JTHeed,

Thank you for your reply and answer in the post (link provided above). It solved the problem, not due to the syntax / bracket, but due to the fact that that file did not sit in "mytemplate" folder but under the default.

Moved it across and hey presto! I have the first page of checkout showing. I did try with or without bracket and it made no difference, but thank you for the help.

Regards

Michael