Alan Sugar fires third 'Young Apprentice' after florist task

Hannah Richards became the third hopeful to be fired by Lord Sugar in The Young Apprentice, following a flower task failure.



The two teams were challenged to sell flowers with an eye on presentation and arranging. The team with the smallest profit would lose the task.

Team Kinetic brought in a total profit of £463.52, winning by only £12.56 over Team Atomic. The winning team was given a prize of a chocolate-themed three course meal at Fortnum & Mason.

In the boardroom, Lord Sugar argued that Atomic's missed opportunity to reach a deal with a hotel and misjudging prices led to their loss.

Project Manager Hannah brought back Harry Maxwell and Zara Brownless to the boardroom, with Harry commenting: "Hannah, just to clarify, me and Zara brought in the lion's share of profit."

Hannah explained that she felt Harry M was not a teamplayer, while Zara did not listen to her as Project Manager.

Zara defended her decision to cite higher prices to their client than that was agreed by PM Hannah, saying: "I'm going to recognise that it was because of price that we lost that, I'm willing to accept and acknowledge that, but I don't see why that justifies me being here when actually I brought in, almost single-handedly, almost £300."

Hannah criticised Harry M's lack of team spirit, adding: "Obviously everybody has their flaws but that's something so fundamental, not just in business but in life, which you can't go through being so self-centred."

Harry M responded: "You've brought in the two people that made the most profit so if anyone missed the whole concept that the task was about profit, surely it's you for bringing us two back!"

Lord Sugar addressed Zara first, stating: "I don't know what you're doing here to be honest, I really don't. So I'm telling you right now, you're staying."

Turning to Harry M, he said: "On reflection, I have to say, your salesmanship and your last sale has saved you."

Finally, Lord Sugar told Hannah: "With regret Hannah, and possibly because, in my opinion, you brought the wrong people back, I have to say to you that, you're fired!"

While being driven away, Hannah said: "I'm proud that I got this far yet a little bit disappointed I didn't go further but I know I walk away from this knowing a lot more than I did when I came. It's given me a foundation to build on for the future."

Young Apprentice continues next Monday at 9pm on BBC One.