Startline Motor
Finance is recruiting additional staff to help meet expected
high used car demand in the early 2022. The company's CEO, Paul
Burgess, confirmed that 10 employees were being added to the
company's origination team, based at its Glasgow headquarters.
He said, "We normally see a bump in demand during January and
are expecting this to be a strong month accompanied by a strong Q1,
so we want to have the people in place to handle demand from
dealers and other motor finance introducers."
"The used car market has remained buoyant during 2021 and we
have continued to see growth, gradually increasing our employee
numbers; now up to around 160 people in total."
Startline expects the general economy next year to be
potentially quite volatile but demand for motor finance to be
robust.
Mr. Burgess commented, "We are confident in the resilience of
the used car market. While we expect values to finally stabilise,
stock will remain in short supply and consumers appear to have an
ongoing appetite to keep buying."
Startline's new employees will be given the option of a hybrid
working model in 2022, which is proving popular with staff while
keeping Covid risk under control.