Take your business skills to the top - win The Apprentice courses from learndirect business in association with the Dorset Echo and Open4Business.

The third series of The Apprentice is gripping its dedicated fan base with the trials and tribulations of the contestants. Taxing tasks, double firings and clashes of personalities have ensured that week after week we have been glued to our TV screens.

In a series of tough business challenges, contestants have had to learn and demonstrate essential management skills such as leadership, negotiation, sales and marketing, to win not only the tasks but also Sir Alan Sugar's approval. How do you think you would fare? If you're an aspiring Apprentice contestant working within an organisation, managing a team of any size or want to undertake some training to improve aspects of your working life, learndirect business has the perfect solution to help you succeed.

Its range of The Apprentice training courses helps you pick up on skills that are required to run a successful business and comprise three DVDs - Leadership and Management, Negotiating To Win and Selling, Pitching and Presenting. All three are introduced by Nick Hewer, one of Sir Alan Sugar's aides in the show. Just as in the series, you have to undertake real life business tasks to explore current skills. Nick sets the tasks and then gives straight talking feedback to help you develop and improve.

Make sure you get your copy of Open4Business in the Dorset Echo on Tuesday, 19 June for the competition entry form.