Lord Sugar invests in recruitment firm

Even though Scarlett Allen-Horton failed to become the third recruiter to win the BBC TV series The Apprentice last month, another recruiter has persuaded Lord Sugar to invest in his company.

Without appearing on the programme, Tom Johnson, who only set up Hernshead Recruitment in July last year, told Recruiter he had approached Lord Sugar through the tycoon’s private investment vehicle Amsvest. 

“He [Lord Sugar] was advertising that he is interested in businesses that maybe didn’t want to go on the TV show, and we are looking for...

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