Hi Chris,
I did CPL and MEIR there in the summer, night rating the year before and PPL quite a while back in 2010. All of which I thought was great! What I didn't do there was ATPL theory (as they didn't offer it at the time), hours building and MCC (coming soon I think). They are very flexible and happy to work around jobs etc.
ASW and AFT are both fairly busy, ASW more so with PPL and related ratings, AFT only do the more advanced stuff generally.
AFT has a excellent reputation in the industry and a large percentage of the mil guys/gals go there. I'm not sure if they really promote their success stories so much, but I know many of them that have got jobs quite quickly. ASW also has a good reputation (inc. flybe) with many success stories, including myself.
On a side note though, some airlines (inc RYR) don't care one bit where you trained.
Just my €0.02 worth, hope it helps
