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00:00Previously on The Apprentice...
00:12The task today is all about making a new condiment.
00:18The team's got saucy, with mixed results.
00:22Can I suggest we taste this?
00:24Dwayne's chutney bit back.
00:26Oh, my God.
00:29Something's not right. Something's missing.
00:32And Katie's ketchup cost a lot.
00:35The recommended retail price for that is £3.99.
00:38We definitely couldn't do it for £1.95.
00:40We're left with 23 bottles.
00:42Phew! What? Left?
00:44In the boardroom, chutney was champ.
00:47And a third loss for Katie left plenty on her plate.
00:51What is this? I can't see a lorry driver in the greasy spoon
00:56It's never made crystal clear to us what our target market was.
00:59Ricky spread the blame.
01:01You under-delivered. You absolutely under-delivered.
01:03You sold rubbish figures.
01:04It was very hard to sell at the prices that we were given.
01:07But it was Michael who failed to cut the mustard.
01:09Do you think you're out of your depth?
01:11Not at all. Not at all.
01:12Well, I don't know what you were doing, really.
01:14You're fired.
01:15Thank you for the opportunity, Lordship.
01:17He became the third casualty of the boardroom.
01:22Now 13 remain to fight for the chance
01:26to become Lord Sugar's business partner.
01:34Bayswater, West London.
01:41For the candidates, a morning off.
01:49Morning, sir!
01:50Maybe Lord Sugar fancy a game of ping-pong?
01:55Good morning.
01:56This is Lord Sugar's office.
01:57Lord Sugar would like you to meet him at the Old Cinema in Chiswick.
02:01The car's to be with you in 30 minutes.
02:03OK, thank you.
02:05Old Cinema in Chiswick. Car's to pick us up in 30 minutes.
02:08Go, go, go!
02:11What could this be a cinema?
02:13I feel for some reason it might be about the advert.
02:16Yep.
02:17They're saying it's an old cinema.
02:19So it's actually functional.
02:20Let's face it, we're going to be producing our own trailer, aren't we, boys?
02:29They've won a task, they think they're at the top.
02:31Do we think they're taking it seriously?
02:33Dwayne and Nick need a little bit of bringing that down to earth, don't they?
02:37The people in here weren't working their hardest.
02:39They've gone.
02:40Have actually been fired.
02:41I don't think everyone's pulling the weight,
02:43I don't think everybody's contributing.
02:45I think there may be a few people I'd like to see get exposed, if I'm honest.
02:53Chiswick.
02:59A converted cinema, packed with vintage furniture
03:03and high-end second-hand goods.
03:07MUSIC PLAYS
03:28Good afternoon.
03:29Good afternoon, Lord Sugar.
03:31Now, there's a famous saying,
03:33one man's junk is another man's treasure.
03:36You know, there's been the rag and bone man, the car boot sales,
03:40we've got the charity shops.
03:42All of these people make money by taking things that people discard
03:48and they make it into something that someone wants to buy.
03:51That's what this task is all about.
03:53You're going to have to source your second-hand stock
03:56and then you're going to sell it to the public.
03:59So what I've laid on for you is a couple of shops in the east end of London
04:04where this type of retro stuff is selling in big volume.
04:08Yeah?
04:09So I'm going to mix the teams up a little bit more here.
04:12Ricky, you go to Stirling and Jade, you go to Phoenix.
04:19The team that makes the most amount of profit will win
04:22and in the losing team, one of you will be fired.
04:26OK, everything clear?
04:28Yes, Lord Sugar.
04:29Well, good luck. I'll see you back in the boardroom in a few days' time.
04:32Let's go.
04:36Worth over £2 billion a year,
04:38the UK's market for second-hand goods is on the up,
04:42from genuine antiques to repurposed scrap.
04:46What can you do with these? Can you put them in...
04:48I think people just put them on the wall.
04:50There's plenty of profit in pre-owned goods.
04:53600 quid.
04:55And refurbishing or upcycling old items can add big mark-ups.
05:00This is quite good because if we can buy a bin,
05:02we can funk it up to make a funky bin.
05:06Both teams have £1,000 and two days
05:10to source and sell on second-hand stock.
05:14But first, new leaders are needed.
05:17Bidding to repeat last week's win, drinks distributor Dwayne.
05:21I would put myself forward as project manager again
05:23because ultimately it's buying and selling.
05:25I think if we can all apply logics to it, we can get this task won.
05:30I wouldn't mind putting myself forward for project manager
05:33purely because I have set up a retail unit before.
05:39Right, OK. Who votes for myself?
05:46Thanks, guys.
05:49Who votes for Laura?
05:51I vote for Laura because you've set up a retail unit.
05:54That's it, then.
05:56OK, fantastic, guys. Thank you very much.
05:59Being an attractive businesswoman can have its ups and downs,
06:03but people shouldn't be fooled by that
06:05because I have also been described as a rottweiler in the past.
06:09The type of area in London we are, Brick Lane, is a very trendy area.
06:12People are going to be very judgemental on the way the shop looks,
06:15the sort of items you put in there.
06:17Heading up the other team, fine wine investor Tom.
06:19I'm only 23 years old.
06:21The thing that's very special about me is I'm a very well-rounded individual.
06:24My leadership style is quite laid-back.
06:26You'd be foolish to go into any situation thinking you're going to agree
06:29with everyone about what they think.
06:31How you deal with them is the most important thing.
06:33Are we going for less is more? Are we going for minimalistic?
06:35Are we going for fill it high, sell it cheap?
06:37In terms of strategy for buying, we've got £1,000,
06:40but I want quality over quantity.
06:42We could just buy five items here and try and make an absolute fortune.
06:46Yeah. The idea is to spend as little as possible.
06:48There's no point starting with loads of stuff and not being able to sell it.
06:52Tom's strategy is a bit wrong, really.
06:54We want to fill this shop and we don't want it looking empty,
06:56so, you know, let's buy as much stuff as we can.
06:58Let's fill these vans and let's get it there and let's sell it.
07:01We can't have a 700-square-foot unit with a table and chairs in.
07:04It's going to look stupid.
07:06While for Tom, less is more,
07:08Laura's team focus on turning trash into cash.
07:12We need to be very cost-conscious, get to houses, get to charity places,
07:15get as much crap for as...
07:17Well, that's what we're doing. We're selling crap and turning it into style.
07:21That's exactly it. That's exactly it.
07:23It's all about adding the value to the product.
07:25Absolutely right. We get a product, we add a lot of value, make it stylish.
07:28This is something I love doing.
07:30I love taking old pieces of furniture and charting them up.
07:33And I've sold chairs for, like, £250, say, in limited edition,
07:37and they buy... You know, even if it's like a Union Jack or something,
07:40you know, really funky, just...
07:42Union Jack seems to be quite in at the moment.
07:44Gabrielle, I think you should really be leading the front with the creative side.
07:47Is everybody happy for that? Absolutely agree.
07:49OK, fantastic, guys. Thank you very much.
07:52Project managers picked, plans in place.
07:55Facing an early morning start, it's back to the house.
08:026.30am.
08:07Today, both teams must seek out their stock.
08:10Use your money to pick up the additional stuff that we can use
08:13to basically tart up our materials as well.
08:15Buttons. You might be able to find really, really cheap stuff
08:18that we can start ripping apart for customisation as well.
08:21Tomorrow, their shops must open for business.
08:24Let's think, you know, realistically, how many items are we going to sell?
08:27Maybe 50 to 70 items would be a good target.
08:29Today, I'm going to give you £200,
08:31but really I want you to try and spend as little as possible.
08:33Be very selective, is that OK?
08:35Just keep in touch and let's get going. OK, then.
08:39Tom's sort of strategy or briefing to us, really,
08:43was to give us £200, tell us not to spend it.
08:4860 sales floor to fill.
08:50You know, we're not miracle workers.
08:52We're good negotiators and good salespeople,
08:54we're not miracle workers.
08:57Greenwich.
08:58An auction house stacked with brick-a-brack.
09:01It's a bit of a mess, isn't it?
09:04Greenwich.
09:05An auction house stacked with brick-a-brack.
09:09Knob, 65, oak book rack.
09:1125 over there.
09:13Bidding on Tom's tight budget, Adam, Stephen and Katie.
09:1855, £60, 65 on me.
09:21Have we got enough money for that?
09:22We'll give her 80 and we're all done.
09:24At £75...
09:26Knob, 54, honey oak, three-drawer serving table...
09:31No.
09:32One take, £120, £130, £140, I'll take £145.
09:38Ridiculous.
09:39Knob, £158, good cornier vintage 20th-century clot.
09:42I like this. I'll do it like this.
09:44This team has committed a number of mortal sins.
09:48Firstly, they didn't argue about the small amount of money
09:52they were given.
09:53They only got £200 of the £1,000 seed money.
09:56And then they come to an auction.
09:58They bid for four lots, one, three.
10:01Three things.
10:04Goodbye, that.
10:05It's just foolish.
10:06I'm happy with the stock we've bought,
10:08but I don't think we've got anywhere near enough.
10:11This is it.
10:12For Adam, a final bid for stock in the auction house bins.
10:20Steve!
10:21Steve!
10:22Yeah?
10:23Found some great stuff in the skip.
10:25Another wine rack, bench.
10:27It's in the skip? Yeah.
10:32It's not falling down.
10:45Thomas seems to be wanting to lose the task, I find.
10:47Like, we're out here trying to negotiate,
10:49trying to get as many products as possible.
10:51You know, he's given us a really tight budget.
10:53I think we need to throw a bit more money at this.
10:55My whole attitude is prepare to win,
10:57and I think he's preparing to fail.
10:59Tooting, South London.
11:02How you doing, mate? You all right?
11:04You all right, mate?
11:05Set on adding value to vintage cast-offs...
11:08What about that chest in the window?
11:11It's the trunk.
11:12Laura's team is on the hunt for products with potential.
11:15Pop that off, upholster that.
11:17You can paint those bits and pieces.
11:19How much do you sell these legs for on their own?
11:21Can we take them?
11:23The pieces we're interested in is for two suitcases
11:25at the top up here.
11:26The two top ones, yeah. I like that suitcase.
11:28Yeah, I can do the leather trunk for ten.
11:30Yeah, the camel stool.
11:31Side table's the trunk, and this retro table here.
11:34The chair and the glass.
11:35Yeah, the metal one.
11:37And four stools, plus one.
11:40The broken table in the back as well.
11:42And the broken table. OK.
11:44There's 100 in there. Thank you.
11:47Just give me a quick tally.
11:4918, 19.
11:5019 plus frames.
11:52We've bought a hell of a lot of stuff, haven't we?
11:55Right, we'd better get going.
11:59We've got a lot more than we thought we'd get.
12:01But I did rate the items we took.
12:03There's nothing there that I think I won't be able to sell that.
12:08Oh, this is nice.
12:10For project manager Tom and his team, a car boot sale.
12:14What do you reckon about these chairs?
12:16I think that's quite cool.
12:17The perfect place to bulk buy bargains.
12:21How much? Can we fix that?
12:24I think this is worth £7.
12:26I just don't like it.
12:28I think that's quite a cool little retro mirror.
12:31It's just damaged, though, isn't it? On the mirror again.
12:33It's important not just to buy any old stuff to go in a shop,
12:36cos we need to sell it.
12:37It needs to be something that's going to be desirable for buyers.
12:39So we've been selected.
12:41That's quite cool.
12:43We just need to buy enough stuff, don't we, to fill the shop up.
12:46That's the problem.
12:47No, we will, but I don't really like it.
12:49We're here on an enormous car boot sale,
12:52full of everything that you can imagine.
12:54The point is, find the right thing here to take to Brick Lane,
12:58home to the young trendy with the gelled hair.
13:01In terms of the colouring of it...
13:03That's perfect.
13:04I think it's quite a nice piece.
13:05They've only bought a few little items. It's nuts.
13:08They've got to fill that shop tomorrow.
13:10I don't want to be walking into an empty shell of a shop.
13:13What, you reckon put records in it?
13:15We have to sand it down.
13:16It's the condition it's in, so I don't...
13:20Oh, my God!
13:22OK, let's not do it.
13:24Sorry about smashing it.
13:29Brick Lane.
13:32Part of London's fashionable East End.
13:35Bursting with vintage and retro retail.
13:38And cool customers.
13:41This is it, guys. Cool.
13:43This is good. I think we need to get on with making stuff.
13:4720 quid.
13:48Sparking.
13:49For Laura's team, a truckload of stock in need of a makeover.
13:54And down, yeah.
13:55What I think we need to think about now is a plan of action.
13:58There's things here that cannot be sold as they are.
14:00I think these would be great if you could do the shabby chic effect.
14:03Do we need to do anything to this? Paint it?
14:05Paint us shabby chic.
14:06Again in...
14:08I'm not quite sure what the shabby chic stands for.
14:11Ideally, we want to upcycle as many items as we possibly can,
14:14because this is the idea.
14:15We're adding value to what is potentially someone else's junk
14:19to try and make it attractive to somebody else.
14:21I would like, ideally, to have, like, a stamp on everything.
14:24Just have a brand. You know, that's our brand.
14:26Charged with turning second-hand stock into a pretty penny, Gabrielle.
14:32So we need cushions, we need fabric, we need candles.
14:35Can I order two metres?
14:37Two candles.
14:38Can I order two metres in the stripe fabric?
14:42Can I have two metres in...
14:44Actually, no, get four metres there.
14:46Can I have four metres in the orange suede?
14:49Two packs of the casters.
14:51No, eight, sorry. Four packs, four packs.
14:54Four packs of the caster wheels.
14:56Sterling seem to think they have to upcycle everything.
14:59That takes a lot of time and a lot of expertise.
15:02And most importantly, a lot of materials.
15:04And materials cost money.
15:06Two of these and two of these.
15:08Four pound each.
15:10We've got loads left. Yeah, come on, guys.
15:12OK, then. So can I order the doorknobs at four pound each?
15:21At the other end of Brick Lane,
15:23Jade, Tom and Azhar get a first look at their retail space.
15:29To be honest, it's quite a big shop.
15:32Smaller items that we have.
15:34This looks quite big.
15:36We're going to have to get a few more items, if a little...
15:42South London.
15:44Hello. Hi, madam, nice to meet you. How you doing?
15:46Low on stock and short of cash,
15:49the rest of Tom's team hunt for hidden gems in a junk shop.
15:55That wine rack, definitely.
15:58That lampshade, Steve.
16:00Want to do that, mate?
16:02Straight on, you know what I mean? 10p, innit?
16:04A chair like this and I think the suitcase as well
16:06is the two things I'd pick out.
16:08What do you want to do? You want to do a price on the lot?
16:10Just tell us what you can do, buddy, yeah.
16:1250 quid the lot. We haven't got it.
16:15Stop it, you'll have me crying in a minute.
16:17We've only got literally 25 quid.
16:19I'll tell you what I'll do, 35 quid I'll throw the books in.
16:22And there's profit there.
16:24I'll tell you what we'll do, we'll meet you in the middle,
16:26say 30 from a North Londoner to a South Londoner.
16:28Go on, then. 30 quid. Go on.
16:30You've had me pants down, but, God, dear, I don't know.
16:33See you later, guys.
16:35They didn't do very well.
16:37I mean, there's a lot of things here that would have made a good profit
16:40and they've missed every single piece
16:42and instead they've rummaged through a pile of junk,
16:44ended up with two old metal chairs,
16:46which, to be true, aren't even worth the money in scrap.
16:50They picked absolute rubbish.
16:54We found all the good stuff right at the back,
16:56so if we could give him a bit of advice,
16:59he probably doesn't know how much gold is in that shop,
17:01to be honest, cos we've just took all the best stuff.
17:03I agree.
17:054pm, North London.
17:09That's it here.
17:11Next, for Laura and her boys, a house clearance.
17:15God, it smells vintage, that's for sure.
17:19Why is everything going? What's the clearance for?
17:21What's the nature of it? Someone's passed away.
17:23Someone's passed away.
17:24OK, can we take what we like?
17:26OK.
17:27Is it possible that we can take the curtains, strip the curtains?
17:30What about the carpet? Can we rip some of this carpet off?
17:34Some of this stuff, I can't imagine buying personally.
17:37It's a bit too retro.
17:39So it'll be a challenge to see if I can actually sell it.
17:42With nothing ventured, nothing gained, all the stuff was free
17:45and there is a well-known expression,
17:47don't look a gift horse in the eye.
17:50I think once we've got the items scrubbed up,
17:53I mean, I'm really hoping that we go back here
17:56and the guys have done some pretty impressive stuff.
18:09I love that.
18:13They're all mini tables.
18:15Do people buy this kind of stuff?
18:1760 pounds, I'd probably pay for something like this.
18:20That's too small, perhaps.
18:22I sort of think it looks like a box on a ladder.
18:24The upcycling's an interesting process.
18:26I'm not 100% sure whether all the items are going to end up
18:29looking better, but Gabrielle's got that underhand.
18:33I actually really like that.
18:387pm.
18:40For the other team...
18:42It's definitely going to be a challenge.
18:44For the other team...
18:46It's definitely minimalistic.
18:48..Tom's vision takes shape.
18:50Maybe bring that table a little bit further forward.
18:56What chair would go best with that table? That chair there?
19:00I'd put it a bit more further out.
19:02I think we need to fill up more space here.
19:06No, I'd put it, like, this bit further out.
19:09Well, there's two drinks tables.
19:14Yeah, I feel it looks very, very bare.
19:17It's a big retail unit.
19:19Have we got enough stuff?
19:21I don't think we have.
19:33Still sprucing up their stock, Laura's team.
19:37Tell us what was next on your list and we'll get started on it.
19:40All these items here are waiting for the red paint.
19:42All the stuff in there still needs work on it.
19:47The team have got a long night ahead of them, I think.
19:50They've got a real desire to paint everything, to change everything.
19:55And I'm not sure whether that actually detracts from the value
19:59or adds any value.
20:00I'll tell you what I'm not 100% keen on so far is Union Jacks.
20:04I just think, wow, it looks like I've painted it and I can't paint.
20:07What the hell is a Union Jack doing on our products?
20:10How creative is a Union Jack?
20:13The idea of that was trying to get a similar language
20:16between, like, all of our products.
20:18I don't get it, you know what I mean?
20:20So if you think someone would buy that, then...
20:22It was more of a retro look, which I kind of feel works well.
20:25So you're confident in it? Yeah.
20:377.30am.
20:41Ten hours to make a cool profit on the streets of East London.
20:45What are you wearing?
20:46I'm going to try and fit in with the Brick Lane crew,
20:48so I'm probably going to wear something that's really old and doesn't fit.
20:51Yeah.
20:54The choice of clothes is a bit of an issue.
20:56I don't actually hang around Brick Lane too much,
20:58but in my mind, I know it's quite hip.
21:00I'm trying to pull off as hip as I can and not look like a complete prat.
21:03If I could just undo my shirt, my buttons here,
21:05and look a bit arty, I can get into it.
21:11The only concern is that people like what we've done.
21:15I mean, especially in the upcycling side of things as well.
21:18I'm more confident we'll sell those than the plain of French,
21:22just because Union Jacks and that kind of thing at the moment is quite in.
21:299am. Brick Lane.
21:32Has this been messed up overnight, or did we leave it like this?
21:35We left it like this.
21:37Right, let's go, let's go.
21:39At Laura's shop, Vintage Gold,
21:41it's all hands on deck to get the place ship-shape.
21:45Right, so Union Jacks stuff.
21:47Uh-huh.
21:48All suitcases, shabby sheet can be priced.
21:50I just need to sort this out. OK, that's fine.
21:52And this. What I'm concerned about is this.
21:57There we are, back again.
21:58On Tom's team...
21:59That's looking nice, isn't it?
22:01..last-minute tweaks for his minimal retro station.
22:05Looks fresh, it looks clean.
22:15Hi there. Just having a look round.
22:17Can we have a look around? Yeah, of course you can.
22:19We're just opening as it happens, so please do have a look.
22:23This hole punch, I didn't even know you could get hole punches like that.
22:26That's fantastic.
22:27How long have you guys been here?
22:29One day, and this is it. One day only.
22:35Would you take eight on it? Eight pounds?
22:37Yeah, I'd take eight on that.
22:39OK, there's your receipt.
22:41I do like it. Right, I'm going to get that too.
22:43You want to get that too? I don't want to get anything else.
22:45Yeah? OK. All right, no worries.
22:47I actually really liked the shop.
22:49It didn't have that many things in it, not too cluttered,
22:51but everything that was there was pretty special.
22:53Could we have some leaves for coming in, like a path?
22:56Of leaves? Yeah.
22:58Adding character to its clutter and running late, Laura's team.
23:03This chair alone, I would say at least £140.
23:06Yeah? Yeah. We paid £25 for it.
23:09Yeah. You're sure that we could get that? Yeah.
23:14£120? I've got no clue in this.
23:17I don't buy this shit.
23:18With vintage gold open, time to rustle up some customers.
23:22We've got a vintage shop here.
23:24We've got vintage goods from around London.
23:26It's only waiting for one day.
23:27We've got some of the best antique pieces from around London.
23:30Some of them have been upcycled.
23:32That's right. A quick look around? It's a good thing.
23:34You sure?
23:38I was interested in these shelves.
23:40Ah, good choice, good choice.
23:42Yes. Yeah?
23:43At Retro Station, we've got some vintage goods
23:47At Retro Station, Tom's hand-picked products are a hit.
23:53Vintage hole punch.
23:54And obviously the Weymouth scales for £40. OK.
23:57But while sales are brisk, stock is low.
24:01There's a difference between minimalism and emptiness.
24:06And I think they need to really get some stuff in there.
24:11I think it's going really well. It is, yeah.
24:13The only thing is stock.
24:14Do we take this last opportunity to get some more stock?
24:17Stock. Stock.
24:19It's not just furniture. We've got little clocks,
24:21we've got little cabinets, we've got candle holders,
24:23we've got crockery.
24:24On the other side of Brick Lane, Laura's vintage gold.
24:28It's worth seeing here.
24:29Oh, yeah, definitely.
24:30You might see something else you might like here.
24:32Pushing its brand of retro chic to style-conscious locals.
24:37This is actually my favourite bit in here.
24:39I love... This one's big and this one's small,
24:42but you have to be really cool. Clearly you are.
24:45Don't miss out.
24:46You're not going to find a piece like that again.
24:49Where did you get these from? Do you love it?
24:52It's the 80s. It's the 80s, isn't it?
24:58Do you want to sit down in it?
24:59Well, what if we did a deal on it for you? Are you sure?
25:03It's not a hugely easy sale for any of the items.
25:07You've really got to sell hard.
25:09They're actually lampshades from the 1970s.
25:11I'll have a look around and get back to you. OK.
25:13You have to be quite pushy and really try to convince them.
25:16Hi, how are you?
25:17Do you want to have a look in our pop-up vintage store?
25:19We're literally only here for today. Really funky stuff.
25:22There's lots of different sales techniques going on here at the shop,
25:25but Jane's, I find, the most uncomfortable.
25:28Do you want to have a quick look?
25:29She's very pushy, she's very aggressive with the customers
25:33and they don't really like it.
25:35What about a chair? No.
25:40Midday at Retro Station.
25:43How retro can you get?
25:45Can I have a piece of paper? Thank you.
25:48Everything's going well so far.
25:50We've sold a number of items, but the shop looks empty.
25:53The concern is, are we going to have enough stock for the rest of the day?
25:58Hi, Tom, mate, it's Steve.
26:00In terms of stock, one simple question, do you need more stock?
26:03I think we do need a few more items. Yeah.
26:05All right, pal.
26:06Battersea, South London.
26:08With just a few hours to go,
26:10Jade, Adam and Stephen hunt for tat that might turn a profit.
26:14How much do you want for the cameras? 50p?
26:16Yeah. Yeah, is that right? There you go, a pound for the two.
26:19Thank you, cheers.
26:20£9, that's the deal. Thank you.
26:22Three quid's all I've got.
26:24You know, I've had to buy them myself, so...
26:26£3.50 for the four and we'll do the deal.
26:29OK, go on.
26:30We could pay a pound for it. I can't pay more than a pound.
26:33I can allow you to pay a pound for that, but that's...
26:35Oh, you can have it for a pound. Yeah.
26:37As long as you promise you'll go away.
26:39Well done. I think she'll be OK with that.
26:41She would have sold that for three or four quid in an hour.
26:44You can't get more retro than that.
26:47At Vintage Gold...
26:49I know you want a chair, right?
26:51Oh, don't leave.
26:53..with stock still high, a plan from project manager Laura.
26:57We've got our leaflets, so let's get these out
26:59and try and push a little bit of traffic more our way.
27:01There's too many of us to sell to everyone,
27:03so I want to utilise three for beta.
27:05Right, so you know what you're doing?
27:07Just do your best, guys. Yeah, of course.
27:10We've got a pop-up vintage store around the corner
27:13and we've got a 10% discount with this flyer.
27:15Can I give you a flyer? We've got a sale on just round the corner.
27:18Flyer's an extra 10% off with flyers.
27:20Give me one of these, mate.
27:22We've got a vintage sale on just round the corner.
27:25With its promotional team drumming up trade...
27:28Fantastic, that's £10.
27:30..a mid-afternoon rush for vintage gold.
27:33I'm really excited.
27:35People are literally just walking in, grabbing stuff,
27:38paying for it and walking out.
27:39I think we're doing really, really, really well.
27:41Considering the fact of the amount of stock we had,
27:43the guys are working so hard.
27:45Just open it up, so, yeah, you can put all your stuff,
27:47your newspapers, magazines, whatever else.
27:49I actually think we'll be pleasantly surprised
27:51when we start doing the tally-up of how much profit we've made.
27:54Man, thank you!
27:56Armed with more stock...
27:58Armed with more stock, Retro Station's reinforcements arrive.
28:04Yeah, I like them. These are cool.
28:06We've got to get this out as quickly as possible.
28:08Yeah, OK, cool.
28:10They're doing well.
28:13I may well have sneered a little bit yesterday,
28:16and I apologise because I thought their product selection was poor.
28:20What do I know?
28:25That's a bit of crap, isn't it?
28:27There's your receipt.
28:29Oh, you just put that in the bag.
28:31Shit.
28:33We tried to create a bit of a retro feel.
28:35You know, it's aimed at, you know, the kind of people
28:37that are living round here.
28:39I'll put some stuff like this on this skid.
28:445pm.
28:46One hour to go before takings must be totted up.
28:51Do you like the chair?
28:53If they do you a deal on it, do you want to buy it?
28:55The Union Jack stuff isn't selling too well.
28:57We've got all the chairs, we've got the fabric chairs,
28:59we've got the wooden chairs.
29:01My initial impressions were it wouldn't be the first thing
29:03to go off the shelves.
29:05I'm optimistic that we're going to shift it.
29:07It's just what price we shift it for, I think, is the question.
29:10We literally sanded them all down, painted them,
29:13kind of tried to give them identity,
29:15not just a piece of furniture but a piece of art as well.
29:17I think things with flags on them just look a little silly.
29:20It didn't really seem vintage in the way that you would think of
29:23a sort of classic or elegant.
29:26To me it just is a bit almost cheap or tacky.
29:30We do have still quite a lot to shift.
29:33Please come and take this furniture off of me!
29:37With both teams' money tied up in unsold stock...
29:41Vintage shop, vintage prices.
29:43We've got the last few bits now for you guys.
29:45..last chance to convert it into cash.
29:50Mind your backs now!
29:52Just keep running!
29:57Nick, going to sell this now.
29:599.15, you've got yourself a deal.
30:019.50. 9.25.
30:039.50. 9.25.
30:05I was selling them at 40 quid, 9.50.
30:079.25, it's 25 quid. 9.30.
30:099.25. Right, 9.25, you've got yourself a deal.
30:12Come and take it! One pound!
30:14You just want them two?
30:16I've just given the lady a ridiculous deal.
30:18Well, it's worth them 60 quid, two pound 50.
30:21I'm literally giving it to you. One pound.
30:24Look, feel the weight of it. Solid glass table.
30:26Yes, but my house is too far.
30:28What about that afterwards? It's a pound!
30:31OK.
30:32Oh, I can tell you that chair that goes with this table, one pound.
30:35No, the rest I'll sell... Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hang on.
30:38No, no, run, 50 feet. I finished my pound.
30:40One pound?! No, it's too much, I'm sorry.
30:496pm.
30:51That's it. OK, guys, we're closed.
30:54Closing time.
30:56Thank you!
31:00Oh, yes! Oh, yes!
31:02Nice!
31:04That is really good.
31:06Tomorrow, the boardroom.
31:18MUSIC PLAYS
31:49You can go through to the boardroom now.
32:08Good afternoon.
32:10Good afternoon, Mr Turner.
32:14Well, I would have found this a very interesting task.
32:17Interesting in the sense that the product definition
32:21was actually undefined.
32:23It wasn't as if I was actually saying,
32:25go and make something specific or buy something specific.
32:28It was anything.
32:30And I'll be interested to hear how we got on here.
32:33Sterling, a start here.
32:35Team leader? Yes, that was myself, Lord Sugar.
32:38How'd that come about?
32:40I put myself forward quite strongly, actually.
32:42I was very keen to really put myself on your radar
32:45and start stepping out of the crowd, if I'm honest with you.
32:48You're in the wedding dress business, yeah?
32:50Yes, I am. So you're used to dressing things up,
32:53making it look better, then, yeah?
32:55You could put it that way, yeah.
32:57OK, well, go on, then.
32:59Really, it was quite foreign territory to most of us
33:02in terms of retro, vintage.
33:05We had a little bit of an advantage
33:07because we had Gabrielle on our team.
33:09We started to get some ideas on the table.
33:11Some very popular ideas to start with
33:13was the shabby chic look.
33:15What? The shabby chic furniture.
33:17Shabby chic? Basically, yes.
33:19You get some old furniture, paint it and then sand it down
33:23so it looks a little bit rustic.
33:25Who started working on the refurbishment or the upcycling?
33:29The girls and Nick. The three of us.
33:31The three of us and Nick. Yeah.
33:33What did that entail, then?
33:35Painting, reupholstering, cleaning. Reupholstering? Yes.
33:38Well, reupholstering involves material and a staple gun.
33:41Yes. More shabby than chic.
33:43Hmm. What style do you think your shop was?
33:46It was probably more down the route of vintage than retro,
33:48but we did have some... What did it look like?
33:50I heard there was a load of dead leaves on the floor.
33:52Some could say it looked like an ox-fen shop
33:54in the middle of a hurricane or something.
33:56The customers said it looked quite arty when they came in.
33:58They liked the leaves on the floor.
34:00Who was good at selling?
34:01To be fair to everyone, I think we all had a fair crack at it.
34:04To be honest with you, I don't actually know
34:06what the individual sales figures were,
34:08but nobody was off the board.
34:10Who was, like, got in the mood of the particular shop?
34:14I mean, there's selling. Yeah.
34:16You know, there's, like, dill boys selling off a stall.
34:19But there are times when you have to take on
34:23a different type of posture
34:25with the particular clientele you're dealing with.
34:27I was quite impressed with my sale, to be honest with you.
34:30OK. And so, a good team leader?
34:33She did a very good job as a project manager.
34:35I was very impressed. All right. I've got it. I've got it.
34:38OK, Phoenix. So, Tom. Yeah, it was myself.
34:42Yeah, how'd that come about, Tom?
34:44After you spoke to us, it was definitely a task
34:46that I was really excited about
34:47and wanted to take the opportunity to be project manager.
34:49Did you have a strategy?
34:51Yes. I was cautious about what we should be going out and buying.
34:54I said to the guys,
34:55look, let's really drive a hard bargain,
34:57let's really negotiate down so our costs are low.
34:59But I think everyone was happy with the strategy we were going for.
35:02How would your team split up?
35:04Yeah, I decided I wanted Jade by my side
35:06because I think we probably got the best eye for maybe design
35:08and also I wanted to be in a shop so I could get a feel for the size of it,
35:11how we were going to lay things out.
35:12What about the other team? What were they tasked with?
35:14OK, the other team was the kind of stock-buying team.
35:16So, for me, I wanted to get the strongest negotiators
35:18on that side of the task.
35:20Stock-buying? From the dealers? Yeah, from the dealers.
35:22Right. Very, very simple remit.
35:24Obviously, the key to this task was profit
35:26and in terms of items that we were selecting,
35:28we were quite cautious in everything we selected
35:30because the bottom line is if people don't like it,
35:32they're not going to buy it.
35:33We went to the dealership and we actually found a nice room at the back.
35:36Why would he have all this stuff at the back, then,
35:38if it wasn't up for sale?
35:39It was there that long that it'd actually become retro.
35:41I don't think it was retro initially, but I think that was the situation.
35:44We actually bought a couple of suitcases that we're now quite in at the moment.
35:47We also bought some little knick-knacks, a couple of chairs that we could use.
35:50So, he must have been delighted there.
35:52He must have thought he'd got a right bunch of idiots.
35:54So, did you give them free rein on how much you could spend?
35:57I gave them £200 to go out with initially.
36:00So, that was a deliberate thing on your behalf, was it?
36:03Yeah, I mean, I think it helped.
36:04You didn't want them to get carried away, is that what you're saying?
36:06Yeah, and we also had the whole of day to...
36:08Damage limitation or what? They could only blow £200?
36:10Yeah.
36:11Lord Sugar, I mentioned several times that the shop for me,
36:14from the outside, which is where you should judge a shop,
36:17obviously not when you're stood on the inside, look bare,
36:19but I didn't know whether it was going for minimalistic or...
36:22But you do get these arty-farty people that just have a big white shop
36:25and one thing sticking in the middle of the night.
36:27Yeah, it's got my expertise.
36:29It had been set out in a good way, though.
36:31For what we had in there, we did the best for what it was.
36:33So, how was Tom? Good?
36:35Good. Tom was good. Good team leader?
36:37Tom overall was very good.
36:38And you got good cooperation from all your people?
36:41Oh, absolutely fantastic.
36:42I haven't got a bad word to say about anyone on my team
36:44for the last two days.
36:45Good.
36:46Brave statement, but good.
36:50I think I've heard enough now,
36:51so I think we need to get down to the numbers and let's see how we did,
36:55see how much money we made.
36:58I'll start with you, Nick.
37:00Have you got some numbers there that I can write down?
37:03Yeah. Phoenix...
37:06..total sales of £1,423.50...
37:11..minus the total spend of £360.10...
37:15..generated a profit of £1,063.40.
37:20That's not bad for a few days' work, £1,000.
37:23Karen, how about your team?
37:26Total sales, £1,444.25.
37:34But we spent more, £660.76,
37:38making a profit of £783.49.
37:42Well done, Phoenix.
37:46You came in with a £1,063 profit, playing £783,
37:51so that's very good,
37:52and it looks like your stinginess paid off here
37:55and you've spent £360 compared to their £660,
37:59so very, very good.
38:02Well, keeping in the spirit of things,
38:04I'm going to set up a 40s vintage party for you,
38:07and here's the good news,
38:08you're going to actually learn how to swing dance.
38:11Fantastic.
38:12Fantastic.
38:13Have a nice time and I'll see you on the next task.
38:17Well done.
38:20I love it.
38:23Yes!
38:26Yes!
38:30Well, same kind of sales figure, and clearly you spent more money.
38:35That's it, really.
38:36But I think, you know, you were there on the day,
38:39so you need to go and talk about this amongst yourself
38:42and I'll see you back here shortly.
38:44Off you go.
38:56MUSIC PLAYS
39:03Yes!
39:04Team Phoenix.
39:05Team Phoenix.
39:06Yes, very nice.
39:07Good job.
39:08Very good job.
39:09Woo!
39:10My name's Simon, this is Nicky,
39:12and our job is to get you swinging.
39:14MUSIC PLAYS
39:17Here we go.
39:18Push, prepare, turn and go.
39:20Finally a win, and I think it's going to be fantastic.
39:23Finally a win, and I think well deserved.
39:25Tom was a very strong PM.
39:27I'm not necessarily sure he was a good PM.
39:29He chose a risky strategy, but it paid off.
39:32Because of my age, I think it makes, obviously, my position
39:35as project manager can be quite difficult
39:37for some people to take orders from myself,
39:39but every time I asked someone to do something,
39:41they did it without questions.
39:43Big team, big win.
39:44Cheers.
39:45Cheers.
39:46Cheers.
39:47MUSIC PLAYS
39:54Simplers, I guess.
39:56I think the task has two sides to it.
39:59Primarily the costs. Mm-hm.
40:01The secondary thing, if we had had higher sales,
40:03that wouldn't have been an issue either.
40:05The costings has absolutely crippled us for this task.
40:08I also feel like some of the items which we upcycled,
40:11we upcycled them with the wrong design.
40:13I don't want a rammy to erupt over the table,
40:16but a third of it was spent on the materials.
40:20I feel blame shouldn't just be on the materials.
40:22I think where the problem lies is maybe we bought the thing,
40:25the actual items themselves, that were slightly too expensive.
40:29I'm not too concerned about the right choices of stock.
40:32Ultimately, that was guesswork,
40:34but what we could have watched ourselves on
40:37was the purchasing of the materials.
40:40PHONE RINGS
40:43Can you send the candidates in, please?
40:45Yes, Lord Sugar. You can go through to the boardroom now.
40:48I'd be interested to hear your analysis as to why you lost.
40:53I feel that we've lost a lot there...
40:56..because we've lost our inventory and we've lost our inventory
41:00and we've lost our inventory of women.
41:03It's because we have not been in line
41:06to produce the materials which we're selling.
41:09We've not been in line to produce the materials
41:11at a time when we've known the benefits of having money.
41:14to hear your analysis as to why you lost to the other team.
41:19Can I try and attempt to give an answer on this?
41:22Yeah, well, you were the project manager, so...
41:24Yeah, no, exactly.
41:25My main concern on the spending front
41:28was that a third of this budget that we had
41:33was spent on the upcycling.
41:35Let's get in on this materials here.
41:39Go and buy some stuff that needs upcycling.
41:43Yeah? Yes.
41:44So who did you put in charge of the converting of the stuff
41:48to finished product?
41:50The person that allocated the material job
41:53to basically what did we need and how much did we need was Gabrielle.
41:56OK, so someone took a flying leaper.
41:59In order to convert all that,
42:02I need to spend £232 on materials to convert them all, yeah?
42:07Yes, also... And that was you?
42:09Yeah, on the direction as well of other members of the team
42:12who said, you know, this should be done, this should be done.
42:15To be clear, when you had the list,
42:17you were a bit like kids in a sweet shop.
42:19We'll have some of this, we'll have some of that,
42:21we'll have some legs, we'll have some wheels.
42:23None of you actually knew how much you'd spent.
42:25You hadn't calculated what you were going to buy very carefully.
42:28Gabrielle was shouting out to Jenna, buy some of this, buy some of that,
42:31and Jenna was ordering it, and that's how it went.
42:33I literally was given products and told to make it look good.
42:36I think, actually, in the end,
42:38we bought too much stuff that needed to be upcycled.
42:40That's why we had to buy so much material.
42:42You didn't use it all.
42:44Five of the chairs that we upcycled were done with the fax.
42:47Four of the chairs were done with the orange velvet.
42:49We had some material on the footstools.
42:51That is not a lot of material.
42:53We did not use £200 worth of material.
42:55What amount of material did you buy, Gabrielle,
42:57and where did it get used? The toys?
42:59No, no, we used... Or paint?
43:01We used paint. How?
43:03We needed the wheels, which we used.
43:05We basically had no strategy on what we should buy.
43:09We had no strategy on what limit we had.
43:11We had no strategy.
43:13You were given £300 for the day, which you did go over anyway,
43:16which shows to me that you weren't being careful.
43:18Can I just stop you there? No, no, can I just...?
43:20No, because this is just going into it.
43:22No, no, it's not, Jenna. You gave us £300 to spend,
43:25and as my sub-team can clarify,
43:28that materials needed to be bought to upcycle what we were buying.
43:32We were never given a budget on how much none of us,
43:34including yourself, no-one knew there was a budget
43:36to be spent on any materials.
43:38Why did you have to order £200 worth of material?
43:40We didn't. We actually ordered £178 at first,
43:42because you wanted us to do the shabby sheet look.
43:44Then in the next batch... I'm trying to ask you before you finish.
43:46Can you tell me what you ordered individually?
43:48Yeah, I'm going to tell you what we ordered. We ordered the material.
43:50Jenna, stop shouting. Ladies, ladies, ladies.
43:52Stop shouting. Ladies, ladies, ladies.
43:56I hear on the other side from Karen
43:59that you didn't get the plot on what to buy.
44:02You bought a lot of stuff, and the shop looked like a tip.
44:07Who chose the majority of the stuff from the dealers and places like that?
44:11That was myself, Ricky and Dween.
44:14Do you know that your team had 200-plus items...
44:18In total. ..and Tom's team had 50?
44:21That's a big difference.
44:23Yeah. Yeah.
44:25Do you think you messed up the theme of it?
44:27One thing we didn't do, Lord Shuggan, which is what's caused us tears,
44:30we didn't do the market research.
44:32I think, Gabrielle, you did say you know the local market
44:34and you bought from them. And I said I've been there.
44:36And in fairness, I think the creative team just took that as gospel.
44:39I don't think the Union Jack particularly is Brick Lane.
44:41It's not that demographic.
44:43I just wanted something that when people go by,
44:45you know, it doesn't look like a junkyard.
44:47It looks like, oh, maybe, you know, some thought's been put into it.
44:50Saw how much Union Jack stuff had been plastered around.
44:52I was concerned.
44:54I've made a lot of decisions and I've taken a lot of responsibility,
44:57and a lot of stuff is coming my way.
45:00But then if I'm taking responsibility for a lot of the stuff,
45:03what did you take responsibility for?
45:05Oh, OK, OK, OK. Let's get off the Union Jack for a minute.
45:09Let's get on to sales here, you see.
45:11Gabrielle was the biggest seller.
45:14She sold £414 worth of stuff, 28 items.
45:18Jenna was the next biggest seller, £407 worth of items.
45:23Jane, you're the businesswoman here
45:26and you sold £10 worth of stuff.
45:29I did find, Jane, that your sales technique
45:32went between a bit desperate and a bit aggressive.
45:36Possibly I was over-enthusiastic.
45:39I apologise if I was, but I tried my best to make sure
45:42that as many people as possible went into that shop.
45:47Right. I mean, Laura, I'm sitting here listening,
45:51I've sat here and I'm getting bored now.
45:53I can't get to where the problem lays.
45:57We spent too much money on materials.
46:00We've gone and bought 200 items, you know,
46:03and not been very selective on the right category of products.
46:06Yeah.
46:07Where do you think the responsibility lays, you two?
46:10I think responsibility lies on the creative team.
46:12I think, unfortunately, Gabrielle,
46:14you've come up with some ideas which weren't selling on the day.
46:17You did sell extremely well.
46:19You did sell more than me, I was on the sales team on that day.
46:23OK, listen, Laura,
46:25who is responsible for the ultimate failure of the task?
46:30I do feel a lot of the blame lies on Gabrielle.
46:33And who else?
46:34I think after hearing that Jane only sold £10,
46:38I will have to bring Jane back in with me.
46:42Right.
46:43The rest of you, go back to the house.
46:55Right, I'm going to consult with Karen a little longer
46:59and also Nick, who's been listening on this.
47:02So if you three step outside, please, yeah?
47:18Laura, I've got a lot to answer to,
47:21because everybody I asked don't seem to know, you know,
47:26what the steer was from day one.
47:29Jane is clearly a very successful, very able businesswoman.
47:33Her CV points to some extraordinary things that she's achieved.
47:37But actually, I can't put my hand on my heart and tell you
47:40that I've witnessed anything remarkable from her
47:43in any of the tasks that I've been following her on.
47:46Gabrielle seems to be the one which everyone's blaming
47:49for spending far too much money on the refurbishment materials.
47:53But I tell you what, she makes a very good point.
47:56OK, all right then, let's say I did, but what did you do?
48:00And I haven't been able to get out of anybody else what they did.
48:06Could you send these three of them in, please?
48:08Yes, Lord Sugar.
48:09Lord Sugar, we'll see you now.
48:20So, Gabrielle made a point in the last session.
48:25She said she's sitting here taking a load of flack,
48:28but yet she asked you, what did you do?
48:32I thought it was a good question.
48:34I did do a good job. The sales force was motivated.
48:37I mean, they were incredibly motivated and we did sell.
48:41Ultimately, what I did do was I did manage the team well.
48:44There was a clear direction, Gabrielle.
48:48They say not, they say not.
48:50As the project manager, why didn't you say to them,
48:53I only want 50 quid spent on materials?
48:56But you didn't, you just let them go.
48:58What raving lunatic would ever think
49:01that it didn't matter how much you spent?
49:03But I was hoping a small amount of common sense would prevail.
49:06As a project manager, some of the common sense
49:08should have come from you also.
49:10I feel there was actually no strategy.
49:13Yes, there was good morale, but when we ask you about materials
49:16and whatever else, there was no budget.
49:18You gave us £300.
49:19In fact, you didn't even specify that we should buy with that.
49:22It did not make sense what was ordered.
49:24I took responsibility... No, Gabrielle.
49:26..and I do not shy away from it, and that's fine.
49:29But I took on a lot of stuff, and what did you do?
49:32You gave a good speech now and again,
49:34but if I ask you, what did you do that contributed to this?
49:38Go ahead.
49:39Gabrielle, that is a very good speech as well.
49:41That's commendable as well, thank you very much.
49:43You're denying your work ethic, OK?
49:46Yes, I know you put some masking tape on a window.
49:49Well done for that.
49:50Yes, I agree that... In the silence and lay bored?
49:52No, look, listen.
49:54The bottom line is, you, as Karen said,
49:57were like a kid in a sweetie shop buying the materials.
50:01At the end of the day, I was at the centre of everything.
50:05Was she at the centre of everything?
50:07Well, obviously not, because if she was at the centre of everything,
50:10then there would have been a budget for the materials.
50:12If she was at the centre of things,
50:14would you have not known how much she was going to spend?
50:16The point is, you have to delegate.
50:18That's what your position was.
50:20Yeah, that's right, I'm asking, what did you delegate?
50:22I delegated to you... What was splitting the teams up?
50:24Gabrielle, that is so unfair,
50:26because I was doing the selling and the purchasing.
50:28Yes, we may have had some larger items
50:30and we may have bought a lot of stuff, but we sold it all.
50:33The sales were not a problem for the team,
50:35apart from for Jane, obviously.
50:37Now, hold on a second. I asked, did you want me out on the street?
50:40I didn't tell you to be outside.
50:42Then you came out to the street and you asked me to do flyering.
50:44Yes, I did ask her to do flyering, yes.
50:46So why are you saying that?
50:48Never once did you ask me to go back into the shop, never once.
50:51Jane... So why are you trying to...?
50:53I didn't ask Nick to come into the shop and Nick still sold.
50:55Ladies, ladies, ladies, I can see that there's a complete conflict here.
50:59Jane, I've looked at your application here,
51:03and you and your husband have a very substantial business.
51:06It's very, very good, very commendable.
51:08So some of your colleagues in the house may be in awe of you
51:13or possibly even concerned that you are a contender.
51:18The only thing is, they might feel that about you.
51:21I don't, cos I ain't seen anything to make me feel that way.
51:26So...
51:28OK, Lord Sugar.
51:30Just to clarify about the sales,
51:33yeah, I was out in the street for most of the day,
51:36but I can genuinely say that I worked extremely hard.
51:39I'm quite a serious person.
51:41I'm not a market trader, I haven't done that before.
51:44I am more comfortable in the business-to-business environment.
51:48I, you know... Right.
51:52Laura, why do you feel that you deserve the opportunity
51:57of getting an investment of £250,000 from me?
52:01I have been successful in everything I have ever done,
52:04and I'm ready to... I mean...
52:06You weren't successful this week, was you?
52:09Who should be fired in this particular task, then,
52:11do you think, this week?
52:13Not, unfortunately. I still feel it's Gabrielle.
52:18Laura should be fired.
52:20And Jane?
52:22I believe Laura should be fired.
52:25It's a tough one.
52:27It's down to this particular task.
52:30And did you get the plot?
52:33And, Laura, I don't think you did get the plot in this task.
52:39Gabrielle, you got blamed for spending too much money,
52:44but I admire your enthusiasm.
52:50And on this particular occasion,
52:52I'm going to let you stay in the process, OK?
52:57And it leaves me with just having to make a decision
53:00about you two ladies here, and...
53:03What, sugar? No, I don't want to hear any more, actually.
53:06OK.
53:08This is one of the most difficult ones I've had to deal with.
53:12I have to judge it on the person that's got the most potential
53:16in coming into business with me, yeah?
53:20Laura...
53:22..you lost the plot.
53:24And you didn't run the team very well.
53:30But I have a bigger concern with you, Jane.
53:35You've been in the losing team three times out of four weeks, yeah?
53:42And nothing I have seen yet tells me
53:47that you are this great business person.
53:49So on that basis, Jane, you're fired.
53:54OK, thank you anyway. Thank you.
54:07Now, walking out that door there may be, you know,
54:10a great business partner for me.
54:12But I have got a gut feeling.
54:15And you, Gabrielle, the reason you're staying here today
54:18is because I think you've been unfairly picked upon.
54:21OK, off you go. Thank you very much.
54:40Well, I don't think you have to worry about Jane.
54:43She's obviously a very clever businesswoman.
54:45The application on paper is unbelievable.
54:48All I can say is that I didn't see anything in the past four weeks.
54:52And that's my gut feeling.
54:54This is my boardroom. This is my process.
54:57This is my money.
55:18Lord Sugar mightn't have wanted me,
55:20but I will be extremely successful in everything that I do.
55:23And hopefully, in a few years' time,
55:25he'll look back and say I shouldn't have fired her.
55:28I think everything on paper should be that Laura should go,
55:31but I think that Lord Sugar will send Jane home.
55:34I personally think Jane.
55:36Laura was a good motivator and she was a good CM in that respect.
55:40She was. But we did make some strategic mistakes.
55:42I think Laura should get fired.
55:48CHEERING
55:52Well done, well done.
55:54We did not know who was going and he ripped every one of us to shreds.
55:58What happened to Jane?
56:00Basically, what he said was he did say he had this feeling in his gut.
56:03He said, I've got to think about who I want to go into business with.
56:06She was also shocked because she did believe that she did a good job.
56:10So, you know, for her, I think it was just a complete, like,
56:13where did that come from? And she wasn't prepared.
56:15It wasn't pleasant.
56:18It wasn't pleasant.