App Store issue - Unable to Update

I don't believe this is the right section however I am having an issue with the app store.
This problem has been going on for a while and I've just put it off for a while. I seem to be able to download and install apps fine but can no update them. When I go to update, I log in and I get an error "An error occured during purchase." Which I then hit retry and retry again only to get the same message everytime. However when I hit cancel I get "There was an error in the App Store. Please try again later. (20)" Which of course keeps happening everytime I do this process.
I've read that is is best to log out of the app store via the menu, close and restart it. However I am unable to do so as I only get a sign in option which doesn't do anything.
This has happened through Lion as well as Mountain Lion.
Thanks in advanced,
Robin

The problem was not the same but this did the trick for me.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2763044?start=0&tstart=0

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