Thanks for the great responses.
First off, for my chassis [Sept 2007; 1.4 DE, 5 door] the part number for the BCM is 284B2EM03B.
Quotes are £287 +vat for the BCM, and £222 for coding and fitting...total of £565...ouch!
I have been passed on to a remanufacturer company BBA-reman that...