About Junior Apprentice

An opportunity of a lifetime...

The six-week competition has the candidates, all aged between 16 and 17, battling it out through a series of gruelling tasks in the hope to become the first ever Junior Apprentice. The winner will be awarded access to a fund worth £25,000, which will go towards his or her business career and will be personalised to their individual prospects and development.

The rules are simple. Each week the candidates are divided into two teams and Lord Sugar briefs them on the new task. The team appoints a project manager and this person is responsible for leading the task.

Each task is set to stretch the candidates’ creative and business skills, but the bottom line is: can the team make a profit? Lord Sugar doesn’t take kindly to making a loss. Throughout the task Lord Sugar’s advisors Nick Hewer and Karren Brady shadow the teams and report back to him in the boardroom.

At the end of each task the candidates are called to the boardroom to face Lord Sugar and his advisors. Once the figures are tallied up the team with the biggest profit win and are given a well-deserved celebratory treat. The losing team are sent off to discuss their failings before heading back to the boardroom for a grilling from Lord Sugar.

Finally, the project manager selects two fellow team mates that he or she feels were responsible for the downfall of the team. The final three face Lord Sugar and one of them is fired.