Thanks for the replies. The supervisor seems really nice,fairly young, which is another thing people have been saying that it would be better to work with someone very well known in the field. But he's published in some well credited journals. I spoke to 4 supervisors when I went to visit and one I had looked at his projects which looked really interesting, but when I met him I decided I didn't want to work with him. I think if I do want Oxbridge on my CV I could always postdoc there. How can I find out about things like their position on grants proposals?

I graduated in 2007 and have been working in industry since september. People always asked why I didn't do a PhD and I always said I couldn't find a project I really wanted to do, but I've now found one and have applied. I've applied for a Chemistry one at St. Andrews, but I spoke to my supervisor at work and he kept encouraging me to apply to Oxbridge or Imperial college. I don't really want to live in any of those places, I'm living in Cambridge at the moment and would like a change of scene, I would really like to live in Scotland. My supervisor also said to look around more and don't just do the 1st one I see, but St. Andrews want me to mke a decision soon.
So I was just wondering if anyone had any advice.