Hi Janet

I have just seen your post and will try and give you as much info as possible. I went to meet with IMP in Bristol and they were incredibly helpful and gave me all the information I needed. My husband was offered a job at IMP to start in October but unfortunately our current situation meant that, after much discussion and decision making, we had to turn the position down for the moment. We are currently living abroad and have our house rented out in the UK and because of the length of the tenancy agreement it meant that we were unable to release capital to make the move.

The salary is obviously dependent on what your husband would be doing but they have a union that sets salaries annually. We found that we would not be able to have just one income as the wage was about half of the hourly rate he currently earns. It is a fair wage when taking into account the cost of living and if our circumstances were different we would have jumped at the chance of making the move and we do hope to be able to pursue the option of employment with IMP again in the near future.

I hope that answers a few of your queries and you have an easier time making your decision than we did! I would suggest contacting Mike and Orla because they were really supportive and helpful when I called them to discuss things like capital required etc.

Good luck