It seems that a young domestic firm, Mediasatellite, has won a major tech-support contract for the Galileo project. This once again shows that we as a country have more talent than our home-grown cynics would like to admit. It also underlines the need for further R&D investment to help build up our competitive capacities. We have more to offer than low taxes and house-building, so let's see further government support for knowledge-based start-ups and the up-skilling of our workers and entrepreneurs. Well done Mediasatellite, ye langers.

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