Similar story to Parris50.
Did my CPL part time, worked full time monday to friday as an engineer, flew only on Saturdays for the first 12hrs which took about 10weeks, then took two weeks paid holiday and did the 5hrs sim and 8hrs complex, passed 1st time.
Did the course at Stapleford Flight Centre, had no problems, very professional, competitively priced, and so did the IR there too (full time tho)!