Apprentice hopeful Alex Quick has beforehand been been the director of three failed recruitment companies, MailOnline can completely reveal.
Alex, 27, is the third candidate to be uncovered in latest days as having a lower than illustrious enterprise background earlier than showing on the fact programme.
The businessman was one in every of two administrators of a agency known as JobsFindYou Ltd which was integrated in April 2013 earlier than his appointment was terminated a yr later.
Uh oh! Apprentice hopeful Alex Quick has beforehand been been the director of three failed recruitment companies, MailOnline can completely reveal
The agency, based mostly in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, by no means traded and filed accounts in 2014 as a dormant firm, exhibiting it had simply £2 within the financial institution which was the sum whole of the agency’s property. It was lastly dissolved voluntarily in January 2017.
A second recruitment agency with an virtually an identical identify – JobsFindU Ltd – was additionally integrated on the identical date as JobsFindYou in 2013.
Quick and his enterprise associate Alex Rodwell had been administrators, and Sabrina Rodwell acted as firm secretary.
Once more, the agency filed accounts as a dormant firm with £2 earlier than it was dissolved voluntarily in 2016.
Background: Alex, 27, is the third candidate to be uncovered in latest days as having a lower than illustrious enterprise background earlier than showing on the fact programme
A 3rd recruitment agency known as Wellshor Ltd was dissolved in October 2020 eight years after it was integrated in July 2012.
It additionally had the identical administrators and filed accounts as dormant firm in 2013 with property totalling £100 in money held on the financial institution.
It began buying and selling the next yr, recording whole property of £3,245 however it paid out £30,436 to collectors leaving Quick and Rodwell shouldering a deficit of £25,321.
You are fired! The businessman was one in every of two administrators of a agency known as JobsFindYou Ltd which was integrated in April 2013 earlier than his appointment was terminated a yr later
It was equally within the purple in 2015, to the tune of £26,972, and recording liabilities of precisely the identical quantity – £26,972 – in 2016 after Quick had departed, and £26,972 once more in 2017, and the identical in 2018.
In 2019 it chalked-up a deficit of £2,222 earlier than making use of to be struck off the register of firms in April 2020, and it was lastly dissolved in October that yr.
Quick went on to alter tack and based a business cleansing agency known as Stag Business Cleansing Providers Ltd in 2016 with a brand new enterprise associate, Thomas Silvester.
Silvester resigned the next yr and brief took sole cost of the enterprise, posting accounts for 2016/17 exhibiting the corporate had £677 on the financial institution and whole property of £4,502, although it posted a lack of £5,800 because of paying out £10,202 to collectors.
Not successful: A second recruitment agency with an virtually an identical identify – JobsFindU Ltd – was additionally integrated on the identical date as JobsFindYou in 2013
It chalked up a revenue of £4,329 in 2018, which dropped to £1,920 the next yr, however earnings had dwindled to solely £384 in 2020, regardless of the agency having present property with £108,220, together with £66,289 in money on the financial institution.
It paid out £59,322 in sums owed to collectors, largely made up of tax funds and financial institution expenses, and owed £50,000 in financial institution loans.
In March 20201, it registered a doc define a cost towards the corporate giving a agency known as Maketfinance Ltd the correct to take over the property of Quick’s agency ought to it fail in what seems to be a re-financing association.
Not an important monitor file: Quick turns into the newest forged member to be uncovered as having patchy enterprise credentials and hyperlinks to dissolved, low-income firms
On January 6 this yr, on the identical day the primary full episode of The Apprentice was broadcast by the BBC, Quick’s agency posted its accounts overlaying 2021, exhibiting a dramatic enhance within the agency’s earnings to £144,996.
Quick turns into the newest forged member to be uncovered as having patchy enterprise credentials and hyperlinks to dissolved, low-income firms, together with Lord Sugar’s proper hand man, Tim Campbell, the winner of the primary collection who’s standing in for an injured Claude Littner, and present candidate Akshay Thakrar.
In the meantime Akeem Bundu-Kamara, who boasts that he’s on ‘the pathway to creating it’, runs an moral sportswear agency which was price simply £28 final yr.
Regardless of the measly sum, Akeem, 30, bragged about being ‘a numbers man’ in a abstract of his abilities on the present as he hoped to impress Lord Sugar.
The Apprentice continues on Thursday at 9pm on BBC1.
Again on! The Apprentice continues on Thursday at 9pm on BBC1
THE APPRENTICE 2022: MEET THE MEN
AARON WILLIS, 38
Occupation: Flight Operations Teacher
Lives in: Chorley, Lancashire
Key info: Having served within the RAF for 12 years as Flight Operations Teacher, Aaron has got down to begin his personal safety enterprise.
He says: ‘My strongest level is that I can promote to anyone and I believe that is the rationale why my enterprise will probably be successful, as a result of individuals will purchase from me.’
AKSHAY THAKRAR, 28
Occupation: Proprietor, Digital Advertising Company
Lives in: London
Key info: Referring to himself as a person who believes sleeping is a ‘waste of time’ he additionally claims his first phrase as a new child was ‘revenue’.
He says: ‘My buddies name me AK 47 as a result of I am a killer salesperson.’
CONOR GILSENAN, 28
Occupation: Gross sales Govt and former Skilled Rugby Participant
Lives in: London
Key info: Exhausting working and ‘hyper motivated by cash’, ex rugby participant Conor describes himself as a ‘company panther’ with a file for getting offers achieved and who will win this collection.
He says: ‘I’ll be the company panther within the boardroom, I’ll get it achieved, and I’ll be Lord Sugar’s excellent enterprise associate.’
NAVID SOLE, 27
Occupation: Pharmacist
Lives in: London
Key info: Certified pharmacist and Nicki Minaj superfan Navid aspires to create a profitable pharmacy enterprise with the assistance and experience of Lord Sugar.
He says: ‘Nothing intimidates me as a result of I simply really feel like I am a robust character, sturdy particular person, sturdy mindset.’
AKEEM BUNDU KAMARA, 29
Occupation: Technique Supervisor for a Monetary Agency
Lives in: London
Key info: Akeem considers himself a individuals’s one who loves being round others, nonetheless as a ‘numbers man’, his analytical skill usually causes him to think twice about his each transfer, as he claims he’ll are available with a ‘calculated perspective.’
He says: ‘My rising up has made me who I’m, I will converse with everybody, but additionally in a position to present that monetary, enterprise facet to myself.’
ALEX SHORT, 27
Occupation: Proprietor, Business Cleansing Firm
Lives in: Hertford
Key info: With massive objectives for his business cleansing enterprise, Alex is pushed, centered and is ‘not going to cease’ till he will get the place he desires to go.
He says: ‘I’d evaluate myself to a Ferrari, shiny on the skin however beneath the bonnet, there may be plenty of fireplace and I am coming for you.’
HARRY MAHMOOD, 35
Occupation: Regional Operations Supervisor
Lives in: West Midlands
Key info: Impressed by the kindness of his grandparents, Harry desires to assist and assist individuals.
He says: ‘The whole lot I’ve regarded into reaching, I’ve achieved I’ve actually achieved all the things I’ve put my thoughts to.’
NICK SHOWERING, 31
Occupation: Finance Supervisor
Lives in: London
Key info: After ‘working within the shadow of his household’s enterprise’, certified accountant Nick hopes to make a reputation for himself within the drinks business together with his line of flavoured water.
He says: ‘In enterprise I am a little bit of a power to be reckoned with I do know what I am speaking about, I understand how issues work, and I am extraordinarily skilled So, I am a little bit of an animal within the boardroom’
THE APPRENTICE 2022: MEET THE WOMEN
AMY ANZEL, 48
Occupation: Proprietor, magnificence model
Lives: London
Key info: Beginning her magnificence enterprise somewhat later in life, Amy has now discovered what she actually loves doing after beforehand working in gross sales, showbiz and jingles.
She says: ‘I may be good once I should be, however once I sadly must be a b***h, I’ll…’
BRITTANY CARTER, 25
Occupation: Resort entrance of home supervisor
Lives: Bristol
Key info: Brittany is seeking to break free from her resort function and launch the primary alcoholic protein drink, with Lord Sugar’s assist.
She says: ‘My motto for all times is ‘all the time look on the intense facet’
FRANCESCA KENNEDY-WALLBANK, 26
Occupation: Proprietor, sustainability firm
Lives: Surrey
Key info: The eco-conscious, arithmetic graduate is on the lookout for funding in her subsequent enterprise, offering a product carbon footprint service for companies with a easy equation of her personal creation.
She says: ‘There’s two sorts of individuals within the world- those who say they’ll do issues and folks that really do them and I am a doer’
HARPEET KAUR, 30
Occupation: Proprietor, dessert parlour
Lives: West Yorkshire
Key info: Describing herself as a born chief, fearless and humorous, Harpreet plans to ‘stage up’ her profitable, six-figure espresso and muffins enterprise to turn into a number one model within the UK.
She says: ‘I am positively not in enterprise to make buddies. I am right here to earn money, and I am certain Lord Sugar is not on the lookout for a brand new mate.
KATHRYN LOUISE BURN, 29
Occupation: Proprietor, on-line pyjama retailer
Lives: Swindon
Key info: Kathryn has labored a variety of jobs from mortgage advisor to occasions supervisor. Describing herself as formidable, sort, and sometimes ‘savage’, she says she’s there to win, to not make buddies.
She says: ‘My desires in my head are completely large and I imagine I can obtain them.’
SOPHIE WILDING, 32
Occupation: Proprietor, boutique cocktail bar
Lives: Cheltenham
Key info: Describing herself as ‘magical and enchanting’ Sophie even has a witch college qualification. She beforehand labored in gross sales and has large renovation plans for her bar.
She says: ‘Failure shouldn’t be an possibility. Successful is a part of my DNA.’
STEPHANIE AFFLECK, 28
Occupation: Proprietor, on-line kids’s retailer
Lives: Kent
Key info: Along with her East-London roots, the blonde is hoping to bond with Lord Sugar and match his no nonsense perspective in the direction of enterprise. She’s on the lookout for funding to develop her designer retailer and be a part of the rising pre-loved trend business.
She says: ‘I’ve received grit, willpower and I am decided to achieve success.’
SHAMA AMIN, 41
Occupation: Proprietor, kids’s day nursery
Lives: Bradford
Key info: Shama already has a busy work life working her kids’s day nursery in addition to juggling life with 5 kids at house. She is able to show she has the ‘skillset that’s required to be probably the greatest, profitable businesswomen within the early years sector.’
She says: ‘Being a woman of color, carrying a headband as properly and the challenges that we face every day, I simply wish to be a dwelling instance for the Asian ladies on the market.’