Clare Dickinson’s Blog


Business at the Hackney Post
Tim Campbell and other members of The Bright Ideas Trust

Tim Campbell and other members of The Bright Ideas Trust

I started this week with much intrepidation, I have limited knowledge about business, especially Hackney specific business.

My week as business editor for the Hackney Post started well. The business section is only a page long and I had one other person in my team and a good lead story.

I spoke to Tim Campbell of The Apprentice for a feature, as well as a young entrepreneur which his company had helped and his marketing manager. They were all really helpful and gave me some great material for my story.

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Talking to the winner of The Apprentice
tim-campbell

Tim Campbell won The Apprentice in 2005

It’s that time of year again; I am getting swept up in the fever surrounding The Apprentice.

I sat down to watch the new series on Wednesday night and it lived up to expectations. There were already arguments and bitchy comments being thrown around. I am not usually a fan of reality TV but something about the show has me hooked.

So I was rather excited when I got to speak to Tim Campbell- first winner of a place in Sir Alan Sugar’s company- as part of my role as business editor of The Hackney Post this week.

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