Unexpected Error after migration

Does the site still exist on the original server?

Start over and follow this
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

Thanks, i’ll try it but this is worrying me..

The permalinks look like this mysite.com/index.php/blog

Will starting over fix this too or is it a separate error? I’m worried because the domain name was bringing a 403 error before we installed wordpress on it and I was told it was to do with the index.php

That is a separate error.
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks#Using_.22Pretty.22_permalinks

If you are on a Linux server your .htaccess file will fix that. Should be nothing to do with the index.php file.

No that hasn’t worked, the .htaccess file was already there and correct as per the link you posted.

There really has to be an easier way of moving WP sites, this is just a nightmare.

Really not difficult. I suspect your trouble is a result from the person moving your site not following correct procedures.
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress

Can you post a url?

It’s here

It’s just a mess, the guy who moved it claims it’s a problem with our hosting.

He’s saying our hosts need to give the php user write access to the folders, which we already did.

Is he correct and we’ve missed something?

You could upload the plugin and then try to activate it. This would avoid folder write access.

It’s more likely that you need to follow the procedures correctly to fix the problem:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress