Oh, and at long last ...

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... they actually got the paper version of the job offer to me. At the Bermondsey address as requested, even, which is performance well above expectations.

The weird bit: they don't check your references until after you've been told you have the job. Or, in my case, until after you've started the job.

It's nice when a company has the attitude that they'll get on with getting things done and will sort out the paperwork in due course. It's not so nice when they have to do things that way.