After just a few weeks in her new lucrative job with Karren Brady at Birmingham City Football Club, it appears Claire Young has sensationally quit the post.
Reports in the media indicate that 29-year-old Claire has decided instead launch her own company, to pursue her show-business ambitions. As well as participating in the Apprentice, Claire also applied for Big Brother, but opted not to participate.
Claire finished as runner up to Lee McQueen in the fourth series of The Apprentice. Filming for the fifth series is imminent and will be screened on BBC1 next year.
The Daily Star quotes her as saying:
"I have been offered a great deal of media work and by setting up a consultancy I can do both. I talked to Karren and explained I wanted to pursue both the media work and my own consultancy and she kindly agreed to let me stand down. She's been brilliant and I'm grateful to her".
With a new series of Celebrity Big Brother due early in 2009, maybe she will enter the Big Brother house after all?