I feel sorry for Alan Sugar. This bunch of apprentices are the worst I've ever seen.
If you watch their pre-interviews for the show on the bbc 2 website, they do not live up to anything their say, or deliver like they did on their speeches.
About manufacturing, don't worry, outsourcing to China is only a temporary thing. As the Chinese begin increasing their consumption for goods we take for granted as cheap, the cost of these goods will increase and manufacturing jobs come back to Britain.
As the chinese improve technologically, they may also start manufacturing high quality goods such as plane engines etc... which means the price of these goods starts going down, whilst goods we took for granted, such as cheap shoes starts going up. We remain competitive in goods with added value, thus can charge premium prices for goods. Just imagine those jeans from China, perfectly made, and only £4 from Asda. Yet, another pair of jeans handmade in the UK, ripped, dirtied etc... can fetch 20x that amount...
I don't know what phone Sir Alan uses because I've given up on the show after that kissing episode.
A talent show it is not...