DanRobinson published The Apprentice star Fran Bishop on how she was forced out of...

Frances Bishop is best known for finishing third in last year's series of The Apprentice. But the 25-year-old, who was born and raised in Nottinghamshire, also runs a growing children's clothing retail business, Pud!, with stores in Newark and Doncaster. But she says she has learned the hard way – and ahead of the first revaluation of business rates in seven years coming into force on April 1, she talks about being forced to close her first shop in Nottingham due to high costs.Before I was