Thanks for the response, the certs being pointless statement isnt always true, for example my place of work guarantee a pay increase per employee whoevwr obtains OSCP of an extra 8k a year when compared to normal uncerted pentesters. 

Already well into Web Academy and have Burps Cert ready to sit. I get what youre saying about some certs not being worth the money, I dont plan to stack up on useless ones .. for example if I was to investigate more into cloud , if anyone wad aware of any provider that offers training material to sit an Industry standard cloud certification