This year’s The Apprentice winner, recruitment consultant Ricky Martin (right), has founded a technical recruitment company in partnership with Lord Alan Sugar, Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS). 

Before its official launch some time later this year, Martin says his new company will “initially be supporting the science and technology market sectors spanning throughout the EU”.

By winning the BBC TV series, Martin becomes Lord Sugar’s business partner and gains an investment of up to £250k to launch his business idea, HRS.