Axed Apprentice candidate accuses Lord Sugar of ‘going soft in his old age’

Axed Apprentice star Jonny Heaver says Lord Sugar is going soft in old age. Tutoring company owner, Jonny, 24, was fired from the BBC1 show tonight and said on leaving Lord Sugar and his sidekicks were “heroes” of his.

But asked what it was like to work with the boss of the show, he added: “Lord Sugar has got a little bit less mean over time, because I look at like the old series, and I’m like ‘ wow’, and he still had his moments that I was under complete heat at times in the board, like he was not happy about rhubarb (previous sales task purchase). I got a very hard time for that.

” But I think on a scale of one to 10, he’s about six out of 10, not as scary. I think he used to be about nine out of 10. I think he has got a little bit softer with age. “

Jonny was on the losing team after a trip to Turkey saw both teams put on corporate away days. Although he was not project leader and did not make any huge mistakes in the task, he paid the price for not leading a task to date and continuing to be in the background.

His team prioritised profit but that led to boredom on their trip in Bodrum, while on the other team, terrible table service caused chaos in Cappadocia.

Jonny who took part in a 4×4 tour as part of his task said:” Do you know what, I feel our tour was just too boring, and we tried to inject as much personality as we could into that tour.

“But at the end of the day, my tour stop was stopping by a rock with snakes, which actually didn’t have any snakes. You know, I couldn’t really juggle with pine cones. So there was only so much you could do. We just lost and it was tough. I didn’t think it was going to be me being fired until the very end as I didn’t do anything terrible”.

Despite being aged just 24, Jonny employs over 30 people in his tutoring business with bases in Kent and Liverpool and hopes to open a new hub in Birmingham soon and is looking for investment from viewers.

He said: “I’m still seeking investment. Our business is going through growth. We still need that investment.

” It is a tutoring company for young people tutoring young people. And that kind of rapport that’s created by young people tutoring young people.

“And our next growth plan would be to employ regional directors to oversee different areas of the UK. So we’re providing a really personalised service for people all around the country. Because often with tutoring companies, you get the London base and then just online everywhere else, and that’s really rubbish if you’re up in York or Liverpool, because you don’t have tutors”.

Jonny has 35 staff working at Achiever Tutoring, mainly in Kent and Liverpool at the moment but hopes to open a Birmingham branch next.

Looking back he said: “My biggest learnings from taking part is, honestly just to go do it, because I spent the whole time thinking ‘ I’ll never get on The Apprentice, I’ll never get in’.

” But you’ve just got to go for it, because chances are you actually might be able to and I think I should have carried that a bit more with me as well on the show. “

* You can find out more about Jonny’s company at https://achievertutoring.co.uk/

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Source: Mirror