Karren Brady

2 weeks ago | thesun.co.uk | Karren Brady

THE NEWEST of football clones has popped up on our screens — with "baller" introduced to millions of people who, like me, had no idea such a sport had been invented. All of football’s components are there bar the size of the playing pitch and the number of players in a team. As a professional game it certainly has possibilities. One of them is work for part-time footballers who, I believe, are being paid £400 a time for the programme showing weekly on Sky TV.

3 weeks ago | thesun.co.uk | Karren Brady

APPRENTICE star and West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady answers your careers questions. Here, Karren gives advice to a reader who is returning to work after maternity leave and wants a new job title and pay increase to reflect her hard work. Q: I am due to return to work in May, following nine months of maternity leave. Before going on leave, I went above and beyond, picking up other people’s slack and correcting their mistakes, despite being the least qualified staff member.

3 weeks ago | thesun.co.uk | Karren Brady |Ian Tuckey

FOOTBALL has flourished for a century and a half. It is the world’s biggest sport and certainly one of its greater preoccupations. It is loved by players, spectators, TV viewers and children from an early age. It gives £8billion to the Treasury every year. And it provides livelihoods, dreams and dramas, excitement and disappointments. To some it is a life in itself. READ MORE IN FOOTBALLSo, what does it need? It is as judge and jury of professional clubs.

1 month ago | thesun.co.uk | Karren Brady

APPRENTICE star and West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady answers your careers questions. Here, Karren gives advice to a reader who wants to be an equal in her professional and personal relationship with her partner. Q: I started working for my partner’s business over a year ago. While I knew there could potentially be pitfalls, I agreed because it allowed me more flexibility than my previous job, as well as some great opportunities, such as travel abroad.

1 month ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Karren Brady

THE RACE for Europe is really hotting up as teams chase the dream of a trip to Munich, Bilbao or Bratislava. This season though looks very different as a side as low as 11th in the Premier League could qualify for continental competition. OK, it would take a set of circumstances more complex than the welfare benefits system. But what the current table does show is that the Premier League is every inch a meritocracy. Rubbish, I hear you say. The same big teams keep winning the league.