Trading Update

23 Feb 2006 07:01

Empresaria Group PLC23 February 2006 Empresaria Group Plc ("Empresaria" or the "Group") Year End Trading Update Ahead of entering its close period, Empresaria Group plc provides the followingtrading update. The Board is pleased to report continued strong growth in revenues and profit.It is confident that the Group's financial performance for the year ended 31December 2005 will meet market expectations. It will announce Preliminaryresults on Monday 24 April 2006. The Group is making good progress towards becoming a balanced, internationalspecialist staffing company. The operations in Japan and the USA (bothinvestments in start-ups made over the past 15 months) continue to perform aheadof expectations. The recent Australian acquisition, Monroe Consulting Group, hasintegrated well and offers the potential for operations in south-east Asia.Further possible start-ups and acquisitions in fast growing staffing marketsoverseas are being assessed. Meanwhile, the Group's good performance in its UKbusinesses in the closing months of 2005 has continued into 2006. Progress on the development of the business will be reported further with thePreliminary Results. ENDS For further information contact:Miles Hunt, Chief Executive, Empresaria Group plc Tel: 01293 649903Nick Hall-Palmer, Group Finance Director, Empresaria Group plc Tel: 01293 649906 Editors' note: Empresaria is a diversified recruitment group built on the philosophy ofmanagement equity. It comprises 25 companies operating in five broad marketsectors including Financial Services, Construction and Property Services, SupplyChain, Public Sector and Specialist Brands, with each company being partly ownedby its management team. The group employs over 300 staff in over 30 locationsincluding UK, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, and China. Shares aretraded on AiM. Links:Empresaria Group plc website: www.empresaria.comAiM website: www.londonstockexchange.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange