OK the majority of upload errors are caused by incorrect upload paths. I knew this and so copied the path directly from the address bar in Direct FTP and pasted it into the SCCPro field. I was unable to publish without file errors every time.
The solution was that I pasted the path I copied from DFTP into Notepad first then recopied it into the SCCPro it worked fine. There must have been invisible characters in there I guess.
So...If you have upload problems and you've pasted the text in, try typing it in by hand or get it into a pure text form with notepad or sticky notes first.

Thanks for the tip Dutchman, I'm sure there will be a few users that will find this very helpful

Another good tip from the school of hard knocks.
Thanks Dutch.