But by early December, the scheme had begun to break down, and investors were complaining on a bulletin board on the Invest Better Web site that their money had disappeared.
As early as the 1860s, charitable schemes had begun for training former bal maidens as domestic servants, and as the textile industry of the North of England boomed a concerted effort was made to recruit Cornish women to work in the mills.
It focused on the first year after each scheme opened, and aimed to identify how schemes had begun to develop community and social activities during their first six months.
Mr Duncan Smith said the pilot scheme, which has begun with 1,000 people in the Manchester area, would be delivered "within budget and within the timescale".
He said the pilot scheme, which has begun with 1,000 people in the Manchester area, was "demonstrating that the IT we put forward for this actually works".
H&M, another fashion firm, has begun a scheme in which consumers can free space in their wardrobes by bringing their old clothes to its shops, also receiving a discount on new ones.
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Marks & Spencer has begun a trial scheme to increase the size of its food halls and cut back on the space it devotes to fashion as its clothing sales continue to slump.
Work has begun on a scheme to restore native Caledonian pine forest in Speyside, which will involve planting almost 100,000 trees.
Work has begun on a £1m scheme to improve Lowestoft's railway station.
