Just lost my year long placement because they have no work. Begging for advice 
pclark: we work out of red gate softwares (cambridge, microsoft tools, red-gate.com) offices, if you're good (and I'll trust that you are) I'll happily attempt to forward your CV to someone relevant. email is in my profile. Can't hurt, right?oh and if you know ruby well, include that as we might be able to help you.