So I am going to go out on a whim here and say he hired James originally and then changed his mind and went back for both. The editing at the end looks really different for when both are being interviewed (as well as Lord Sugar (or that could just be me reading too much in to it)).

 

Also - both great business ideas. Personalised confectionery is what all the big confectionery companies are going in to & a recruitment consultancy is easy money.

Wow :o I mean it makes sense, they both weren’t too far apart and have potential (I still think Michaela would have destroyed both of them though 😂

I have been dipping in and out this year (really need to watch more religiously again next year!) but made sure to catch the final somewhat live and I'm rather flabbergasted at that :o I wasn't quite sure who he would choose tonight as James' business is easy money but Sarah appeared to have the analytics nailed, better branding and does seem to have tapped into something that has potential as a frontrunner in its particular field, like Interflora is to flowers. So... fair enough. Wow!

Very shocked! I do think what happened was Lord Sugar was settled on James before the final but Sarah somehow pulled a blinder and ticked every box there so he would've looked a fool to turn her down for James when he wasn't as strong in the final.

 

After being quite critical of Sarah getting through I was quite impressed with her. I'm still gutted for Michaela not getting through. She was truly robbed </3

Not choosing Michaela was just baffling. What a f***ing dumb decision. The only one there who was able to back up their rhetoric with actual facts. She makes more money than all the other candidates combined ffs. Actually robbed.

Right decision to hire both in that final - it was so neck-and-neck. I said in my tweets that whoever he chooses is a winner. And technically was right!

 

Michaela will be successful no matter what. She already is. I can see both her and Elizabeth popping up on TV quite a bit as well, both such characters.

I was surprised just like some others here that Lord Sugar hired both James & Sarah-Lynn but they both gave good pitches so that must have given Lord Sugar a dilemma that he was unable to settle outright. I hope Elizabeth will be on Celebrity Big Brother in a few weeks time.

Only just watching the final now.

 

Michaela and Liz have been really good so far as sub-team leads. Should have been the final 2!! Would have been much better and a much more entertaining finale.

 

 

 

 

I wonder if Lord Sugar knows that this pair of charity cases have to be registered charities in order to write off his £0.5m charitable donation to this pair of dead end ideas.

A really good final.

 

James and Sarah are very strong candidates. Their business plans may not be the best but I think they are very determined and that’s probably enough for Lord Sugar.

 

 

I'm not sure what about their business plans are "not the best", Sarah's taps into a niche in the market, while James is capitalising on a growing market with his expertise. Both are incredibly good investments.

 

On an unrelated note, those 'awards' on "You're Hired" afterwards were ridiculous :lol:

The reward for the guy in the glasses was hilarious - 'what's that got to do with you' I nearly fell off my chair laughing at him dare to question Sugars numbers!!

Really decent series overall and glad he invested in both ideas in the end!

The reward for the guy in the glasses was hilarious - 'what's that got to do with you' I nearly fell off my chair laughing at him dare to question Sugars numbers!!

That's the thing though, he somehow didn't win that category, they gave it to Lord Sugar! :lol:

 

And then Bushra won her category with the dullest of the comments :lol:

 

Like, whateverrrr :lol:

I'm not sure what about their business plans are "not the best", Sarah's taps into a niche in the market, while James is capitalising on a growing market with his expertise. Both are incredibly good investments.

 

On an unrelated note, those 'awards' on "You're Hired" afterwards were ridiculous :lol:

 

I agree, Lord Sugar sees money. Sarah was an average candidate at best, but trust me as somebody who works in the business, what Sarah is doing is what all companies are trying to do right now. If you get it right it is high margins. Both the plans he has invested in will work out imo. Not sure he has invested in a poor business yet on the show?

The reward for the guy in the glasses was hilarious - 'what's that got to do with you' I nearly fell off my chair laughing at him dare to question Sugars numbers!!

Ross in the boardroom on the day he got fired is the funniest moment of the series for me. "Statistically speaking I'm very smart and if you take an average room of people in the UK I'm usually the smartest"

 

"I actually do have the IQ of an official genius" :rofl:

 

 

I agree, Lord Sugar sees money. Sarah was an average candidate at best, but trust me as somebody who works in the business, what Sarah is doing is what all companies are trying to do right now. If you get it right it is high margins. Both the plans he has invested in will work out imo. Not sure he has invested in a poor business yet on the show?

You work in the sweet manufacturing business?

Ross in the boardroom on the day he got fired is the funniest moment of the series for me. "Statistically speaking I'm very smart and if you take an average room of people in the UK I'm usually the smartest"

 

"I actually do have the IQ of an official genius" :rofl:

You work in the sweet manufacturing business?

 

It was just aul Sugars face looking pissed off he dared to question them haha!!

Haha Ross definitely owned it with some of his comments! I do believe him though, I reckon he's incredibly clever. I wouldn't say no either :lol:

Ross was just a bit of a prick

You work in the sweet manufacturing business?

 

I work in confectionery yes.

 

https://www.yours.co.uk/money-and-shopping/...ersonalised-tin

 

Just look at that - people will pay anything for their name on it - the markup is ridiculous.

Ross was just a bit of a prick

Haha nah you just miss the point with him :P