Not so nasty Nick Hewer apologises for slating Margate
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Nick Hewer, Lord Alan Sugar’s right-hand man, did not live up to
his image as Nasty Nick in The Apprentice.
The former PR man who got to know Lord Sugar when he handled the
Amstrad account was an entertaining speaker at the business
breakfast that opened the Kent 2020 Vision.
There were a few remarks about Margate, which he notoriously
rubbished during an Apprentice challenge in the seaside resort.
That faux pas led to his being invited to Kent 2020, and he was
contrite, saying how special the Thanet town was.
He even joked about coming to live in Kent, but I suspect he
will stay in Northamptonshire. He was obviously an admirerer of
Lord Sugar, saying his judgement was almost always right. And
insisted the great entrepreneur was no misogynist, an accusation
levelled at him by women after firing several female contestants,
including Kent’s own Mona Lewis from Sittingbourne.
Mona was at the show, by the way, along with fellow Apprentice
Paula Wilson, who appeared on an entrepreneur panel with Gerard
Coleman (Kent-based Artisan du Chocolat), Alastair Jessel (serial
entrepreneur behind the Taywell Group) and Sharon Goodyer of The
Cake Bake Company (made the Skoda cake for the carmaker’s ad).
Hewer, who had roomed overnight in the Hilton Hotel, Maidstone,
stayed at the show until 3pm, finding time to judge the finalists
in the Kent Innovation Showcase. And he promised to return,
possibly with Lord Sugar, to interview candidates for a countywide
tourism apprenticeship scheme.
Kevin Lynes, Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for
Regeneration and Economic Development, spoke after Nick and could
not resist looking at his leader Paul Carter a few yards away and
saying he had to mind what he said because he did not want to be
told 'You’re fired!'
Word on the street is that the two men may not have seen eye to
eye recently...
Monday, April 26 2010
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