ALL HIRED UP FOR APPRENTICE CHALLENGE!

A Leeds firm has been 'hired' by two of the stars of The Apprentice TV show to provide all of the design and print requirements for their programme of sales seminars across the UK in 2009.

Kristina Grimes and Jenny Celerier, who have both featured on the popular BBC show, have chosen Resource Print Solutions (RPS) to deliver on their creative needs for a series of events entitled 'Raising the Bar' that take place in Harrogate, London and Birmingham.

Harrogate-based Kristina, who formed business performance consultancy KGJCP with fellow contestant Jenny in 2008, explained: "RPS has provided a lot of help and great creative ideas for our 'Raising the Bar' events and their proactive support has been invaluable.

"The event in Harrogate takes place at the International Exhibition Centre on March 26th and will be dedicated to giving forward-thinking business leaders the knowledge, tools and enthusiasm to get ahead in what will be a challenging 2009.

"We will also have our own Dragons Den with producers from the BBC show on hand to assess possible candidates for the next series," added Kristina who finished as eventual runner-up in The Apprentice to Simon Ambrose.

Asif Choudry, Sales & Marketing Director at RPS, said: "We're delighted to have heard those immortal words 'you're hired' from Kristina and Jenny and our new in-house creative agency is all fired up to make each of the planned events a great success!"

RPS, based on Bath Lane in Bramley, delivers a comprehensive range of design, printing and mailing services and already holds accreditations for Quality (ISO 9001 & ISO12647-2), Environment (ISO 14001) and Investors in People (IIP) and is a member of British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF).