Certainly looks like Euonymus to me, one of the E. fortunei, possibly Silver Queen.

thanks owdboggy, but don't think it is silver queen as i know that one - its usally more ivory varigation than this one, some of the folliege is bright yellow and lime green, and the leaves are a bit bigger too but i think we are along the right lines as it is very simular in every other way - i think i will settle for E. fortunei. many thanks.

Some euonymus varieties grow a little like ivy - if there is something to cling to, they will climb; if not, they will form ground cover. What you have is definitely an euonymus and my guess is that if you were to plant one of your divisions at the foot of a wall or fence, it would start to climb.

I've looked it up in my Hillier and it looks like Euonymus 'Canadale Gold' both from the picture (which looks like your shrub), and the description.

thanks guys, yes it does grow like an ivy, and as it happens i have planted one quite near a fence - it has'nt quite reached it yet but we'll see what happens when it does, be nice if it does attach its self as i was going to put a climber in behind it, but i'll wait and see what it does first. and 'Canadale Gold' sounds more like it looks - thanks a million gonna add this info to my listing.

The other variegated and easily available one is Emerald n Gold.

I would concur . . . see photos posted here: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=euonymus&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi