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Your support makes all the difference.Devotees of the BBC1 show The Apprentice know that there is one element which makes the latest series so compelling. It is not the bumptious, deluded contestants; not the repetitive weekly tasks; not even Sir Alan Sugar's finger-jabbing belligerence. No, what really makes the programme special are Sir Alan's two stern, silver-haired assistants, Nick and Margaret.
Where would The Apprentice be without Nick and Margaret's raised eyebrows, their fierce frowns, their arch put-downs? Margaret's jibe this week about slipping standards at Edinburgh University was the latest, exquisite example. Every workplace needs people like this – who can deflate tedious egos, cut through the thickets of jargon, and speak undiluted common sense. Forget about armies of management consultants. Nick and Margaret, the latest unlikely pin-ups of reality television, we salute you! You are adornments to the nation's boardroom.
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