It is particularly difficult for some hi-tech start-ups and for small businesses in certain parts of the country to gain such finance.
Nor does this apply only to hi-tech business.
We could become very hi-tech and have "smart" plates that interface with the vehicle's immobiliser system.
Some businesses have become hi-tech businesses, because they managed to recycle certain materials, even materials which are not yet included in the directive.
I also welcome the attention to the development of the hi-tech, knowledge economy and science.
Thus, complacency about moving from manufacturing to a haven of hi-tech services, where workers sit at computers and exchange information all day, is entirely misplaced.
It is important to identify the skills and potential of our regions in the hi-tech sector.
During 1995 and 1996 two hi-tech companies making filters for removing impurities from liquids entered into an unlawful price fixing agreement.
