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"Lord Alan Sugar has hired 17-year-old Arjun Rajyagor as his first ever Junior Apprentice. The A-Level student won a \u00A325,000 fund, which will be used to kick-start his business career.  During the final task, Arjun teamed up with Tim Ankers against Zoe Plummer and Kirsty Cleaver in a water bottle branding challenge. Tim and Arjun&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;A Bottle Of Water&amp;#039; product was delivered with a confident pitch and they impressed Sugar with their composure at answering questions from the floor. Zoe and Kirsty&amp;#039;s water was aimed at the youth market, but they were criticised for suggesting that their product would benefit people&amp;#039;s health. Sugar also complained that the girls&amp;#039; TV ad campaign &amp;quot;looked like a mugging on a council estate&amp;quot;. After some deliberation, Sugar told the girls that they had lost the task and would be leaving the competition. However, he praised the duo for their efforts in the competition. &amp;quot;You want to be a little more upfront and not so much of a busy bee behind the scenes,&amp;quot; he told Kirsty. Speaking to Zoe, he commented: &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve got it all, you just need to get that character right.&amp;quot; Sugar then consulted with Karren Brady and Nick Hewer before announcing which of the two boys would be the winner. &amp;quot;Arjun, I&amp;#039;ve spoken of your apparent soft nature, your clear academic qualifications,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;My concerns about you [are] adapting and trying to show that you can actually come up with that seed and spark of an idea that is needed in business. &amp;quot;Tim, you started off, we were a bit concerned about you [to] be honest with you. There were times when I was really tossing up in my mind if you should be on your way home. It&amp;#039;s a tough choice.&amp;quot; Explaining his decision to hire Arjun, Sugar said: &amp;quot;[He] has that natural business flair combined with intelligence that some people are born with - you can&amp;#039;t learn it. I know that Arjun is going to become the best at whatever he wants to do and I will be here for support all the way.  &amp;quot;I was so impressed with all of the candidates - they were outstanding for their age - but there had to be just one winner, and Arjun has done himself and his family proud.&amp;quot; Speaking afterwards, Arjun said: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been an amazing opportunity and I can&amp;#039;t believe I&amp;#039;m the first Junior Apprentice. It&amp;#039;s absolutely mind-blowing and it hasn&amp;#039;t even set in yet.  &amp;quot;Tim was the greatest opponent anybody could have ever wanted. My parents are so ecstatic and I hope I&amp;#039;ve done them proud. To think of the amount of opportunities this will open up for me is just amazing.&amp;quot; Runner-up Tim commented: &amp;quot;It is always hard coming so close to first after such a long process, but to have been placed below such a capable candidate as Arjun makes it a lot easier.  &amp;quot;I wish him all the best for the future and intend to stay close friends with him. For me now, concentrating on my A-levels is paramount and I could also do with a good offer of employment! It was such an enjoyable experience, one which I will never forget.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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