Please. Having become sick and tired of the nonstick coating deteriorating in under 12 months, I decided to splash out on a Le Creuset nonstick pan that cost about $200 (over 100 of your english pounds). 12 months later: nonstick coating deteriorating.
And, no, I don’t use metal utensils — wood and plastic only. I do, admittedly, cook over a medium to high heat, and it’s the higher heat that’s doing the damage. But the point is that it’s got nothing to do with cheap v. quality.