• The shareholders of public and not-for-profit sector staffing specialist Allen Lane have sold 82.5% of the issued shares in its holding company to Japanese firm Outsourcing Inc.

Mishcon de Reya represented the shareholders of Allen Lane on the sale. Nick Davis, head of corporate and the recruitment services group, led the Mishcon de Reya team made up of partner Laura Chandler, managing associate Pippa Williamson and associate Amy Bruce.

• Leicester-based Frontline Recruitment has secured a new one-year sole supplier agreement with manufacturer and distributor of durable medical products Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare. The deal will see Frontline supply all unskilled labour to the Thurmaston-based company in Leicestershire.