The 20th series of The Apprentice is set to launch later this month, with 20 ambitious candidates competing for Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment. Lord Sugar will be joined by trusted advisers Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell across 12 episodes.
This year's tasks include creating a children's book, selling products live on television, and organising a corporate away day on the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt. The diverse cohort brings a range of backgrounds, from a 46-year-old grandmother from Barnsley running two businesses to a former RAF gunner from Doncaster specialising in personalised pet cremation urns.
Other candidates include a photobooth business owner from Cork aiming to expand to UK cities, an actress from East London planning a mobile theatre, and a student recruitment owner from Richmond who started his business at 17. A beauty brand owner from Surrey is the first female entrepreneur in her family's business lineage, while a public relations specialist from Watford seeks to reinvent PR through intelligent automation.
The series promises high-stakes challenges and boardroom drama as the candidates compete for Lord Sugar's investment.
