Did you know also that every IT, banker and every other office bloke heard plumbers were on 60k a year and signed up for a then Corgi course to find out there's a lot more to than going to a classroom and learning how to solder a joint.
Willy, I noticed were you live and tell you what I would do if I were you. Stick the job out your at at least going to get some redundency money at the end of it, meanwhile go sign up to be a London Black Cab Driver get a moped and do the Knowledge if you get stuck into it and join a knowledge school you should be able to be a Black Cab driver withing 21/2 to 3 years in time for maybe your redundancy. With the money you could either buy a cab outright or rent one weekly I'll tell you the pro's and con's of plumbing and cab driving.
I'm a builder with qualifications in carpentry and also Gas Safe qualified to install central heating yes we do earn big money sometimes, but we have to go out there and find our work so every week is different nobody pays me holiday pay.
On the other hand take my brother a London Cab driver he works when he likes it's totally up to him he get's into his cab puts the light on nearing London (he lives in Cambridge) and gets a job form then on until you want to stop working your going to at some time be taking money and I can tell you it's very good money (have you ever seen a poor Black Cab driver) most round my way have huge houses and live on the golf course.
Don't get me wrong I love my job I have worked hard to get where I am but it is hard manual work if I had my time again years back I should have done the knowledge with my brother.