Depending on exactly what you want, DP Review has just done a series of group tests. You can get a good compact camera for well under the £300 price point, you're really at the top end of the compact range and they recommend the Fujifilm F100fd, which you can get on Amazon for under £200. They also liked the Canon
There are other options. For £300, you'd get into the bigger powershots (the G9 is in your price range). They are up against the likes of the bigger Lumix and the Ricoh Caplio range. At that price, you can get a dSLR, but personally, I think you need to spend a bit more to make them worth buying. In any case, an SLR's a much bigger piece of kit.
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