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At the beginning of this month a recruitment consultant rang me about a 12-month contract with an environmental consultancy in Bristol(!!), moving to London subsequently. I told the recruiter I'd rather it were the other way round, i.e. have to work in London first, then move out west (which gives some time for my boyfriend to look for a new job in the Bristol area, or alternatively for me to realise that living in London is so much more liveable with a job that I don't want to move away after all). The recruiter said the client might be prepared to be flexible on this. However what with people being on leave due to the Olympics it's taken until this week to set an interview date. The recruiter rung me on Monday (i.e. yesterday) to tell me that the firm wanted to interview me on Wednesday (i.e. tomorrow) at their London office. At least that's what I thought she said, and what I wrote into my filofax. But today I received an email from the recruitment consultant telling me that the interview would be in Bristol. At such short notice I fear I'm going to have to fork out a huge amount for a train ticket. I vaguely recalled that the Jobcentre had a scheme for reimbursing travel expenses for interviews, but it turns out that the scheme was scrapped last year. http://forums.moneys...d.php?t=3157662 Or more accurately, left to the discretion of individual jobcentres. I don't know if my local, Hendon, is among the generous ones, because their office is now closed until 9am tomorrow, so I guess I'll have to go ahead and book the ticket anyway. Meanwhile just to complicate things I'm due to receive the employment contract for the Prospects-organised placement this week (see earlier post), with a start date for 3 September. Or so I've been told, but TBH I've been told very little. I'm reminded of Obelix's words: "No-one ever tells me anything! They just keep me around because I'm ornamental!"