That's interesting to hear about the Coventry Building Society, I will take a look! CTC said to me that BBVA was still an option so it will be interesting to see if that is the case if I choose to go down that route! I will certainly let everyone on here know if it is still running in any form.
As you say though, it's up to us to do the leg work and find other ways!
Good luck getting the funding and with training!