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@WilliamJohn
+1 on getting quality spanners and allen keys, if you're getting allen keys, try getting the ones with T shaped handles rather than the sets that are like an L, they allow for much easier tightening and handling from my experience. Good spanners are a must pretty much, find a decently priced set, if you pay a lot once, you'll save money in the long run, same with cable cutters as mentioned above.
For BB extractors, you don't have to spend the earth as you wont be using them all that often, same with chainwhips. Couple of sizes of screwdrivers are also useful, one large, one small of each is a good start.
Oh, and get a decent hammer, a really big one, wooden one for smacking nice things, metal one for smacking 'orrid things. Also, if your budget allows, a vice is really, really useful, not a little one, like a big one, should weigh more than you.