Enterprise Champion
{{Short description|Government position in the UK}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Enterprise Champion to the Business Secretary
| image = Sir Alan Sugar at the BAFTA's crop.jpg
| incumbent = Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar
| appointer = Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
| reports_to = Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
| first = Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar of Clapton
| formation = 5 June 2009
}}
Enterprise Champion or Enterprise Tsar{{London Gazette| issue = 59124 | date = 10 July 2009 |page=11879 }} is a position within the UK Government responsible for promoting entrepreneurship and advising the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The role is currently held by Alan Sugar, the well-known entrepreneur and star of BBC One's The Apprentice, who formerly held the position for one year during the Brown ministry (2007–10).{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36376161|title = Lord Sugar re-hired as government enterprise 'tsar'|work = BBC News|date = 25 May 2016}} During this time, he was ennobled as Lord Sugar.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8085254.stm|title = Sir Alan hired in government role|date = 5 June 2009}}
Sugar was also kept on by Conservative Party prime ministers David Cameron in the 2015 United Kingdom general election and by Theresa May after the Brexit referendum.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-sugar-appointed-governments-enterprise-tsar|title=Lord Sugar appointed government's enterprise tsar|work=GOV.UK|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/25/youre-hired-lord-sugar-named-government-enterprise-tsar-apprentice-david-cameron|title=Alan Sugar named Tory enterprise tsar despite past criticism of Osborne|last=Stewart|first=Heather|date=2016-05-25|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-27}}{{Cite news|url=https://businessadvice.co.uk/hr/recruitment/alan-sugar-re-appointed-as-governments-enterprise-tsar/|title=Alan Sugar reappointed as government's enterprise tsar {{!}} Business Advice|date=2016-05-25|work=Business Advice|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/25/lord-sugar-hired-as-the-governments-enterprise-tsar/|title=Lord Sugar hired as the Government's 'Enterprise Tsar'|last=Hughes|first=Laura|date=2016-05-25|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}