Making your own handcrafted jewellery is both enjoyable and satisfying, and beads and wire are so simple to use that even a beginner can make stunningly pretty pieces. Linda Jones teaches you all the techniques you'll need to know for working with wire and beads.

Private enterprises are essential to a nation's economy and society - yet without finance, or risk capital, they may never get off the ground. Lack of risk capital on suitable terms thus frustrates entrepreneurial ambition, and checks economic growth. And, just as damaging, the search for finance can lead companies and businesses into unsuitable funding arrangements - such as bank loans or equity deals with external investors - that burden them with excessive debt or limit the ability of managers to run the business