{"id":3196,"date":"2014-11-11T17:23:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=3196"},"modified":"2021-12-17T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T15:23:44","slug":"apprentice-fencing","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/blog\/apprentice-fencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaun fence backdrop to Apprentice winners&#8217; Orbit abseil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">I had a bit of a Bonfire Night outburst last week when I watched episode five\u00a0of the latest series of\u00a0The Apprentice\u00a0with Alan\u00a0Sugar and his wannabe business partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><em>Summit<\/em>\u00a0had just pipped\u00a0<em>Tenacity<\/em>\u00a0in the latest task by premium pricing their coach tour, only for Lord Sugar to pack them off to the Olympic Park to abseil down the ArcelorMittal Orbit\u00a0as their treat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\"><em>Summit PM<\/em>\u00a0Daniel boasts that his best business skill is &#8216;natural sales and negotiation skills coupled with my ability for creative thinking under pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">He not only proved to be not up to the <a style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\" title=\"A tribute to Paul Holloway\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaun.co.uk\/a-tribute-to-paul-holloway\/\">sales<\/a> task nor project management but nor was he up to heading to the summit of the Orbit and abseiling his way down! 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