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Looks nice!
The only thing that wasn’t right on mine when new was the brake block positioning. Mine came with Swiss Stops - thought they were rather poor so changed to salmon Kool Stops. They are marginally better in the wet, but the more significant plus is that they don’t produce a black mess when wet. The brakes aren’t great in the wet and I suspect there is not much that can be done about it.
The other early changes I made were to swap the right hand pedal and hinge clamps for better quality ones (looks as if yours comes with a better RHS pedal anyway), and to add the tool kit and then stash a tube in the frame. The bike came with a Brompton rechargeable front light and bracket - I added a Bonty Flare to the seat post.
Bag: would recommend the Metro Messenger.
As for chain lube, I use Progold Extreme on the Brompton and the Surly, fairly clean, doesn’t hold on to grit, and holds up well in the wet.
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So here's my very own Brompton. Never thought I'd get one but it really does make sense for the current commute. About 14km a day in total (2 to station, 5 to work, each way). So far so good - completed the commute twice.
Coming from disc brakes on my other bike, the brakes are "so-so" - I wonder if the standard pads are a bit "meh"?
Otherwise, just need to sort a bag (hopefully collecting one tonight) and a seat post insert, will get that organised next week.
Finally what chain lube are people using? Any links to Brompton top tips/post delivery checks are most welcome.