Trotts,
Confirm that you are renewing a multi-pilot IR, in that case the advice re not bothering is sound- the FlyBe type course will give you the type rating qual for the job.
As of Jan 06 a change to JAR states that a candidate wishing to attend a course in order to gain their first Multi-pilot type rating must have a current IR as a pre-requisite for trg.
Good luck