FLEET management and leasing company LeasePlan has offered redundancy to a number of its sales and marketing staff. Ian Goswell, LeasePlan's commercial director, confirmed the company was carrying out 'limited internal restructuring' but was committed to winning new business.

Goswell said a handful of employees would be affected by the restructuring taking place over the next three months. He said: 'LeasePlan has 280 people on the commercial side of its business. The number of people that may choose to leave the organisation as a result, and if they want to, might be five or six.

'Employees affected have been offered redundancy as an option but we hope they will opt to stay with the company by taking up new positions,' he said. LeasePlan is determined to become the biggest and the best in the industry and that means taking new business.'

Last year the company paid 451 million Euros for Barclays-owned leasing company Dial, and since the merger some positions have become redundant. Goswell denied the restructuring was part of a preparation to sell the business, following reports that the company is sounding out the market for a potential buyer.