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Flirting Apprentice gets the boot | Flirting Apprentice gets the boot |
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Apprentice hopeful Philip Taylor has become the latest candidate to be fired from the BBC One reality show. | Apprentice hopeful Philip Taylor has become the latest candidate to be fired from the BBC One reality show. |
The 29-year-old from County Durham got the boot after Sir Alan Sugar was told about his flirtatious relationship with fellow contestant Kate Walsh. | The 29-year-old from County Durham got the boot after Sir Alan Sugar was told about his flirtatious relationship with fellow contestant Kate Walsh. |
This week's task saw candidates travel to Liverpool and Manchester to hear new British inventors pitch their products. | This week's task saw candidates travel to Liverpool and Manchester to hear new British inventors pitch their products. |
The teams selected two products to sell on to retailers, with Taylor ending up on the losing side. | The teams selected two products to sell on to retailers, with Taylor ending up on the losing side. |
After the brash estate agent wound up in the final three, Sir Alan decided to fire him ahead of 27-year-old Walsh and 36-year-old Lorraine Tighe. | After the brash estate agent wound up in the final three, Sir Alan decided to fire him ahead of 27-year-old Walsh and 36-year-old Lorraine Tighe. |
Tighe, who acted as project manager, criticised her team-mates in the boardroom. | Tighe, who acted as project manager, criticised her team-mates in the boardroom. |
"I just think they were on a jolly day out to be honest," she told Sir Alan. | "I just think they were on a jolly day out to be honest," she told Sir Alan. |
"Outside of this boardroom there is a close friendship going on here and I believe on that day it did affect their ability." | "Outside of this boardroom there is a close friendship going on here and I believe on that day it did affect their ability." |
'Attitude' | 'Attitude' |
"I think I'm clear in my mind that your bravado and attitude isn't going to fit in my organisation," Sir Alan told the disappointed hopeful. | "I think I'm clear in my mind that your bravado and attitude isn't going to fit in my organisation," Sir Alan told the disappointed hopeful. |
Speaking afterwards, Taylor said he believed he had had the potential "to go a lot further". | Speaking afterwards, Taylor said he believed he had had the potential "to go a lot further". |
Two weeks ago episode saw him escape being fired for his part in the "Pants Man" advertising debacle. | |
Eight contestants remain in the hit BBC programme, won last year by recruitment sales manager Lee McQueen. | Eight contestants remain in the hit BBC programme, won last year by recruitment sales manager Lee McQueen. |
According to the show's producers, Taylor is in the process of signing an interview deal. | According to the show's producers, Taylor is in the process of signing an interview deal. |
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