18 candidates<\/a> will be competing for the chance to win a \u00a3250,000 investment in their business, hoping to prove that they\u2019ve got a cool head, commercial instinct and serious negotiating skills over the course of the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Each week, they\u2019ll be faced with a new task designed to test different aspects of their business acumen, as Lord Sugar\u2019s trusted advisers Karren Brady, Tim Campbell and Claude Littner keep a close eye on proceedings (and report back to the boss).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Promising to \u201csay it how it is\u201d in order to win tasks, sales professional Emma Browne is among the new faces on this year\u2019s Apprentice line-up.<\/span><\/p>\n Hailing from County Kildare in Ireland, Emma describes herself as \u201chighly motivated\u201d and \u201cextremely competitive\u201d \u2013 a classic Apprentice personality type, then.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Emma before episode 1 airs. <\/span><\/p>\n Job:<\/b> Senior account executive<\/span><\/p>\n From: <\/b>County Kildare<\/span><\/p>\n Instagram: <\/b>@emma_brownexx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Emma has more than five years of experience working within \u201cdiverse, competitive sales environments\u201d and has won many awards over the course of her career so far.<\/span><\/p>\n Describing herself as a \u201cworkaholic\u201d who is \u201cbeyond determined\u201d, Emma says she isn\u2019t afraid of speaking up and voicing her thoughts. \u201cIf I have an opinion and I think it\u2019s valid and logical I will say it how it is,\u201d she promises.<\/span><\/p>\n And as for her business plan? Emma reckons her idea is a \u201cuniquely profitable\u201d one \u2013 and she\u2019s confident that, whether she wins the investment from Lord Sugar or not, she will \u201cmake [her] company one of the most successful ideas to ever come out of The Apprentice\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n Soon after this year\u2019s Apprentice line-up was revealed, Emma posted about her latest venture on Instagram, writing: \u201cI have been hiding a BIG BIG secret for quite some time, but beyond excited to announce that I will be appearing on the upcoming season of The Apprentice with Lord Sugar.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI cannot believe I have been chosen out of hundreds of thousands of applicants for ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHOWS IN [THE] UK\u201d she continued, adding that she felt \u201cbeyond proud\u201d to have been selected for the show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Now in its 17th season, The Apprentice will be back on our screens on Thursday 5th January, with the first episode airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 9pm.<\/span><\/p>\n The 18 candidates will be jetting off to Antigua in the heart of the Caribbean, where their very first task awaits them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After splitting up into two teams (and picking the obligatory pretentious team names), the hopefuls must run and sell bespoke tours for holidaymakers.<\/span><\/p>\n Karren and Claude (who is set to appear in two episodes this season<\/a>\u00a0after sitting out last year\u2019s competition following a major injury) will join them on the island, and will observe all the chaos from the sidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n When they return to London, someone\u2019s Apprentice journey will come to an end \u2013 and they\u2019ll have the dubious honour of becoming the first candidate to be sent home with a \u201cyou\u2019re fired\u201d from Lord Sugar. <\/span><\/p>\n The Apprentice airs on 5th January at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. <\/strong>C<\/strong>heck out more of our Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> for more to watch.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <\/strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Tuesday, 03 January 2023 at 12:00 am Lord Alan Sugar is heading back to the boardroom in search of a new business partner as The Apprentice returns to our screens. 18 candidates will be competing for the chance to win a \u00a3250,000 investment in their business, hoping to prove that they\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28119,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-emma-browne-the-apprentice-2023-candidate-and-sales-executive-scaled.jpg",2560,1705,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-emma-browne-the-apprentice-2023-candidate-and-sales-executive-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-emma-browne-the-apprentice-2023-candidate-and-sales-executive-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-emma-browne-the-apprentice-2023-candidate-and-sales-executive-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-emma-browne-the-apprentice-2023-candidate-and-sales-executive-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-emma-browne-the-apprentice-2023-candidate-and-sales-executive-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/meet-emma-browne-the-apprentice-2023-candidate-and-sales-executive-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Tuesday, 03 January 2023 at 12:00 am Lord Alan Sugar is heading back to the boardroom in search of a new business partner as The Apprentice returns to our screens. 18 candidates will be competing for the chance to win a \u00a3250,000 investment in their business, hoping to prove that they\u2019ve…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is <\/b>Emma Browne<\/b>?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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