Lord Sugar crowns winner of The Apprentice

Boxing gym proprietor Marnie Swindells has go Lord Alan Sugar's concern spouse aft winning this year's bid of The Apprentice.

The 28-year-old tribunal advocator and golden medal-winning boxer bushed chap finalist Rochelle Anthony. It is the 2nd twelvemonth successful a enactment the BBC One amusement has had an all-female final.

Ms Swindells won Lord Sugar's £250,000 concern on with the partnership.

The concern mogul said helium chose her arsenic helium wanted to "try a caller horizon".

When coming to a determination towards the extremity of the last occurrence of the 17th bid of the world show, helium told Ms Swindells it had been a hard determination to put successful her community-focused boxing gym.

He said it was "something which is wholly alien to maine to beryllium honorable and you've ne'er tally a concern before".

But pursuing her win, Ms Swindells said she was "so happy" she would beryllium going into concern with Lord Sugar connected her gym, called BRONX.

She said: "What an unthinkable accidental and infinitesimal for a miss similar maine to get to a spot similar this and person go Lord Sugar's concern partner.

"It feels unusual to adjacent accidental that, but I'm not going to halt saying it due to the fact that I americium truthful happy."

Ms Swindells went head-to-head with 35-year-old Bedfordshire hairsbreadth salon proprietor Rochelle Anthony arsenic they attempted to person Lord Sugar and manufacture experts that they were worthy the investment.

The brace were supported by candidates who had been fired earlier successful the bid who returned to assistance them bring their concern plans to life.

The bid had started with 18 hopeful candidates, with the archetypal task seeing them alert to Antigua wherever they were tasked with creating and selling excursions to tourists.

Over the people of 12 weeks, the candidates were whittled down to the 2 women.

Lord Sugar's aides, Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell, shared their thoughts connected the 2 finalists earlier the victor was announced.

Of Ms Swindells, Baroness Brady said: "Marnie, she has ne'er tally a concern before, and she's chosen a concern that's precise competitory - tin she basal retired successful this precise competitory market?"

Meanwhile, Mr Campbell advocated for the boxing gym owner, arsenic helium said: "That being said, for an ambassador for a boxing facility, determination is no-one amended I would deliberation than Marnie and what she stands for."

All episodes of The Apprentice bid 17 are disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer.