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The Apprentice. An intense programme to watch (if you've just got in from work) but it has to be said, great entertainment.

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On the Isle of Wight we have an enterprise college which is basically a normal secondary school but with a special move - business and entrepreneurship. As part of enterprise week we were asked by the school to go in and help out with what we think is an incredibly cool initiative by the staff there - a real-life version of The Apprentice for students, who get to have a go with real businesses.

The students broke up into four teams, and we gave each team a whole load of store credit to do what they wanted with - they had to get the best return for our investment and they had a week to do it.

Some went knocking on doors in Cowes, some made flyers, videos and Facebook campaigns, and some got family to help out: The thing was, not one of them bunked off or couldn't be bothered: Every one of them gave up extra time and threw themselves into the tasks. That says a lot about this bunch. Solid.

Rod Gilbert from Cowes business association was Lord Sugar, and brutally fired Team One who came in last place overall, but by the finest of margins: Infact they had one of the best campaigns and made the 2nd highest number of transactions, but the value of those was so small that they showed no profit. A tough way to learn a good lesson.

Well done dudes.