Welcome, the interior looks great with the colour of the car. I have a paper copy as my car was built at the very end of 2016. I've heard of people buying a service book online and then sending it off to the dealer to get it stamped to match the online version.
Mines just been in for its service at 3 years old and 27000 miles. I got them to change the oil for the haldex mainly for the service history. When the weather gets better in the next couple of months I will be giving it another oil change myself and cleaning out the strainer so that I know it's been done properly.
Welcome! I've got a mk7 wagon and I too came from a bmw. I was dailying a e46 M3, but needed something more practical. So far I'm very pleased with the switch.
Yeh it looks like going to your local place would be your best bet. I used a friends card as we have one local, unfortunately that's nowhere near Gateshead.