The Sage Apprentice

Here at Sage, we’re always looking for ways to ‘wow’ our people and make Sage a great place to be. One of the things we’ve come up with is The Sage Apprentice (our very own version of the popular TV show), which gives our people the chance to take part in something new and exciting. (We considered running something similar to another TV show where loads of people stay in a house for a few weeks, but then realised they have day jobs to-do!)

As if being chosen to be one of our 16 candidates isn’t enough, the winners (we’re working in teams rather than individuals) win loads of fab prizes, including an all expenses paid trip to South Africa to do conservation work in the bush. The other great thing is that any profit they make during the challenges will be donated to the charities each team has chosen to support – we like to link what we do back our Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives whenever we can so charities and conservation work hit the mark big time!

How are we getting on?

Well, we went nationwide looking for candidates and after sifting applications (and one or two ‘debates’) we finally came up with our top 16 who come from Dublin, Manchester, Newcastle, Purley and Witney. So far, they’ve picked team names, chosen charities, set-up blogs and wikis and started getting really competitive.

And just to make it a little more competitive, we thought ‘how about asking our customers to tell us which of the team names they think is the best’ – choose wisely, we’ll be awarding some brownie points for the one with the most votes. [Thanks for voting everyone, the poll is now closed].

What’s next?

Each team will be awarded points for their performance in weekly challenges that take place over the next few weeks and end with a final challenge on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 December, where they’ll be grilled in the boardroom by our very own Lord Sugar (aka Paul Stobart – Sage UK & Ireland CEO).

With the first challenge underway and less than a week to go, we’re waiting with baited breath to see how they get on.

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