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Biography of Aberdeenshire lass Sharon McAllister who appeared on BBC2 programme The Apprentice with Alan Sugar, ran Scottish Baby Gifts, invented the Child Tartan and her new Scottish Internet Television TV Channel:
Sharon McAllister was born in Banchory, Scotland in 1975 and attended Banchory Primary School. She now lives in Clackmannanshire with her son Reece.
Sharon graduated from Robert Gordon University where she studied Corporate Communications.
In 2001 Sharon McAllister set up a company called Scottish Baby Gifts which included Scottish baby clothes and christening presents. Her products proved popular in the US and here in Scotland where Sharon won a major contract from Jenners in Edinburgh.
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The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
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Sharon famously gave gifts of Child Tartan and Scottish Baby Gifts to Madonna and Guy Ritchie at their wedding in December 2000 at Skibo Castle in Scotland.
Sharon McAllister became a business lecturer at Forth Valley College in Falkirk as head of enterprise after her business folded because her stock was impounded in the United States because of a combination of the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak and the events surrounding the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre.
Her interests include Sky Diving.
Read more about Sharon McAllister, including her diary, and see some photographs of our favourite Apprentice see her website at www.sharonmcallister.com
In 2006 Sharon appeared as a contestant in the BBC2 programme The Apprentice which started on Wednesday 22nd February at 9pm. It featured Alan Sugar, a self made Millionaire, who puts contestants through a 12 week job interview and assessment testing. In each episode Alan Sugar and his team dismiss a contestant with the catchphrase "You're Fired".
The winner will have the opportunity to work alongside Alan Sugar and learn as his apprentice. This is said to be worth £100,000, though the implementation of the learnt business knowledge is worth far more to contestants.
Sharon made it through to week eight before hearing the fatal words in the boardroom "You're Fired!"
Tasks which Sharon McAllister performed included:
My favourite moment - Has to be when Sharon told Syed exactly what she thought of him - good for you lass!
After being fired from The Apprentice in 2006 Sharon McAllister worked as a celebrity speaker throughout Scotland and the UK and gives business advice at events.
In January 2007 Sharon McAllister launched Scottish Internet Television using her redundancy money from leaving her teaching job. She set up the TV company with Jacqueline Smith from Tillicoultry who was a former producer on Newsnight Scotland. There are six channels on Scottish Internet TV and the programmes are entirely about Scotland and Scottish people. For example there has been an interview with SNP leader Alex Salmond where presenter Sharon McAllister cheekily asked him what he wears under his kilt. There is financial advice from leading Scottish companies like The Royal Bank of Scotland and a top scoop of broadcasting the new single of 2006 X Factor contestant Kerry McGregor.
Other presenters on Scottish Internet Television include Martin Halstead who was nicknamed Baby Branson after starting his own airline Alpha One Airways which flew from the Isle of Man to Edinburgh at the age of 18 years. Martin Halstead sold the airline for a huge profit and set up another. He test drives the car and presents the motor programmes.
Channels at Scottish Internet Television include health, fashion, music, business, motoring and even contributions from viewers. Each programme is about ten minutes long.
Presenter Sharon McAllister hopes to interview her former Maths teacher from Lornshill Academy, Alloa - who is now First Minister Jack McConnell.
Scottish Internet Television Website: TBA
Another contestant in the 2006 series with an Aberdeen connection was Canadian Karen Bremner who graduated at Aberdeen University and then went to work as a lawyer. She now lives in Angus and her sporting interests include gliding. She is a qualified glider pilot. Sadly Karen was fired by Sir Alan Sugar in week three.
KarenB
Appearing on The Apprentice taught Karen Bremner that she really should be her own boss and in 2007 Karen Bremner opened a clothing boutique shop called KarenB at Brook Street in Broughty Ferry near Dundee. A great choice of business venture for someone who owns over 150 pairs of shoes and was noted for her smart dress sense as a contestant on The Apprentice.
Tim Campbell won the first series of The Apprentice. He went on to work for Amstrad's health and beauty division. In April 2007 he left Amstrad to work at The Bright Ideas Trust a charity which aims to give millions of pounds to budding entrepreneurs.
Michelle Dewberry won the second series of BBC2 The Apprentice. She beat off stiff competition from Ruth Badger. Michelle Dewberry will work with Sir Alan Sugar in setting up a new division of his computer company Viglen which is an environmental unit called Xenon Green for the disposal of computers, monitors and other PC equipment for companies.
Photos: TBA
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Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
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An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
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Sharon McAllister Biography - Scottish Internet Television
Biography of Aberdeenshire lass Sharon McAllister who appeared on BBC2 programme The Apprentice with Alan Sugar, ran Scottish Baby Gifts, invented the Child Tartan and her new Scottish Internet Television TV Channel:
Sharon McAllister was born in Banchory, Scotland in 1975 and attended Banchory Primary School. She now lives in Clackmannanshire with her son Reece.
Sharon graduated from Robert Gordon University where she studied Corporate Communications.
Scottish Baby Gifts
In 2001 Sharon McAllister set up a company called Scottish Baby Gifts which included Scottish baby clothes and christening presents. Her products proved popular in the US and here in Scotland where Sharon won a major contract from Jenners in Edinburgh.
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My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
Child Tartan
Sharon McAllister also introduced a new scheme of colours into the world of tartans when she created the Child Tartan exclusively for children. This bonnie tartan has six cheerful colours ranging from pink and yellow to royal blue and purple. Each colour represents an important person or quality to fulfil a child's life. Read what these are at www.sharonmcallister.comSharon famously gave gifts of Child Tartan and Scottish Baby Gifts to Madonna and Guy Ritchie at their wedding in December 2000 at Skibo Castle in Scotland.
Sharon McAllister became a business lecturer at Forth Valley College in Falkirk as head of enterprise after her business folded because her stock was impounded in the United States because of a combination of the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak and the events surrounding the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre.
Her interests include Sky Diving.
Read more about Sharon McAllister, including her diary, and see some photographs of our favourite Apprentice see her website at www.sharonmcallister.com
BBC2 Programme The Apprentice 2006
In 2006 Sharon appeared as a contestant in the BBC2 programme The Apprentice which started on Wednesday 22nd February at 9pm. It featured Alan Sugar, a self made Millionaire, who puts contestants through a 12 week job interview and assessment testing. In each episode Alan Sugar and his team dismiss a contestant with the catchphrase "You're Fired".
The winner will have the opportunity to work alongside Alan Sugar and learn as his apprentice. This is said to be worth £100,000, though the implementation of the learnt business knowledge is worth far more to contestants.
Sharon made it through to week eight before hearing the fatal words in the boardroom "You're Fired!"
Tasks which Sharon McAllister performed included:
- Selling Clothes At Top Shop, London
- Selling Used Cars In A Car Supermarket
- Selling Fast Food In London
- Creating And Marketing A Calendar For Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Selling Fruit And Vegetables At A Market
- Selling New Products To Businesses
My favourite moment - Has to be when Sharon told Syed exactly what she thought of him - good for you lass!
After being fired from The Apprentice in 2006 Sharon McAllister worked as a celebrity speaker throughout Scotland and the UK and gives business advice at events.
Scottish Internet Television
In January 2007 Sharon McAllister launched Scottish Internet Television using her redundancy money from leaving her teaching job. She set up the TV company with Jacqueline Smith from Tillicoultry who was a former producer on Newsnight Scotland. There are six channels on Scottish Internet TV and the programmes are entirely about Scotland and Scottish people. For example there has been an interview with SNP leader Alex Salmond where presenter Sharon McAllister cheekily asked him what he wears under his kilt. There is financial advice from leading Scottish companies like The Royal Bank of Scotland and a top scoop of broadcasting the new single of 2006 X Factor contestant Kerry McGregor.
Other presenters on Scottish Internet Television include Martin Halstead who was nicknamed Baby Branson after starting his own airline Alpha One Airways which flew from the Isle of Man to Edinburgh at the age of 18 years. Martin Halstead sold the airline for a huge profit and set up another. He test drives the car and presents the motor programmes.
Channels at Scottish Internet Television include health, fashion, music, business, motoring and even contributions from viewers. Each programme is about ten minutes long.
Presenter Sharon McAllister hopes to interview her former Maths teacher from Lornshill Academy, Alloa - who is now First Minister Jack McConnell.
Scottish Internet Television Website: TBA
Karen Bremner
Another contestant in the 2006 series with an Aberdeen connection was Canadian Karen Bremner who graduated at Aberdeen University and then went to work as a lawyer. She now lives in Angus and her sporting interests include gliding. She is a qualified glider pilot. Sadly Karen was fired by Sir Alan Sugar in week three.
KarenB
Appearing on The Apprentice taught Karen Bremner that she really should be her own boss and in 2007 Karen Bremner opened a clothing boutique shop called KarenB at Brook Street in Broughty Ferry near Dundee. A great choice of business venture for someone who owns over 150 pairs of shoes and was noted for her smart dress sense as a contestant on The Apprentice.
2005 The Apprentice Winner
Tim Campbell won the first series of The Apprentice. He went on to work for Amstrad's health and beauty division. In April 2007 he left Amstrad to work at The Bright Ideas Trust a charity which aims to give millions of pounds to budding entrepreneurs.
2006 The Apprentice Winner
Michelle Dewberry won the second series of BBC2 The Apprentice. She beat off stiff competition from Ruth Badger. Michelle Dewberry will work with Sir Alan Sugar in setting up a new division of his computer company Viglen which is an environmental unit called Xenon Green for the disposal of computers, monitors and other PC equipment for companies.
Photos: TBA
Related Website: The Apprentice
More famous Aberdonians.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
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