Boxing gym owner Marnie Swindells has become Lord Alan Sugar's business partner after winning this year's The Apprentice series.
The 28-year-old former court attorney and gold medal-winning boxer beat fellow finalist Rochelle Anthony. This is the second year running that the BBC One show has had an all-female final.
Ms Swindells has won Lord's £250,000 investment Sugar with the partnership.
The business tycoon said he chose her because he wanted to "try a new horizon".
When he made a decision towards the end of the final episode of the reality show's 17th series, he told Ms Swindells that it had been a difficult decision to invest in his room community driven boxing.
He said it was "something completely foreign to me to be honest and you never run a business before".
But after her victory, Ms Swindells, from Oldham, said she was 'so happy' that she was would go into business with Lord Sugar at his gym, called BRONX.
Boxing gym owner Marnie Swindells has become Lord Alan Sugar's business partner after winning this year's The Apprentice series.
The 28-year-old former court attorney and gold medal-winning boxer beat fellow finalist Rochelle Anthony. This is the second year running that the BBC One show has had an all-female final.
Ms Swindells has won Lord's £250,000 investment Sugar with the partnership.
The business tycoon said he chose her because he wanted to "try a new horizon".
When he made a decision towards the end of the final episode of the reality show's 17th series, he told Ms Swindells that it had been a difficult decision to invest in his room community driven boxing.
He said it was "something completely foreign to me to be honest and you never run a business before".
But after her victory, Ms Swindells, from Oldham, said she was 'so happy' that she was would go into business with Lord Sugar at his gym, called BRONX.
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