Just received an email from a civil structural engineering consultancy I dropped my CV off at a couple of weeks ago.
I was quite confident that I would at least get an interview for the position.

Hi Mike
Thank you for your recent letter and CV for the above post and please accept my apologies for the delay in replying to you.
Unfortunately I regret to inform you that your application at this time was unsuccessful.
Many thanks for your interest in our company, and we wish you the best of luck in your job search.
Kind regards
Julie
Looks like I am stuck in this dump longer than expected! Not many Structural cad technician positions avaible at the moment.
On the plus side I have received my application form to attend night school to study Personal training.