Some
car finance jobs will be caught up in the decision to close the
Cheltenham and Gloucester network of branches. The
part-nationalised
Lloyds
Banking Group is making sweeping cuts to try and lower
costs.
Part of the changes will include the Black Horse
personal finance centres being reduced, and the
car finance arm,
CarSelect, will be moved from
Cardiff to
Birmingham, resulting in around 140
job losses by October.
One senior Lloyds executive, Helen Weir, reportedly said: The
strategic focus for CG from now on will be to further
strengthen its intermediary and direct
savings businesses.
The impact of the recession is being felt beyond
carmakers, and has now spread to the
vehicle finance companies that support the industry.