BBC Apprentice finalist bans gossiping at her businesses

Office gossip can be many things – a way to socialise and blow off steam, or a way to vent minor problems to prevent them from becoming bigger ones. However, it also has a dark side, leaving people feeling victimised by cruel rumors or feeling left out of workplace cliques.

That’s why Apprentice finalist Michaela Wain, who appeared in last year's series of the BBC show, has enforced a ban on office gossip at her own businesses.

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Speaking on GMB, Wain said it was her responsibility to ensure staff did not “go home crying every night” as a result of spiteful words and added that other companies should take steps to “nip gossiping in the bud.”

“No sales are going to come from Sandra putting on three pounds are they?” she said. “Everybody's got different personalities. The way I would deal with something isn't necessarily how a weaker character would deal with it so you just need to nip it in the bud because it's not productive.