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he Apprentice winner Dr Leah Totton is cashing it in with her business.


The 27-year-old doctor was one of the first to be awarded the show's new prize of a £250,000 investment rather than a job with Lord Sugar.

The boss stumped up the cash after Leah's victory in 2013 where her London beauty clinic got backing over Luisa Zissman's bakery idea.

After opening with Lord Sugar's money paying for rent, staff and equipment, the company has now made cash worth almost half a million.

That's more than twice the figure for 2014 of £190,000 meaning that Lord Sugar has already more then doubled his original investment.

And this is only the beginning with Leah already planning to open a new clinic in Essex.

"We are delighted to be imminently expanding with a second Clinic opening in Loughton, Essex, early Spring with hopes to expand into other geographical territories in the near future and a Dr Leah Skincare range in the pipeline," Dr Leah said.

So-called 'wealth management accountant' Richard Simpson told the Daily Mirror newspaper today: “The figures are very pleasing indeed for an investor.

“Many firms fail to make a profit in their first, second or even third years so to be posting such a healthy surplus so early is amazing."

He added: “This firm has all the hallmarks of being a multi-million pound concern within five to seven years at this rate of turnover.”