Enterprise Champion

Enterprise Champion to the Business Secretary
Reports toSecretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
AppointerPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
Formation5 June 2009
First holderAlan Sugar, Baron Sugar of Clapton

Enterprise Champion or Enterprise Tsar[1] is a position within the UK Government responsible for promoting entrepreneurship and advising the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The role is currently held by Alan Sugar, the well-known entrepreneur and star of BBC One's The Apprentice, who formerly held the position for one year during the Brown ministry (2007–10).[2] During this time, he was ennobled as Lord Sugar.[3]

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.[4][5][6][7]

  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.