Alan Sugar

Sugar buys pic'n'mix firm stake

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sir Alan Sugar's investment company buys 3.9% of Woolworths, the retailer best known for its pic'n'mix.

Sugar buys Woolies stake

The Sun (Free subscription) | yesterday

PICK 'N' MIX all round! Sir Alan Sugar buys nearly 4 per cent stake in struggling Woolies

Sir Alan Sugar acquires Woolworths stake

Financial Time (Free subscription) | yesterday

Alan Sugar, the millionaire founder of Amstrad computers purchased a 3.88 per cent stake in Woolworths through his Amsprop vehicle

• Millionaire Sugar buys Woolworths stake - Reuters UK

Sugar snaps up 4% of Woolworths

Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sir Alan Sugar, the irascible host of the BBC show The Apprentice, has acquired a stake of almost 4 per cent in Woolworths, the embattled high street retailer.

Alan Sugar buys stake in troubled Woolies

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Shares in Woolworths rose 29% to 4.06p on the news, which offered some reassurance to investors who lost their dividend last month after the group posted a half-year loss of £100m. It is not known whether Sugar, whose "you're fired" catchphrase is known to millions of BBC viewers, has radical plans for the ailing business. Woolworths declined to comment on the purchase of the stake.

• Sugar takes 4% stake in Woolworths - Scotsman.com

Millionaire Sugar buys Woolworths stake

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON (Reuters) - Alan Sugar, the millionaire founder of Amstrad computers and host of BBC television's The Apprentice, has purchased a near 4 percent stake in Woolworths Group , an industry source said on Friday.

Sugar takes 4% stake in Woolworths

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

SIR ALAN SUGAR, the millionaire star of BBC's The Apprentice, has bought a stake of nearly 4 per cent in struggling retailer Woolworths.

JJB Sports suffers as Sir Alan Sugar scents bargain in Woolworths

Times Online (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

... had been referring to the sale of stakes in the businesses by the Icelandic Government. Sir Alan Sugar, the irascible host of the BBC show The Apprentice, has bought a 3.88 percent stakein Woolworths – in which Baugur has a 10 per cent stake – for about £1.8 million. The shares nearly doubled to close at 4.06p each. Analysts suggested that the purchase of a stake in Woolworths was...

Sir Alan Sugar grabs nearly 4pc of Woolworths

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sir Alan Sugar the millionaire founder of Amstrad computers has acquired a near4pc stake in Woolworths the troubled retailer.

Sir Alan buys Woolies slice

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday

SIR ALAN SUGAR has acquired a four per cent stake in troubled high street retailers Woolworths.

Nick Hewer The rocky road to Mongolia

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Nick Hewer Sir Alan Sugar's sidekick on The Apprentice drove 9000 miles over 50 days through 14 countries to get from London to Ulan Bator. Here he reflects on lessons learned along the way.

McSweeney wins Ladbrokes Irish Festival, Zigmund destroying Rail Heaven and more

Poker News | pokernews.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

Jimmy McSweeney is celebrating a €100,000 pay day at the huge Irish Poker Festival in Killarney. Alan Sugar is by all accounts feared by UK poker players and more.

Palin scares Puffy

Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

I’m sure the readers here are all savvy enough to know that rapper/actor/entrepreneur/wannabe Alan Sugar Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs ain’t scared of shit. A veteran of the mid-nineties Rap Wars, the onetime Puff Daddy made millions from reminding us that he’s a Bad Boy For Life, and with his reputation for unintentionally hilarious bust-ups in nightclubs, [...]

Dodgy Dave is all rabbit and no action

The Sun (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

SIR Alan Sugar gives his verdict on Conservative leader David Cameron