Generally good companies give interns real world work in the UK. So much so, the teams you work with may not even know you are an intern. A year in industry is

Generally good companies give interns real world work in the UK. So much so, the teams you work with may not even know you are an intern. A year in industry is what secures good jobs for alot of good people. Coming out of Uni without a placement in the UK makes it harder for you to land a good job as you are seen as having no experience, but with a year in indsutry you have real world experience plus a degree, it sounds like you know someone that had a crap placement, dont that that skew your thoughts on placements, there are alot of excellent ones in the UK