Recruiters could find it easier to attract foreign candidates if tax rules are reviewed.

People who are thinking about starting a recruitment company with the view to placing foreign candidates within UK companies could benefit from calls for the government to simply the country's tax rules.

Sean Drury, international mobility partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, urged the new administration to review the regulations without removing the UK's attractiveness of non-domiciled status for key foreign talent.

This would help to attract foreign talent into the country, which is likely to benefit recruiters looking to serve this segment of the market in a bid to focus on a niche sector.

A recruitment professional who was sharing his views recently on peer-to-peer business forum LinkedIn about what prevents people from setting up their own recruitment agency urged focusing on a niche segment.

Such an area is less likely to be oversubscribed, which can improve the chances of an agency succeeding as long as what they are providing is good and required by the market.