The french version charges 6 euros a half hour, or 10 euros for a full hour... but they sell parts as well.
depending on cost of rent etc. I should think it would be possible to set up for under £30,000 - but don't hold me to that.
By the way, the second link in my first post should have been ...
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...r%2findex.html