Amshold
{{Short description|Holding company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Amshold Group Limited
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| type = Private limited company{{cite web|url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//compdetails |title=Companies House WebCheck |publisher=Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-11-30}}
| foundation = {{Start date|1999}}
| location = Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10305691.Companies_awarded_for_their_building_design/ |title=Companies awarded for their building design (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series) |publisher=Guardian-series.co.uk |date=2013-03-21 |accessdate=2013-11-30}}
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| key_people = Alan Sugar, Chairman
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| homepage = [http://www.amshold.com/ amshold.com]
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Amshold Group Limited is Alan Sugar's private holding company. The company is responsible for all of Alan Sugar's private companies and companies formed in partnership with Alan Sugar as a result of the UK TV show The Apprentice.
In March 2013 the company's headquarters won a Building Design Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/10305691.Companies_awarded_for_their_building_design/ |title=Companies awarded for their building design (From This Is Local London) |publisher=Thisislocallondon.co.uk |date=2013-03-21 |accessdate=2013-11-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235303/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/10305691.Companies_awarded_for_their_building_design/ |archivedate=2013-12-02 }} James Hughes, Property Genius for Amshold Group Limited received the award on behalf of the company.{{ cite web | url=http://www.loughton-tc.gov.uk/4psrel45.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013845/http://www.loughton-tc.gov.uk/4psrel45.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-03 |title=Press Release: 2013 Loughton Building Design Award - Winners presentation | publisher=Loughton Town Council | accessdate=2013-11-30 }}
Daughter companies
Employment Tribunal
In May 2013 Amshold was cleared of a constructive dismissal claim brought by Stella English,{{cite web|author=Judicial Office |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/judgments/2013/english-v-amshold-grp-ltd-emp-tribunal-judgment |title=Judges, Tribunals and Magistrates | 2013 | Ms S English -v- Amshold Group Ltd |publisher=Judiciary.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-11-30}}{{ cite web | url=http://www.amshold.com/social_media/tribunal_English.pdf |title=Employment tribunal dismisses claim in Apprentice case Alan Sugar brands case a "a sham and a total abuse of the tribunal system"| publisher=Amshold | accessdate=2013-11-30 }}{{ cite web | url=http://s.conjur.com.br/dl/decisao-vencedora-aprendiz-inglaterra.pdf | title=Employment Tribunals judgment: English vs. Amshold | publisher=Conjur | accessdate=2013-11-30 }} winner of the sixth series of The Apprentice. In the ruling it was stated the case was: "a claim which should never have been brought."{{cite web|url=http://www.agilityuk.com/english-v-amshold-group-ltd-2013/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113143146/http://www.agilityuk.com/english-v-amshold-group-ltd-2013/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-13 |title=English v Amshold Group Ltd 2013 | |publisher=Agilityuk.com |date=2013-05-17 |accessdate=2013-11-30 }}
In June 2013 it was reported that Alan Sugar was suing Stella English for £35,000 "to recover costs".{{cite web|author=Kiran Randhawa |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lord-sugar-suing-apprentice-winner-stella-english-over-employment-tribunal-8648819.html |title=Lord Sugar suing Apprentice winner Stella English over employment tribunal - UK - News - London Evening Standard |publisher=Standard.co.uk |date=2013-06-07 |accessdate=2013-11-30}}{{cite web|author=Tom Bryant |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/lord-sugar-counter-sues-apprentice-winner-1937148 |title=Lord Sugar counter-sues Apprentice winner Stella English for £35,000 in legal costs - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date=2013-06-06 |accessdate=2013-11-30}} Later that year the East London Tribunal Service ruled that English would not be required to pay any of the costs, which by then had grown to £50,000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/apprentice-winner-stella-english-wins-2299765|title=Apprentice winner Stella English wins court battle with Lord Sugar after claiming to have just £200 in bank|date=26 September 2013}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.amshold.com/ Official Amshold Website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/Amshold/ Official Amshold YouTube Channel]
Category:Holding companies established in 1999
Category:Companies based in Essex
Category:Holding companies of the United Kingdom