.
45:17Yeah, when we walked out of the truffle sale,
45:19actually, Stella did mention to me, oh, maybe that was a bit too much.
45:22I did ask them, 100%, I needed a call before you made that decision.
45:25I want you to call me back, I don't want you to do anything
45:28until I've spoke to you.
45:29We said, what should we do if we can't contact you?
45:32I said, you won't be able to contact me.
45:34We tried to.
45:35We were given the brief, get in there, buy it and get out,
45:38and I think we listened too much to that.
45:40Stella, when did I say that? I never said that.
45:43Can you let her finish? Sorry.
45:45And we were too focused on buying there and then
45:48and not taking time to go elsewhere, and it was a mistake.
45:52In the brief, I never said,
45:53we're going in just quickly to buy things and going out there.
45:56I never said that, Stella. I never did.
45:58You know, there wasn't a strategy.
46:00I didn't say you need to get 50% off, 60% off, whatever.
46:03But if you didn't agree with that,
46:04why didn't you bring it to the project manager's attention?
46:07Anyway, it's a bit of a non-issue now.
46:11Liz, it's that time now where you need to think about
46:16which two people you're bringing back into this boardroom, OK?
46:19I think it's clear in my mind that the fundamental errors
46:22have unfortunately laid with Stella and Laura.
46:26That's my decision. I think we've discussed it enough.
46:29Right. Joanna, go back to the house.
46:32You three ladies step outside and we'll call you back in shortly, OK?
46:44We should never forget that this whole process
46:47is about someone coming to work for you. Yeah.
46:50Liz, I think she's quite shrewd.
46:53Very, and high energy too.
46:55She's a bright kid, yeah.
46:57Well, Laura, you know, in this process,
46:59she's made mistakes and admitted them,
47:01which is good. I like to hear that.
47:03She's no walkover.
47:05Stella is restrained.
47:07When she does work for a Japanese bank,
47:09it kind of explains things, cos they are very, very serious.
47:12Very corporate. I'd like to see from her a bit of personality.
47:15We'll bring the three back in
47:17and I'll find out which one of them is going to be fired.
47:22Hello? Can you send the three of them in, please?
47:25Yes, Lord Sugar.
47:27You can go through to the boardroom now.
47:32Come on.
47:42Right, Liz. Mm-hm?
47:44I don't think that you as a team leader picked up
47:47the most important thing was identify what the prices should be.
47:51No, I agree, and I have to hold my hands up.
47:53There was no real discussion in depth about price.
47:56My focus was I didn't recognise some of the products
47:58and neither did my group.
48:00I purposely gave you products that were unrecognisable.
48:03No, I understand that.
48:04What I'm saying is I think that that threw me
48:06in terms of trying to locate where these would be
48:08and that became my priority.
48:09We had to keep calling every time we got any sort of quote
48:12because none of us had any idea whether it was a good quote or bad quote.
48:15You did find out that truffles are £2,000 a kilo, didn't you?
48:18Yes.
48:19So, of the one item which we really screwed up on,
48:22you actually was the only item that you found out a price for.
48:26And then even when you did find out the price for it,
48:28you didn't apply it.
48:29Because simple maths would have said,
48:31if I'm buying 56 grams, I should be paying £100.
48:34Stella, you don't think it's fair for me to say,
48:37well, that's your fault because you bought them.
48:39You know, I hold my hands up, I've screwed up, OK?
48:41But until now...
48:42You know, this team has got a catchphrase.
48:45They're either holding their hands up or taking things on board.
48:48Well, that's the first time that I've said that and I mean it.
48:51It comes from the heart.
48:52Let's make it the last then. Go on.
48:54I fully intend to.
48:55You know, I'm not going to be in this position again.
48:58And I think the fact that I've been so reserved is going against me now.
49:01My record speaks for itself. I've got an enormous skill set.
49:04You know, I haven't been employed in my job for the last 13 years
49:07just for sitting there pressing a calculator.
49:10I will not give up. I will never give up.
49:12And I think I've been an excellent salesperson as well,
49:15something that I've never done before.
49:17I'm not sure people would all agree, if I'm honest.
49:20What, that I can't sell?
49:21There are two times I have worked with you.
49:23I think in the first task,
49:24I have to say that I think you took more credit than Liz on the numbers
49:28and I think we saw both of you did that.
49:30Yeah, that wasn't something that I've raised because I didn't feel the need to.
49:33No, but I'm just saying there's things that we see
49:36and I think you were extremely hard on Stuart.
49:39I think he did a fantastic job in the task we went on.
49:41But you weren't stuck in a room with him all day.
49:43But I know what happened. I was on the task with him.
49:45Look, I think Stuart is Stuart, OK?
49:47I think anybody who had witnessed what was going on in that room
49:50would sympathise with me.
49:52The only thing I would say from working with you
49:54is that sometimes I think you give off a quite negative, cold persona to people
49:58which might get their backs up rather than getting the best out of
50:01maybe somebody like Stuart, who is quite energetic and passionate.
50:04Well, I disagree because I've led teams twice and won twice,
50:06so I don't see your point, to be quite honest.
50:08Yeah, anyway, Laura, I haven't seen you for the past few weeks.
50:12I'm 22 years old and I think my CV speaks that I've done a lot for my age
50:16and I've never, ever had to shout and scream, ever, to succeed.
50:19No-one's ever...
50:20I'm not asking for shouting and screaming.
50:22No-one's ever called me aggressive. I've never had to be.
50:24On the losing task, if you do something well,
50:26the bad things get spoken about.
50:28If you're on the winning task, people like to take their own credit as project manager.
50:31When I was project manager, it was a complete shambles,
50:33so I've never had the chance to really speak up for myself.
50:36And you broke the record in this boardroom
50:39as the very, very first time...
50:41I did, yeah.
50:42..that we have never, ever had an order.
50:45It's not my proudest moment.
50:48Yeah. Yeah.
50:50Liz, not spotting that we needed pricing is a bit disgraceful, really.
50:55No, I take that completely. I agree.
51:00However, throughout this process,
51:02I have been 100% behind whoever's project managed.
51:05I've been one of the top salespeople.
51:07Whenever I've gone to a big pitch, it's gone particularly well.
51:10And for that, I think, you know, that has to be taken into consideration.
51:14But I take fully responsibility for the fact that we missed pricing.
51:19Awful.
51:20And, in your opinion, if you have to choose one of these two people here,
51:25where would you pin the blame?
51:27Both were working together, so it's difficult for me to identify who was key.
51:30But I do think the truffle Stella was very passionate about
51:34and did have the numbers.
51:36And, Stella, could I ask you a point-blank question, then?
51:39If it was on the basis of this task,
51:41who would be responsible for the failure of it?
51:43Liz.
51:44Right, and any reason why?
51:46She's PM. She hasn't delivered.
51:48She hasn't managed us.
51:49She's telling us now what a terrible job we've done,
51:52yet on the day we were doing a fantastic job.
51:54So, you know, she's Mr's trick.
51:56I think the issue on the truffles,
51:57when I got the fact that you'd sealed the deal...
51:59This isn't just about truffles.
52:00No, but throughout the day, Stella, let's be fair...
52:02I know that everyone's really enjoying relishing in the truffles,
52:04but it's a bit bigger than that.
52:05No, no, but these are the points you're saying I said,
52:07oh, well done, go forward.
52:09When you've already done a deal,
52:10what do you want me to do, nitpick on that one deal?
52:12And, Laura, your opinion?
52:14I would pin more blame on Stella in this task than Liz,
52:17because I think Liz did make a big effort in the day.
52:19I think that you were extremely corporate.
52:21It is something everybody in this process has said.
52:24You go in with a very corporate...
52:26OK, but the point is, this task, we went in,
52:28if we're going to talk about the truffles,
52:30we went in there, the guy says...
52:32I'm not talking about truffles.
52:34Everyone wants to talk about it when they want to blame it on me.
52:37I'm not talking about truffles.
52:38You don't want to talk about it.
52:39I've talked about myself.
52:40Anyway, that was my point.
52:41I think that Stella's extremely corporate.
52:43Fair enough.
52:44I'm going to have to make a very tough decision now,
52:48and one of you ain't going to like it.
52:54Liz, sometimes people that do well in the early stages
52:58get a little bit complacent,
53:00thinking that they can see the finishing line.
53:02And it's a dangerous thing,
53:04because I can assure you that on this particular task,
53:07not recognising the most important thing of price
53:11and what the price should be was a fatal mistake.
53:16And, Laura, one mustn't forget, of course,
53:18that you are, as you say, 22 years old,
53:21and perhaps therein lies the issue, really.
53:25But to me, that's what's so fantastic.
53:27Yeah, I know it's fantastic, but...
53:31Stella, I don't know whether you are made for my organisation
53:37There's allegations of you being a bit wooden, a bit corporate.
53:42I don't know whether I need corporate-style people.
53:46For that reason, I'm going to...
53:53..move on to you, Laura, where, on balance,
53:57I think we're at the end of the road here for you.
54:00I just think I've got so much more to offer.
54:02Put me as project manager, I'll show you.
54:04I haven't had the chance.
54:05I've put myself forward for the last three weeks
54:07and I just haven't had the chance.
54:09Yeah, I think you've had a lot of chance, actually.
54:11You know, the minute that you said 200, that was it.
54:13You were dead in the water.
54:15And that is my decision.
54:17You're fired.
54:18Well, thank you for everything. It's been great.
54:21All right.
54:28It's because of your past performance you're still sitting here, OK?
54:34It's going to get tougher because we really are getting into the home run.
54:38Go back to the house. I'll see you on the next task.
54:48Sorry, Laura.
54:50Well done.
54:53I'm really sorry.
55:05It wasn't a shock to me to get fired, to be honest.
55:07You know, I accept Lord Sugar's decision.
55:09At the same time, I don't think Stella is going to be the next apprentice.
55:12You know, had I not have gone, definitely it should have been her.
55:15I'm quite glad that Stella's getting a bit of this feedback now
55:18because we've been walking around with a smug face on for the last few weeks.
55:21It will cut her down to size.
55:24I don't know who's coming back now.
55:26I think it will probably still be Stella just about,
55:28but it seems like her card's marked, which is good news.
55:31This will take the wind out of her over-inflated sails.
55:40Slowly, please.
55:42Oh!
55:44Oh!
55:46Sorry to disappoint you.
55:48Stella thought I was a bad manager, which was quite interesting.
55:51I think we've all had a pop at each other.
55:54All Stella's words were, you were a bad manager and you didn't lead at all.
55:59And so I thought that was unfair and totally an exaggeration of the truth
56:03because I thought I did do a good job.
56:05I'm completely entitled to say my opinion of the events and I've done that.
56:09I disagree with you.
56:11Well, clearly, because we're in a competition and we're in the boardroom,
56:14we're in the final three, so we're going to disagree with each other.
56:17It's a shame that Laura's gone. She'll be missed.
56:21One job, now six candidates remain.
56:25Lord Sugar's search for his apprentice continues.