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Lord Sugar rules out ever retiring from The Apprentice

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Lord Sugar has said he has no plans to retire from The Apprentice as it approaches its 20th anniversary, adding that it will be "the BBC's call" to choose when he leaves.

The business guru has been at the helm of the BBC series since it began in 2005, but ahead of the start of the 19th series he confirmed that he was still planning on sticking around in the boardroom for a while yet.

Asked what he thought the future of the show would be, he replied: "I honestly don’t know. I have to see how I feel.