Business In 2019 he was the owner of The Fluffy Pillow Company, selling beds, mattresses and a
memory foam pillow of his design. In 2020, during the
COVID-19 pandemic, after the owner of the company's pillow manufacturer died of
COVID-19, Skinner set up Bosh Beds, specialising in mattresses. He resigned as a director of Bosh Beds in 2022 and the company was later dissolved. In 2025, the Daily Mirror reported that it "has not paid back a £50,000 Covid bounce back loan" and goes on to state that "Companies House has issued four notices to liquidate the firm with the outstanding debt. Two strike-offs were discontinued, possibly for administrative reasons, and two have been suspended because of an objection."
Legal issues In 2011 Skinner was convicted of handling £40,000 in stolen goods as part of his business selling products at markets and possessing 2,000
diazepam tablets. Skinner maintains he was unaware the stock was stolen because it was from a source he did not know.
Media and social media In 2019 he became a candidate on
the fifteenth series of
The Apprentice. Skinner was fired by
Lord Sugar in week nine. In 2020 he appeared on the
fifteenth series of
Celebrity MasterChef.
HarperCollins acquired the rights to publish Skinner's autobiography,
Graft: How to Smash Life, from his management agency Press Box PR in June 2023 and the book was published in October. From 22 to 28 May 2023 he became the voice of
Elizabeth line platform announcements between
Heathrow and
Shenfield, to mark the start of direct services between the stations. He was partnered with
Amy Dowden. They were the first couple to be eliminated from the competition in the second week, placing last. Skinner claimed the vote was rigged and is pursuing legal action against the BBC, but the BBC says it is "not aware of any legal complaint". Beginning in mid-2022, == Political views ==