Hi Vito
Maybe it does not help much what I´m going to say , but if you have completed your training in UK under UK standards ,you have THE BEST licence you can get in the world and everyone knows that , although not much experience ...., I´m sure time is going to change very very soon and you´ll be call for an interview ,hopefully in UK.
I´m spanish and have spent aprox 120.000 Euros in training ,ATR TR and believe it or not i have NO JOB , but my time I know will come very soon , or by the way I´m 36 yo and 528 h tt, keep tyrying and I hope you´ll be lucky.
what you have seen ,people getting jobs because of conections if the same all over the world .
I wish you all the best .