If, by daily basis, you mean 'compact' then you could do a lot worse than the Panasonic TZ7. It has a Leica lens, 12x zoom from a good (25mm) wide angle, 10Mpixel and a massively impressive 720p HD video mode which is awesome played back direct via HDMI on an HD TV. I've got an FZ7 too (similar to the one above) which is good but this one is equally as good as a still camera and has the HD video.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 digital camera specifications: Digital Photography Review (note US model number differs from UK)
Available in UK for about £235. There's a version without the HD video (TZ6) for about £180.
