I've actually scratch built a new drupal system on my webserver and installed ubercart again from scratch on that one - its amazing how much difference there is. I think I will just start again, it appears the transition from ecommerce to ubercart is going to need some skills and time beyond what I have to throw at the site at this stage (despite the analytical side of my brain wanting to have a crack to see if I can nut it out...)

Thanks for the help

Steve