Provident Clothing & Supply Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Waddilove, Sir Joshua K
- Provident Financial Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bradford, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Credit, hire purchase, leasing, etc, services
Notes:
Established at Bradford in 1880 by (Sir) Joshua K Waddilove, d1920. A credit business which sold vouchers for purchase of clothing, food, fuel, etc, which were subsequently paid for in small regular installments. Pioneered domestic installment credit. Floated by Waddilove family in 1962. Subsequently known as Provident Financial Plc. Continues in 2014 as a home credit business
Publications:
- Provident Centenary, 1880-1980 by Unknown
- Provident Clothing & Supply Co Ltd, 1880-1940. Sixty years of progress by Unknown
- Provident Financial Fifty Years of Progress by Unknown
- Provident's Ninety Years of Service by Unknown
- Working class consumer credit in the UK, 1925-60. The role of the check trader by O'Connell, Sean, & Chris Reid
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Waddilove, Sir Joshua K
- Provident Financial Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bradford, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Credit, hire purchase, leasing, etc, services
Notes:
Established at Bradford in 1880 by (Sir) Joshua K Waddilove, d1920. A credit business which sold vouchers for purchase of clothing, food, fuel, etc, which were subsequently paid for in small regular installments. Pioneered domestic installment credit. Floated by Waddilove family in 1962. Subsequently known as Provident Financial Plc. Continues in 2014 as a home credit businessPublications:
- Provident Centenary, 1880-1980 by Unknown
- Provident Clothing & Supply Co Ltd, 1880-1940. Sixty years of progress by Unknown
- Provident Financial Fifty Years of Progress by Unknown
- Provident's Ninety Years of Service by Unknown
- Working class consumer credit in the UK, 1925-60. The role of the check trader by O'Connell, Sean, & Chris Reid