Well today was judgement day.
I'd previously got a quote from the company mentioned above which was £165 inc courier collection and return to fit a new glass.
Apple do not sell or fit just the glass they will only change the entire upper clam which includes the LCD and aluminium top cover as well as the glass - Basically a new lid.
Apple price for that is £255.60 + fitting - Which I guess given that includes so much more is not a bad price.
My MBP had suffered with a flickering LCD which because I have AppleCare I had intended to take in and have fixed however it somewhat slipped down my list of things to do however I did have a video on my iPhone of it flickering prior to my dropping it and smashing the glass.
I explained to the Apple Genius that although yes I had smashed the screen that it was a little cheeky but if they were willing to replace the LCD to fix the flicker that would of course come with the new glass that I needed
They were pretty good and immediately offered to meet 50% of the cost and waive the labour charge.
I also noticed that I had infact managed to dent the lid when I dropped it so by having the new clam fitted would sort that out too.
So new lid, new LCD and of course new glass all fitted for £127.80 and the best bit, they had one in stock and fitted it while I had a coffee at John Lewis this afternoon