Enterprise Champion

Enterprise Champion to the Business Secretary
Longest serving
Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar
5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
25 May 2016 – 24 July 2019
Reports toSecretary of State for Business and Trade
Appointer
Formation5 June 2009
First holderAlan Sugar

Enterprise Champion or Enterprise Tsar was a position within the UK Government responsible for promoting entrepreneurship and advising the Department for Business and Trade. The role was held by Alan Sugar, the businessman and star of BBC One's The Apprentice, beginning in 2009 during the Brown ministry (2007–10). During this time, he was ennobled as Lord Sugar.

Sugar was also kept on by Conservative Party prime ministers David Cameron in the 2015 United Kingdom general election and by Theresa May after the Brexit referendum.

References

  1. ↑ "No. 59124". The London Gazette. 10 July 2009. p. 11879.
  2. ↑ "Lord Sugar re-hired as government enterprise 'tsar'". BBC News. 25 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sir Alan hired in government role". 5 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Lord Sugar appointed government's enterprise tsar". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Stewart, Heather (25 May 2016). "Alan Sugar named Tory enterprise tsar despite past criticism of Osborne". the Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Alan Sugar reappointed as government's enterprise tsar | Business Advice". Business Advice. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Hughes, Laura (25 May 2016). "Lord Sugar hired as the Government's 'Enterprise Tsar'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 October 2018.