The British worker in Dubai who scrawled a job advert on his £40,000 sports car after being made redundant is wanted by the emirate's police – for 35 speeding offences.

Andrew Blair, 28, from Bristol, was working as a construction manager before being made redundant from his £75,000-a-year tax-free dream job in Dubai two weeks ago.

In a desperate bid to find work he took a permanent black marker pen to his gleaming white Porsche Boxster S – scribbling 'made redundant today' across the paintwork, with his name, contact number and job position.

But now the canny ex-pat, originally from Gleneagles in Scotland, is being hounded by Dubai police for 35 speeding offences.

He's clocked up fines of 3,650 dirhams – more than £700 – in the now famous Porsche in only the past few months.

Some of the offences are so serious that Dubai police want to impound his car.

Speaking from a beach in Dubai yesterday, Mr Blair said: "I am aware of the speeding tickets and I will pay them off when I get paid. Despite having quite a lot of calls, I'm still looking for a job."

Andrew was laid-off from UK construction consultancy firm Turner & Townsend on January 15, a day after finishing the multi-million-pound build of Royal Sun Alliance offices.

He had worked for the firm since June 2007 after transferring from their offices in Bristol.

The Middle East job netted him three times his UK salary, all of which was tax free.

On his arrival in Dubai he was put up in a luxury company flat overlooking the marina.

He now shares a penthouse pad with his British girlfriend Aimee Homer, 23, a paralegal.

Suited Andrew turned heads as he defaced his white Porsche parked at the front of the Mall of Emirates – the world's first 'shopping resort'.

He has since received almost 20 calls from potential employers.

Andrew said: "Perhaps it was a moment of madness but it struck me as the best way to advertise. I'm hoping the right person will see it and give me a job."

But the advert will not come for free. Andrew is expecting the respray to cost £1,000.

Despite gloomy prospects in Dubai as the credit crunch hits, Andrew has no intention of heading back to the UK where the job market is worse.

He said: "Many of my mates are packing up and leaving. But I wouldn't return if you paid me. There are still prospects here and it's a thriving city packed with bars and clubs. And then there's the warm climate and the beach and the food. It's paradise."