just a quick update to let you know i have not given up, quite the opposite, i have decided to stick with what i know regarding telling the potential employers what i have been doing with myself for the last 5 years, there is no way around the criminal record thing so i am not going to worry about that anymore, and as for why i left my last job and what have i been doing with myself, i have decided to say i left my job to start my own business which failed to yeald a sufficiant income, so i have decided to come back to work to get enough cash together to start again, it is not a out and out lie, the going back to work to start again is true, and if they check i still have my business name and business account registered as a PLC (public limited company) with Lloyds of london from when i had the letter opening/direct mail business.

i have not had any call backs for a while now, but i am still applying for jobs everyday, with only 7 days left before i move to london time is getting short for me to have a job to walk straight into but my options will increase when i am actually in london to be able to attend face to face interveiws rather than phone or email.