otherwise you may find the hours you have flown with an instructor may not count towards the licence you finally decide on
There are no non JAA qualified FIs teaching on SSEA in the UK.
otherwise you may find the hours you have flown with an instructor may not count towards the licence you finally decide on
Possible, but not that likely. Because, as Whopity says:
There are no non JAA qualified FIs teaching on SSEA in the UK.
The original poster did not mention SSEA and the hours may not count if they start with say SLMG. I did not assume SSEA/SEP and should have made my comment clearer.