provident club

(Commerce) Brit a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations

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Kelly, 31, told McGeown of his plan to strangle 64-year-old Nessa and steal the money she collected as a provident club agent.

I won't rest until killer's lover pays for covering up my Nessa's murder; EXCLUSIVE Husband plans court action after brute jailed

Lord Brailsford said Nessa, who was collecting money for a local provident club, failed to arrive home on August 30, 2002, and her whereabouts remained a mystery until her body was found in January this year.

15 YEARS Jail for cold-blooded killer who buried gran Nessa's body under floorboards; FAMILY TEARS AT SENTENCE

He encouraged employers to establish savings banks for workers as well as penny banks for their children; he advocated the creation of building societies and provident clubs and also encouraged employers to work at educating employees on how to best spend and use their wages.

Teaching man to help himself: social reformer, author and industrialist Samuel Smiles believed the best way to get ahead in life was through practiced self-reliance

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